Bears Teammates React To The Passing Of DE Gaines Adams

Bears defensive end Gaines Adams died Sunday morning of cardiac arrest resulting from an enlarged heart, according to Greenwood County, S.C., chief deputy coroner Marcia Kelley-Clark.

Bears players and NFL commissioner reacted today to the defensive end’s tragic death:

Bears’ Brian Urlacher called Adams’ death was “crazy.”

“I didn’t know him that well because he came in during the middle of the season,” Urlacher said. “But I did know him. I still saw him every day when I went into work. It’s just weird.

“I had a teammate die when I was in college. You just don’t know how to handle it. It’s just sad, man. It’s a bad deal.”

Bears’ Alex Brown posted on his Twitter page: “Please send out your prayers to Gaines Adams family he was a great teammate and will be missed. Cherish life, we only get one. God Bless!”

Bears’ Jason McKie post on his Twitter page: “please keep Gaines Adams family in your prayers he was a great person and teammate..life is too short …we love you Gaines.”

Bears DT Marcus Harrison “We knew we were the younger crew, we felt like since we would be the D-line of the future, we knew we needed to try to click together.

“This (stuff) really tore me down this morning. I was totally not prepared for something like this. That’s my dude, for real. At work, at practice, that’s who I got down with: Gaines. This hurts.”

NFL Commisoner Roger Goodell “It’s a sad outcome, he was a terrific young man. I met him at the draft when he came in, and he stood out. He was a very caring individual. I’d seen him a couple of times, most recently in Chicago” when Goodell spoke to the Bears in November.

“He seemed like a very genuine, nice man. He seemed focused on being a good person, not just an NFL player. I was always taken with him.”

all quotes from chicagotribune.com