Bears distance themselves from Brian Urlacher’s Instagram post criticizing Jacob Blake protests
A pair of Instagram posts — one posted by Brian Urlacher, the other merely “Liked” — on the shooting of Jacob Blake caused the Chicago Bears to distance themselves from their Hall of Famer on Thursday.
In one post, Urlacher posted a plain statement to his Instagram story unfavorably comparing the NBA walkouts in protest against Blake’s shooting to a performance from his old rival Brett Favre after the death of his father.
The Bears did not support Brian Urlacher’s social media activity. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images)The text of the post: