Otis Wilson
American former American football playerWikipedia
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Oct 15, 2026
Bomani JonesHOST
Pearl Washington.
Bomani JonesHOST
Otis Wilson of the '85 Bears.
Bomani JonesHOST
And last but not least, Howard Zinn.
Bomani JonesHOST
Know his story.
Bradley HartmannHOST
They'd been overworked, had nothing left for the playoffs.
Bradley HartmannHOST
"We could have had a dynasty, but Ditka cared more about power than winning," Otis Wilson told me.
Bradley HartmannHOST
"My way or the highway, that was his mentality.
Bradley HartmannHOST
He wanted to make people submissive.
Bill ZimmermanHOST
But the '85 Bears, these personalities were insane.
Bill ZimmermanHOST
Steve McMichael was insane, right? Wilber Marshall and Otis Wilson were off the walls.
Bill ZimmermanHOST
Like, the, the offensive line was a bunch of just, you know, get in the dirt and wanna just pound you kind of guys.
Bill ZimmermanHOST
These players had personalities on steroids.
ChuckHOST
...
ChuckHOST
Otis Wilson, right? Remember Wilbur Marshall, right? All those guys.
Larry BowaGUEST
Yeah.
ChuckHOST
Dan-
Mark CarmanHOST
Uh, y- everybody should get this book.
Mark CarmanHOST
And you, you've got a whole chapter basically d- uh, dedicated to why the Bears did not win another one, and Otis Wilson is, is blaming Ditka and D- uh, and so is, uh, y- there's a bunch of others in there.
Mark CarmanHOST
Dennis McKinnon, I, I think he was a, a, a Ditka blamer.
Mark CarmanHOST
Um, so I, I'm curious, like from your standpoint, w- if you were gonna lay the blame at the feet of whoever for the Bears not winning again after '85, w- where are you putting it?
Ray StevensHOST
[laughs] No, there's, so there are security guards.
Ray StevensHOST
They, they don't even know who the hell Otis Wilson is.
Ray StevensHOST
Well, [laughs] but I guess, you know, uh, does that actually deter crime? Would a uniformed officer deter it even more? I don't know.
Tom HushPANELIST
I, I think it does because you had that sting where, uh, the Cook County Sheriff's Department was walking the trains on the-
Andy FalesHOST
Um, Otis was on our, our show.
Keith MurphyHOST
Wilson?
Andy FalesHOST
Otis Wilson.
Andy FalesHOST
There you go.
Andy FalesHOST
Thank you.
Andy FalesHOST
Otis was on our show.
Andy FalesHOST
Wilson? Otis Wilson.
Andy FalesHOST
There you go.
Andy FalesHOST
Thank you.
Bryan HarlanGUEST
Those days, it, it's, it's hard to do that because, because there's just too much money.
Bryan HarlanGUEST
Some of those second-tier players, and I'm talking about good players like Dennis McKinnon and, and Otis Wilson-
Gary MyersHOST
Yeah
Bryan HarlanGUEST
...
Sam PanayotovichGUEST
You know, uh, s- Dan Hampton is still doing local radio.
Sam PanayotovichGUEST
Uh, Richard Dent and Otis Wilson and, you know, Jim McMahon still does a lot of stuff.
Sam PanayotovichGUEST
Like that, that team is still revered because it's the last Bears team to win a Super Bowl.
Mike SchoppHOST
Yeah.
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