The decision to sever ties with veteran center Olin Kreutz will haunt the Chicago Bears and force them to rely on "manufactured" leadership this season, former Kreutz linemate Ruben Brown predicts according to the Chicago Tribune. "I think it was a horrible decision on their part, especially with all the turmoil that they've had on the offensive line for a long time," Brown, who played guard for the Bears from 2004-07, told WSCR-AM 670's Joe Ostrowski on Sunday. "They finally got a quarterback in (Jay) Cutler and they get rid of probably the most important piece to the offensive line and that's Olin Kreutz and his leadership, and that's going to be really tough to replace." "It's going to be ugly because now the leadership on that team is going to be manufactured," Brown said. "They're going to try to maybe put it on Jay, they might as the season goes on find another senior guy there to try to be the leader of the offense, maybe (Matt) Forte as the running back, whoever. "It won't be authentic the way you need to be when you're a winner. On defense, everyone knows Brian (Urlacher) is the guy. Brian generally is the leader of the entire team. But Brian needs a strong supporting cast. And there was no stronger supporting cast than Olin Kreutz." Source: theredzone.org
