Muhammad: Chicago 'is where receivers go to die'
Wide Receiver Muhsin Muhammad, who played for the Chicago Bears from 2005 until he re-joined the Carolina Panthers for a second go-around during the offseason, had some unflattering things to say about his former team's offense recently.
Apparently Muhammad told Sports Illustrated's Peter King that Chicago is "where receivers go to die."
Now that's certainly not a shocking revelation, but it probably didn't sit well with some of his former teammates, who will be coming to Carolina for a week-2 contest.
And it's also worth noting that, while there is some truth to what Muhammad says, if you throw out his monster contract year in 2004, which completely overshadows any of his previous seasons statistically, Moose really didn't fare much better in Carolina than he did in Chicago.
So I guess by his standards, Muhammad was dead for three years in Carolina. Came alive for one season (coincidently a contract year). And then went to Chicago (where they paid him big bucks to be their No. 1) where he did, in fact, die as he indicated all receivers do in the Windy City.
He has a point about Bears' receivers. Chicago is where many a receiver has crashed and burned. You could say that about quarterbacks as well.
But on the same token, I guess contract years are when Muhsin Muhammad comes to life.
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Comments
Yes, Moose is pretty much right, but I did not hear him talk about that when he came to Chicago, his hands were the first things to die. I wanted to see him do well, but he could not hold onto a ball to save his life. And I mean some balls that, if caught, would have had been game changers.
I wish people that make these types of comments would also ‘fess up to their own failings, along with slamming their intended targets.