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Oh Jimmy Mac, why don't ya shut your trap
Written by Rex Jaybels   
Monday, 01 February 2010 09:46

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Look, anyone who is a Bears fan has an affinity for the 1985 Chicago team. Sure it was 25 seasons ago that they shuffled their way to a near perfect season and handed out of the league's worst Super Bowl beat downs, but many hang on to it like grim death. So many lovable characters on that team have grown to be part of Bears lore, and are integral part of the city of Chicago today.

Personally, though, I think I could do without hearing the "Punky QB", Jim McMahon, give his opinion of quarterbacking like he was some expert at the craft.

I have to be careful here. Not only am I treading on sacred ground, but I also understand what Jim meant to those teams in the mid 80's. It's easy to forget that the 1986 version of the Bears was likely an even better team than the 1985 vintage, and had McMahon not been body-slammed by Green Bay's Charles Martin, in a clear cheap shot, one that knocked McMahon out for the season, the Bears could have made a run at their second consecutive championship.

During a recent Pro Bowl event McMahon told the Denver Post, figures huh, that,

"You don't have to throw it through the wall to be a good quarterback in this league," McMahon said. "You need timing and instincts. You can't teach instincts. You either got 'em or you don't."

For the record, McMahon played 15 years in the NFL and amassed 100 touchdowns and 90 INTs. Only five times did he throw for more than 10 touchdowns in a season, and only five times was he able to play 10 or more games in a season. Six times he himself threw more INTs than TDs.

With all due repect to McMahon's leadership skills on the field, I think if he were forced to play behind the line Jay Cutler had to play for in 2009, he might have lasted about one half of one game. I may have been too young to appreciate fully all that he could do on the field, but I know I don't want to hear his two cents some 25 years later, especially from a guy who admits to watching only the highlights.

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