Take a glance around Solider Field on game day and you’ll see fans wearing jerseys of Mike Ditka, Dick Butkus, Mike Singletary, Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs, Charles Tillman, Brandon Marshall, Walter Payton, Matt Forte…and even Tom Waddle.
None of them play for the Bears anymore.
That’s a real problem from a marketing standpoint. After six straight years of missing the playoffs – including three consecutive last place finishes in the NFC North – the Bears lack star power.
The only Bears player to crack the top-50 list in jersey sales for 2016 was wide receiver Alshon Jeffery (No.