For several years, the Chicago Bears’ franchise has not had a good relationship with its former players. Many of them have felt jilted by the organization and overall feel like their presence was more of a burden than anything positive.
When Ryan Pace took over as the Bears’ general manager, one of the things he mentioned was improving the team’s relationship with their alumni. They’ve smoothed things over with Brian Urlacher. They made a very classy gesture having Matt Forte and Devin Hester retire as Bears. The move they made with Zach Miller bringing him back this season was all class.