Bears "Where Receivers Go To Die"

By Margaret Lyons in News on Aug 12, 2008 5:10PM

Former Bear Muhsin Muhammad, now with the Carolina Panthers, said in an interview with Sports Illustrated that Chicago is "where receivers go to die." While that's the quote that's getting the most play today, we like the next part, too. From Peter King's column:

Speaking of Muhammad, he had this to say about the state of the Chicago quarterback situation: "In the time Brett Favre has started for the Packers -- what's it been, 16 years? -- I bet the Bears have had 16 different starting quarterbacks. You've got to find the right guy and stick with him.''

Sixteen is low, actually. The Bears have had an NFL-high 21 starting quarterbacks while their neighbors to the north have had one.

Muhammad tried to back-pedal a little on sports talk radio this morning, saying, "It was just a situation where I was looking at the receiving corps as a whole over the course of time, and you really haven't seen a lot of big-name receivers go to the Pro Bowl for Chicago. It wasn't at directed at any coach."