Victor Cruz didn't mince words about his time with the Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are one of the most storied franchises in the NFL, but things have been far from perfect over the years, be it on the field or inside the organization. Former NFL wide receiver Victor Cruz, who spent one summer with the organization, didn't mince words when discussing his short time with the Bears.
The long-time New York Giants wide receiver joined the Bears ahead of the 2017 season but was part of final roster cuts, so he never played a regular-season game in Chicago. But he apparently saw more than enough that left a bad taste in his mouth.
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During a recent appearance on the "New Rory & MAL" podcast, Cruz bashed the Bears organization when comparing them to the Giants, which was two completely different worlds to the veteran wide receiver. In 2017, head coach John Fox was in his final season while general manager Ryan Pace was running the show. For Cruz, everything he experienced with Chicago was, in his words, "trash."
"Something they tell you in the league often is 'When you leave the Giants, it's not the same everywhere'," Cruz said. "I'm like, I'm going to the Bears, a heralded organization, they've been around for 100 years, they absolutely run a high-level organization there. I got there and I was looking around, I was like this s--t is trash. The food was trash, ownership was trash, coaching staff was trash. The food in the cafeteria was just awful in comparison to the Giants where we got gourmet, we got packaged lunch."
Times have definitely changed inside Halas Hall and the trend has swung massively upwards, with general manager Ryan Poles and Ben Johnson leading the charge to turn the organization around. The Bears graded highly in their amenities in the most recent annual NFLPA survey, so things have certainly changed since Cruz's short time with the organization.
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