The Championship Belt Series - Part 1

Extra! Extra! Epic Melee on the Midway!One of the fundamental questions a fan can answer about their favorite sports team is “who’s your favorite player?” That’s easy as there is no wrong answer because it’s completely subjective. A slightly more difficult question is “who is the best player?” Sometimes it’s easy and that player holds the title for a number of years. Oftentimes it’s difficult to discern when a changing of the guard is taking place or when there are multiple players vying for the championship. To definitively answer those questions (or, more likely, anger everyone who reads it), I’m using the format of the “championship belt” that Bill Barnwell used back in his Grantland days to determine the best quarterbacks since Johnny Unitas and best defenses. We are going to run through who held the belt as the best Bears player through the entire history of the Chicago Bears organization.

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