Packers’ Xavier McKinney questioning D.J. Moore’s character is just cruelly kicking the Bears while they’re down
Amid a catastrophic three-game losing streak, nothing is going well for the crumbling Chicago Bears right now. They haven't scored a touchdown since before Halloween, head coach Matt Eberflus' seat is hotter than ever, and there were questions about potentially benching No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams.
In other words, things couldn't possibly be worse for a Bears team that looked like an NFC playoff dark horse just three weeks ago.
Enter Green Bay Packers safety Xavier McKinney to kick the Bears while they're down.
In an interview with The Athletic's Matt Schneidman, McKinney took aim at Bears No. 1 receiver D.J. Moore's questionable effort on a scramble drill play during a blowout loss to the Arizona Cardinals earlier this season. He didn't appreciate Moore brushing him off in the offseason and saw fit to rip the Bears' apparent No. 1 receiver for quitting in the middle of a play as the Packers get ready for Chicago this Sunday.
Honestly, is McKinney wrong? What are we doing here? I get the current NFL interception leader felt (rightfully) disrespected, but he says these kinds of things as if the Bears don't have enough problems in themselves.
“I hope so, but I don’t give a damn about what he knows,” McKinney said about Moore's dismissive offseason comments. “This dude walked out on … I’ve been playing (NFL) football for five years now, and I’ve been watching football for longer than that, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a … You’re supposed to be the guy, and you’re just walking off the field. You’re walking off the field on a rookie quarterback that you’ve been praising, so it’s like, that’s a whole other story.”
You know what really stings about McKinney calling Moore's character into question? Knowing the Bears won't do anything about it. Not one modicum of fight. There isn't a single player on Chicago's active roster that has beaten the Packers as a Bear. The Bears also haven't beaten Green Bay once this decade. Most of the time, the games in this "rivalry" lately resemble a glorified scrimmage for the Packers.
The Bears are already in the NFL's dark abyss by their own doing. Nothing some Packers veteran says will do anything to make their suffering or frustration any worse.
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