Bears nose tackle Eddie Goldman said he had no regrets about opting out of the 2020 season for coronavirus concerns. But, as the next question was being asked at his press conference Wednesday, he interrupted to amend that.
“The only regret that I do have is just the fact that my teammates went to battle without me,” Goldman said. “That’ll be my only regret.”
For the soft-spoken Goldman, the regret that he might have let his teammates down figures to be a motivating factor as he re-starts his promising career at 27. Though defensive end Bilal Nichols played well as Goldman’s primary replacement — with five sacks and seven tackles-for-loss — he wasn’t Eddie Goldman.