{"id":925623,"date":"2026-06-22T09:15:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/925623\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T09:15:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:15:29","slug":"30-day-challenge-current-or-historical-bear-id-like-to-have-a-beer-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/925623\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Day Challenge: Current or Historical Bear I\u2019d Like To Have A Beer With"},"content":{"rendered":"

For today\u2019s 30 Day Challenge article, I was asked to pick a player from the current (or past) Chicago Bears roster that I would most like to share a beer with.<\/p>\n

And given the fact that I am currently one of the hosts of our Bears Over Beers podcast at 2nd City Gridiron<\/a>, the fit here was natural.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t have to think about this one long; my choice here was almost instantaneous. Hands down, my answer to this question is the \u201cPunky QB\u201d himself, Jim McMahon.<\/p>\n

When it comes to Bears players with a reputation for going out and enjoying an adult beverage, McMahon ranks highly on the list. Heck, he didn\u2019t even have to go out. McMahon famously drank one during his introductory press conference!<\/p>\n

Are there other players that I considered? Absolutely.<\/p>\n

Bryan Orenchuk and I have long joked that one of our dream guests on Bears Over Beers is Kyle Long (anyone got a connection?). I think he\u2019d be a fun former Bears player to sit down with over a cold one.<\/p>\n

On the current Bears roster, I\u2019m not even sure who enjoys beer. The offensive linemen seem like a good bet, and I\u2019d wager that Joe Thuney could throw back a few with the best of them. And you wouldn\u2019t have to worry about any unruly drunks if you found yourself out at a bar with Mr. Thuney. You know he\u2019d protect you.<\/p>\n

I briefly considered Akiem Hicks, who apparently once drank 40 beers in a day<\/a>. That sounds crazy (because it is), and I know I couldn\u2019t keep up. So I decided that I would have to pass on sipping on a brewski alongside him.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s Mongo McMichael, a legendary partier who would have been a lot of fun to drink a beer with for sure. I definitely wouldn\u2019t have passed up that opportunity. At first glance, at least.<\/p>\n

Then again, Mongo\u2019s former Four Horsemen buddy Ric Flair may have shown up. And from covering the professional wrestling industry for many years, I can tell you that a Ric Flair party is one that I\u2019d probably have to pass on. Flair\u2019s drinking outings make Akiem Hick\u2019s record look like the minor leagues, and I\u2019m just not cut out for that anymore!<\/p>\n

Yeah, I\u2019ll stick with #9.<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s your turn. Who\u2019s one player from the current (or past) Chicago Bears roster that you wish you could have a beer with? Sound off in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For today\u2019s 30 Day Challenge article, I was asked to pick a player from the current (or past)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":925624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2070],"tags":[374,692,391,85235,14087,2493,7,53724,781,6],"class_list":["post-925623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-bears","tag-bears","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-bears","tag-chicago-bears-discussion","tag-chicago-bears-history","tag-chicagobears","tag-football","tag-from-the-desk-of","tag-general","tag-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116793004732954838","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=925623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}