Windy City Gridiron · Jun 7, 2021
30 Day Challenge: If the Bears retired one more number, which should it be?
Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesIn May of 2013, the Chicago Bears made an announcement that they would be retiring Mike Ditka’s number 89 later that year and that announcement was quite significant. The Bears stated that not only would Ditka’s number be retired, but that it would be the last number the Chicago Bears would honor in that way.
With the amount of hall of fame talent that had a major impact on the franchise, that announcement was alarming for Bears’ fans who love and embrace history. Dan Hampton? Mike Singletary? Brian Urlacher? Devin Hester? Justin Fields (Just kidding… maybe)? How could the Bears’ organization make such a declaration?
