Longtime Chicago Bears defensive lineman Dan Hampton believes the franchise would have won four Super Bowl titles rather than one if Jay Cutler was the quarterback during its 1980s peak.

Hampton, a member of the Bears' Super Bowl XX-winning team in 1985-86, stood up for the polarizing former Bears QB on Saturday during an appearance at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

"If my team had Jay Cutler at QB we would have won four Super Bowls," he said.

The defensive stalwart was the fourth overall pick for the Bears in 1979 and played his entire career with the organization before retiring at the end of the 1990 season.

Chicago went through three primary quarterbacks during his tenure—Jim McMahon, Mike Tomczak and Jim Harbaugh—but the offense could never match the defense's dominance.

The Bears made the playoffs seven times in an eight-year span, including once the year following Hampton's retirement, but made the Super Bowl just once under legendary head coach Mike Ditka.

They ranked no worse than sixth in yards allowed in the years of those postseason appearances, highlighted by three straight campaigns with the No. 1 unit starting in 1984. The run-first offense never ranked better than seventh.

Whether Cutler could have been the hypothetical answer is up for debate. He enjoyed some impressive stretches during his 11-year career before retiring in May to become a Fox broadcaster, but his tendency to turn the ball over (146 interceptions in 139 games) and off-putting demeanor were a consistent issue.

So, while Hampton is probably right to suggest the Bears would have more championships with a different quarterback during his prime, Cutler is a questionable choice.