In Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, a town without hope recruits seven heroes to defend them against bandits. Remade as The Magnificent Seven, the tale is the same: a town in despair finds seven remarkable men who give them hope. The Chicago Bears are going through rough times, and so the writers got together and chose our own Magnificent Seven–seven players who we think are the building blocks for the future success of the Chicago Bears.
Here are the only instructions: “I am proposing a roundtable for us to look on the upside. I suggest that each of us pick 7 players we think are the foundation for the future, ranked 1-7.