The bears should of won a couple of super bowls.charles martin slammed mcmahon in 86 that was terrible.that was the end of a good qb in chicago with that great defense.in 88 tomszack won in the fog bowl but was benched to give mcmahon the start against the 9ers.that was a mistake by ditka.but i see what ditka was thinking.mcmahon had a great record at soldier field when starting a game.but that was a big mistake he couldnt throw past 30 yards.and all passes went to the right.nothing to the left.a bunch of what ifs for my bears.we did get 1 though.
McMahon was the #1 reason bears never won another super bowl ... Couldn't stay healthy but that pass rush was insane best game has ever seen by a long shot
@@scottyblog ... Well, maybe. I mean the stats were pretty obvious in that when Mac was there then they won, but you can never say for sure. In today's game you would maybe see a healthier Mac. Better care, in the medical sense, but the rules now would have protected him. Jim was a target for every cheap shot rusher in the league. They hated his style and popularity, and they went after his career over it
I always loved Dennis Gentry. He had some serious breakaway speed and might have been one of the best 3rd down backs that I ever saw in a Bears uniform. He could turn an average draw play into 15 yards and had great hands catching the ball as well.
His 1986 season was unbelievable. His AV (approximate value) in '86 was 23, which places him in a tie for 4th highest AV in NFL History. On the defensive side, only Aaron Donald (2020) 24 & Carl Eller (1970) 24 have a higher value than Wilber Marshall's '86 season. In 1986, Marshall made his 1st of 3 Pro Bowls and was named 1st team All-Pro. Marshall had 5½ sacks, 105 tackles, five interceptions, four forced fumbles, three recoveries and 2 TD's (1TD FF/ 1TD Int). He came in third in voting for Defensive Player of the Year. He got robbed!
I definitely think they repeat in 1986, had McMahon stayed healthy. But Chicago's window closed for good in 1987. They had Washington beat in the 87 playoffs, and let them off the hook. The McMahon magic was gone, and the 1988 49ers finally made them disappear. The 80's Bears died on that cold and windy Chicago day in January of 1989.
J James: I never thought I would express this, but if the Bears wouldn't have passed on Dan Marino in '83' draft they wouldn't have been in the situation with McMahon being always injured. Couldn't believe that Marino was drafted late in first round. Bears also passed on Montana in '79'. Niece of 'Papa Bear' was in college at that time and was impressed seeing Montana play at Notre Dame. She was screaming for him to come to Chicago. O'well, life goes on
Last bit of the '85 team. Gault was gone the next year, Wilson blew his knee out, and Payton retired. They were the core of their positions. The '88 team seemed re-tooled, but broke many Chicago hearts in the '88 NFC Championship game.
Ok so check THIS out! My highschool football coach played in the NFL. He was a Center for the K.C. Chiefs. In practice I once asked him if he'd ever played against the Bears and he said, "yes". I asked him how good Dan Hampton was? He said, "Oh Hampton was a crybaby! McMichael was thier best lineman!" Now Dan Hampton is my childhood idol, so I kinda blew off his remark, but it DID kinda stick with me. I watched this game and the Center that Hampton pushed back and blocked that FG was my old coach Tommy Baugh #58! Lmfaooooooooofffff!!!!! "Crybaby" huh? He punked the sh*t outta my old coach! Maybe he still heald a grudge.....I mean after all. Dan Hampton went on to the pro football Hall Of Fame, whereas Tommy Baugh went on to have Derrick Thomas make his #58 relevant in K.C. & coached Highschool football and shop class! Lol.
Wait.... The way they used to work it was, if the NFC was the host, then CBS would carry the game. Prior to 1994 it was CBS-NFC,NBC-AFC. Now Fox carries the NFC, and CBS carries the AFC games. But now its up to the home team to choose between Fox, or CBS. Fox seems to carry more games. I have noticed AFC vs NFC road games are definitely on Fox.
Though 30+ years old and knowing the results, this games are infinitely more exciting than any of the crap today passing for the Kneelers-Lingerie League.
The Gentry kickoff return at the 19:50 mark for a TD would cast the Chiefs special teams coach his job, and no wonder. I went back and watched it again and there's only 2 or 3 Chiefs in the picture. Where are they? It literally looks on screen like there's maybe 5 KC players on the kickoff team
It became all about Mr. GQ Mike Ditka who was all personality and ego and not a very good coach, to say the least. Biddy Ryan was a better fit for head coach of the Bears all he needed was an innovative offensive coordinator. It would have been fun to see the new defensive innovations Buddy and Singletary would have created.
Disagree. DITKA was bad but he at least had some offensive ideas. BUDDY RYAN had just as big of an ego as DITKA and was in over his head with the offense
U can tell payton had lost a half step. But ditka shouldve kept his mouth shut during the strike in 87. That really pissed off the players and i understand why
@@vonnooshAgree about McCasky he was awful. They didnt lay down but his stupid statement about the NFL players being just ego's did piss off his players. If u look at the end of 87 they were not playing very well
@deon harris Since 91. I was only 5 but my brother had Every game I mean every single game from 85-92 recorded and I watched them all during the "WANNY" yrs of 95-98. Also along with him I've read every book about that 85 team. And just about every perspective from beat writters to coaches to players to front office
@deon harris Of course when my family got a DVD PLAYER my mom assumed we didn't need all these damn tapes and when neither of us were home threw them out. Along with the entire bulls playoff runs from 91-98. I recorded the bulls ones. I was so pissed but he was livid!!!!!!!
The CHICAGO BEARS should've been in at least 2 more SUPER BOWLS had won at least one more had Mike Ditka & Jim McMahon concentrated more on 🏈 like Bill Walsh & Joe Montana not being on the cover of GQ the CHICAGO BEARS could've been the team of the 80's not a one-year wonder
players looked soooooooo muck better back then. no big fat ass guts....just lean in shape football players. even the fridge was in shape conpaired to so of these sumo wrestlers of today.....they work their arms for show then put oil on them to look better than they actually are. wcw wrestling in sholder pads.
The Raven I totally agree! Look at Wilber Marshall! He's the PERFECT looking outside linebacker! Wilson too! Now the uniforms are ridiculously tight and the helmets look so big that the guys look smaller! They look like space helmets! Urlacher & Briggs wore the same helmets their whole careers and those were the same ones we played with in the 1980's & 90's. They aren't vegetables now! Lol. I swear! There's more concussions in the NFL now with these revolutionary space helmets then we had with our Riddell's.
@@Songberd22 + You're the first one to mention what has been bothering me for the past 12 years or so. Those ridiculous looking helmets they wear!! Oh my God, it takes away from the entire uniform. Concussions are down for sure though.... They rarely left games with concussions back in the 80s, and now they have a way of monitoring it. I am not saying I like it better, just making a point. Another thing I can't understand is how little pads they wear these days!
Bears started out well, but I was never sold on Tobin and his defense. After a division clinching win against Minnesota (where McMahon got hurt again), the defense was exposed by a humiliating Monday night loss to San Francisco 41-0 (I remember this game...blowout loss, snowstorm, and a snowdrift tore off my muffler when I was trying to get home from work. Seattle hung 34 points the next week. For the season finale, Ditka decided to play some of the veterans he had sat down. Defense responded, but the offense was non-existent against Oakland. Ditka decided to start a rusty McMahon in the playoffs against Washington (the eventual Super Bowl winner, when Doug Williams had the game of his life!!). Game started out well, but then Washington shut down the Bears, and the Redskins won 21-17. This would be the final game for Walter Payton and Gary Fencik
@@mbroadnax1Except for this year the defense was fine 84-88. We never got the QB position fixed. McMahon is over rated. 1 good yr and then he got lazy and always was looking for the spotlight however he could get it
Bears started out great before the strike. They looked off after the strike ended. Mcmahon getting hurt all the time really hurt the bears. I also think their biggest mistake was getting rid of Flutie.
They should have beat Washington in 87', beyond that the Bears just lost to better teams. Had that had Jimmy Mac in the 86' playoffs they probably get by Washington but they lose to New York.
@@thfzn It would've been interesting though. Dent, Wilson and McMichael had hated Phil Simms. It seemed like every time they played the Simms led Giants in the '80's, they took it to another level. Watch the Week 1 Giants vs Bears game on MNF from 1987. First regular season game after the Giants had won SB XXI. The Bears absolutely humbled the Giants, the Defense, offense & special teams clicked on all cylinders...just demolished them! It was an ass whipping of enormous proportions & a truly glorious thing to behold. The Giants were never the same in '87 and most Sports writers from NY concurred it was the Bears game that did them in.
Thanks for these uploads, greatly appreciated by a fan born in the seventies and was raised on this Bear team.
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Ditto!
The bears should of won a couple of super bowls.charles martin slammed mcmahon in 86 that was terrible.that was the end of a good qb in chicago with that great defense.in 88 tomszack won in the fog bowl but was benched to give mcmahon the start against the 9ers.that was a mistake by ditka.but i see what ditka was thinking.mcmahon had a great record at soldier field when starting a game.but that was a big mistake he couldnt throw past 30 yards.and all passes went to the right.nothing to the left.a bunch of what ifs for my bears.we did get 1 though.
@@michaelkawell3300 ur not a football coach
McMahon was the #1 reason bears never won another super bowl ... Couldn't stay healthy but that pass rush was insane best game has ever seen by a long shot
Man, the hitting was so much more brutal and fun to watch back then. Love that Bears D!
If only the Mac could have managed to stay healthy and under center.
Yep. That’s the only thing that prevented them from winning multiple Super Bowls.
@@scottyblog ... Well, maybe. I mean the stats were pretty obvious in that when Mac was there then they won, but you can never say for sure. In today's game you would maybe see a healthier Mac. Better care, in the medical sense, but the rules now would have protected him. Jim was a target for every cheap shot rusher in the league. They hated his style and popularity, and they went after his career over it
Wish the Bears had won the Super Bowl this year with Walter as MVP.
I always loved Dennis Gentry. He had some serious breakaway speed and might have been one of the best 3rd down backs that I ever saw in a Bears uniform. He could turn an average draw play into 15 yards and had great hands catching the ball as well.
Yep
Btw: thanks again for this one it's a great game.
In the 1987 season, the Bears came to play the Raiders for the Last regular season game. I was 7 and I was there.
@Leonard Washington Yes! It was a blast! Payton even threw a pass, it was an INT, but the Bears still left the coliseum with the W!
Wilber Marshall was a special player.
His 1986 season was unbelievable. His AV (approximate value) in '86 was 23, which places him in a tie for 4th highest AV in NFL History. On the defensive side, only Aaron Donald (2020) 24 & Carl Eller (1970) 24 have a higher value than Wilber Marshall's '86 season.
In 1986, Marshall made his 1st of 3 Pro Bowls and was named 1st team All-Pro. Marshall had 5½ sacks, 105 tackles, five interceptions, four forced fumbles, three recoveries and 2 TD's (1TD FF/ 1TD Int).
He came in third in voting for Defensive Player of the Year. He got robbed!
@@nurserock77 Why did they get rid of him?
@@jsanders9975The Bears didn’t want to pay Wilber Marshall, so he signed with the Redskins as a restricted free agent.
@@veggieoilerfan2940 Mcaskskys being cheap. They didn't want to pay Dent either
Bears woulda gone to more superbowls had ditka been less conservative on offence
Possible, but they didn’t have a lot of game breakers at WR. Willie Gault was fast, but not dependable.
They needed better receivers and a QB who stayed healthy. They had the defense.
the story of Christian Okoa is remarkable. He was a lineman with speed.
I definitely think they repeat in 1986, had McMahon stayed healthy.
But Chicago's window closed for good in 1987.
They had Washington beat in the 87 playoffs, and let them off the hook.
The McMahon magic was gone, and the 1988 49ers finally made them disappear.
The 80's Bears died on that cold and windy Chicago day in January of 1989.
J James:
I never thought I would express this, but if the Bears wouldn't have passed on Dan Marino in '83' draft they wouldn't have been in the situation with McMahon being always injured. Couldn't believe that Marino was drafted late in first round. Bears also passed on Montana in '79'. Niece of 'Papa Bear' was in college at that time and was impressed seeing Montana play at Notre Dame. She was screaming for him to come to Chicago. O'well, life goes on
AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL 👍
The golden era of the Bears. Ditka.
Yes!
51:20 Awesome play. 19:16 Gentry. 1:08:00 flea flicker plays are the best.
Last bit of the '85 team. Gault was gone the next year, Wilson blew his knee out, and Payton retired. They were the core of their positions. The '88 team seemed re-tooled, but broke many Chicago hearts in the '88 NFC Championship game.
Ok so check THIS out! My highschool football coach played in the NFL. He was a Center for the K.C. Chiefs. In practice I once asked him if he'd ever played against the Bears and he said, "yes". I asked him how good Dan Hampton was? He said, "Oh Hampton was a crybaby! McMichael was thier best lineman!" Now Dan Hampton is my childhood idol, so I kinda blew off his remark, but it DID kinda stick with me. I watched this game and the Center that Hampton pushed back and blocked that FG was my old coach Tommy Baugh #58! Lmfaooooooooofffff!!!!! "Crybaby" huh? He punked the sh*t outta my old coach! Maybe he still heald a grudge.....I mean after all. Dan Hampton went on to the pro football Hall Of Fame, whereas Tommy Baugh went on to have Derrick Thomas make his #58 relevant in K.C. & coached Highschool football and shop class! Lol.
Great story
McMichael deserves to be enshrined in the HOF
This game was on in Chicago on WMAQ-TV Channel 5 and WDAF-TV Channel 4 in Kansas City which is now a FOX station now, Channel 31 is now an NBC station
Wait.... The way they used to work it was, if the NFC was the host, then CBS would carry the game. Prior to 1994 it was CBS-NFC,NBC-AFC. Now Fox carries the NFC, and CBS carries the AFC games. But now its up to the home team to choose between Fox, or CBS. Fox seems to carry more games. I have noticed AFC vs NFC road games are definitely on Fox.
chiefs play bears again on NBC in two week .
Though 30+ years old and knowing the results, this games are infinitely more exciting than any of the crap today passing for the Kneelers-Lingerie League.
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The Gentry kickoff return at the 19:50 mark for a TD would cast the Chiefs special teams coach his job, and no wonder. I went back and watched it again and there's only 2 or 3 Chiefs in the picture. Where are they? It literally looks on screen like there's maybe 5 KC players on the kickoff team
It became all about Mr. GQ Mike Ditka who was all personality and ego and not a very good coach, to say the least. Biddy Ryan was a better fit for head coach of the Bears all he needed was an innovative offensive coordinator. It would have been fun to see the new defensive innovations Buddy and Singletary would have created.
Disagree. DITKA was bad but he at least had some offensive ideas. BUDDY RYAN had just as big of an ego as DITKA and was in over his head with the offense
U can tell payton had lost a half step. But ditka shouldve kept his mouth shut during the strike in 87. That really pissed off the players and i understand why
@@vonnooshAgree about McCasky he was awful. They didnt lay down but his stupid statement about the NFL players being just ego's did piss off his players. If u look at the end of 87 they were not playing very well
@deon harris Since 91. I was only 5 but my brother had Every game I mean every single game from 85-92 recorded and I watched them all during the "WANNY" yrs of 95-98. Also along with him I've read every book about that 85 team. And just about every perspective from beat writters to coaches to players to front office
@deon harris Of course when my family got a DVD PLAYER my mom assumed we didn't need all these damn tapes and when neither of us were home threw them out. Along with the entire bulls playoff runs from 91-98. I recorded the bulls ones. I was so pissed but he was livid!!!!!!!
The CHICAGO BEARS should've been in at least 2 more SUPER BOWLS had won at least one more had Mike Ditka & Jim McMahon concentrated more on 🏈 like Bill Walsh & Joe Montana not being on the cover of GQ the CHICAGO BEARS could've been the team of the 80's not a one-year wonder
or even with a half decent QB to replace him. Fuller, Tomczak, Flutie, all absolute trash.
yeeeeeeeah jimbo!
The Chiefs had two future NFL Head Coaches playing on Defense that day. I wonder how many times that has happened?
They mentioned that Merlin Olsen missed this game due to a special assignment. What assignment was he on during this game?
Do you have the game after this one - the Butler 52 yard boot in Green Bay as time expired?
Dick Enberg (PBP) & Paul Maguire (C)
Let's face it for some unknown reason the bears defense suck that year without any explanation!
mahomes has taken some of the luster away from the bill kenny era
Week 8
players looked soooooooo muck better back then. no big fat ass guts....just lean in shape football players. even the fridge was in shape conpaired to so of these sumo wrestlers of today.....they work their arms for show then put oil on them to look better than they actually are. wcw wrestling in sholder pads.
The Raven I totally agree! Look at Wilber Marshall! He's the PERFECT looking outside linebacker! Wilson too! Now the uniforms are ridiculously tight and the helmets look so big that the guys look smaller! They look like space helmets! Urlacher & Briggs wore the same helmets their whole careers and those were the same ones we played with in the 1980's & 90's. They aren't vegetables now! Lol. I swear! There's more concussions in the NFL now with these revolutionary space helmets then we had with our Riddell's.
@@Songberd22 + You're the first one to mention what has been bothering me for the past 12 years or so. Those ridiculous looking helmets they wear!! Oh my God, it takes away from the entire uniform. Concussions are down for sure though.... They rarely left games with concussions back in the 80s, and now they have a way of monitoring it. I am not saying I like it better, just making a point. Another thing I can't understand is how little pads they wear these days!
Gant WAKE UP!!!!! !!!!! HERE HAVR ALE.....
Otis Wilson 41:00. Crikey.
The 87 Bears were good not great. After 85 the Defense was just not the same.
How did the Bears lose in 87’? It seemed like that was their year.
Bears started out well, but I was never sold on Tobin and his defense. After a division clinching win against Minnesota (where McMahon got hurt again), the defense was exposed by a humiliating Monday night loss to San Francisco 41-0 (I remember this game...blowout loss, snowstorm, and a snowdrift tore off my muffler when I was trying to get home from work. Seattle hung 34 points the next week. For the season finale, Ditka decided to play some of the veterans he had sat down. Defense responded, but the offense was non-existent against Oakland. Ditka decided to start a rusty McMahon in the playoffs against Washington (the eventual Super Bowl winner, when Doug Williams had the game of his life!!). Game started out well, but then Washington shut down the Bears, and the Redskins won 21-17. This would be the final game for Walter Payton and Gary Fencik
@@mbroadnax1Except for this year the defense was fine 84-88. We never got the QB position fixed. McMahon is over rated. 1 good yr and then he got lazy and always was looking for the spotlight however he could get it
+ Mac Urban Who was their quarterback vs Redskins?
@@snakeoiler1292 First time, in 86, it was Flutie......in 87.....it was Mac
Bears started out great before the strike. They looked off after the strike ended. Mcmahon getting hurt all the time really hurt the bears. I also think their biggest mistake was getting rid of Flutie.
They just played bad in the playoffs
@@vonnoosh Well yeah but shiid it is what it is
They should have beat Washington in 87', beyond that the Bears just lost to better teams. Had that had Jimmy Mac in the 86' playoffs they probably get by Washington but they lose to New York.
@@thfzn It would've been interesting though. Dent, Wilson and McMichael had hated Phil Simms. It seemed like every time they played the Simms led Giants in the '80's, they took it to another level. Watch the Week 1 Giants vs Bears game on MNF from 1987. First regular season game after the Giants had won SB XXI. The Bears absolutely humbled the Giants, the Defense, offense & special teams clicked on all cylinders...just demolished them! It was an ass whipping of enormous proportions & a truly glorious thing to behold.
The Giants were never the same in '87 and most Sports writers from NY concurred it was the Bears game that did them in.
I love the Bears but their defense was totally overrated.