The NFL commissioner Roger Goodell paid a tribute touching to the legend of the late Steve McMichael after his death during the draft on Thursday evening.
McMichael, a legend of the Bears de Chicago, died Wednesday evening at the age of 67 after a battle with the SLA.
However, Goodell’s speech to honor the defensive tackle was sandwiched by huts of the crowd gathered in Green Bay.
GOODELL used the 10th overall choice of Bears as an opportunity to remember McMichael, who won the Super Bowl with Chicago in 1985.
“Yesterday, the NFL family lost a real legend, Bears Hall of Famer Steve McMichael,” said Goodell.
“My heart is with the McMichael family for the moment. Misty, know that you are in our hearts and prayers. Mongo’s remarkable contributions to the game and the community will never be forgotten. Its inheritance will continue to inspire the generations to come.
The NFL commissioner Roger Goodell
The legend of Chicago Bears McMichael died at the age of 67 after a battle with SLA this week
However, given the location of this year’s draft, Field Lambeau – La Maison des Rivaux Amers des Bears, the Packers de Green Bay – the crowd did not grant Chicago a warm reaction.
Goodell had made his way on stage to announce the choice to a choir of huts of the fans of the Packers present.
The Anners emitted in a muffled whisper out of respect while Goodell was starting to pay tribute to McMichael. However, as soon as it was finished, they rugged at a full volume, almost drowning the choice of the Bears, the Colston Loveland, a tight wing.
Like two of the oldest teams in the NFL, the Bears and Packers have been rivals in the same conference or division since the NFL adopted the structure of the conference in 1933.
The rivalry had already done an aggillance earlier in the evening when the legend of Packers Clay Matthews sent the rails project by saying that he had a message from Donald Trump to deliver.
“I have just won with the president,” he said from the stage outside of Lambeau Field.
“He told me to transmit a message to the 32 NFL franchises,” said Matthews, released a piece of paper from this pocket. “Let me tell you what it reads. He says: “My American compatriots, the bears are always zero!” ‘
Former defensive tackle of Chicago, McMichael is loved throughout the city of Windy for his key role in the winning team of the 1985 Super Bowl. He played for the Bears for 13 seasons and has a club record for 191 consecutive games played.
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Last August, McMichael entered the temple of renown of professional football in emotional scenes while a ceremony was held by his bedside.
Redréréré in the advanced stages of neurological disease, the double defensive tackle All-Pro was the second player registered in the temple of renown of professional football among the seven members of the 2024 class.
Surrounded by several of his teammates from Chicago Bears and his wife, Misty, at his home in Homer Glen, Illinois, McMichael wore his golden jacket, and his bronze bust was revealed live in a touching tribute.
“You are in a team that you can never be cut and never be released. When you die, you will always be in this team, ” said Richard Dent, the temple of fame, tapping McMichael in the head.
“Welcome home, Steve. You are in the football paradise forever.
Nicknamed “Mongo” after the character of “Blazing Saddles” who knocked out a horse and known for his impetuous and noisy personality, McMichael was the most dreaded player of one of the biggest defenses in the history of the NFL.
He became the 1985 team’s fourth defensive player to enter the room, joining Dent, Mike Singletary and Dan Hampton.
McMichael, whose last NFL season was with Green Bay in 1994, was an All-Pro in 1985 and 1987.
The renowned temple
Last year, he entered the temple of renown of professional football while a ceremony was held by his bedside
McMichael’s wife, Misty, poses with her bust during the entrance ceremony in 2024
He played in a franchise record 191 consecutive games for Chicago from 1981 to 1993 and ranked second in the list of bags of all time in the Bears with 92 1/2.
Whether he terrorized the opponents or the Bears on Sports Talk Radio, the man also known as “Ming The Accessory” had a major presence in Chicago long after the end of his days of play.
He also spent five years in the professional struggle in the late 1990s. His daring personality and his will to say what was in his mind made him natural for the Carré circle.
He started working for the fight of the world championships at the height of the “Monday Night Wars” with the World Watch Federation, starting as a color commentator and later joining Ric Flair in the group “Four Horsemen”.
McMichael revealed in April 2021 that he was fighting against ALS. He had had tingling in his arms for some time that he thought it was a problem of neck or spine from his days of play or his work as a wrestler.
