Walter Peyton never looked for the sideline like Franco Harris did, he would aim straight for you. Dude could run like the wind, he had WR hands, he was a tremendous blocker and he could throw too. What a talent.
CORRECT! My college roommate hated the fact thatFranco Harris would run out of bounds rather than attempt to make contact for extra yardage. This drove him crazy!
Walter was the greatest rb ever but why get bruised up if you don't have to that don't make Franco a bad RB he was saving his self Franco was a great Rb
Jim McMahon holds the NFL record for consecutive winning starts. Between 1984-1987 Jim was 25-0 as a starter. Four straight calendar years unbeaten. A record that will likely never be broken.
@@sukhastings4200 watching the Bears on defense was better than watching the great offensive teams (2007 Patriots, 2000 Vikings, Manning's teams). They literally took your breath away.
When they went to the SuperBowl and WON, I cried with GREAT tears of joy! I've been a Chicago Bears fan since I was 5yrs. old. Dick Butkus was my favorite player back then.
And it was the offense that separated this team from the Bears teams of 1984 and '86, which actually had more dominant defenses, but had very little offense except the obvious, Walter Payton. But in 1985, the offense was potent enough that only the Air Coryell Chargers scored more points than the Bears did in '85. And Air Coryell only scored 11 more points than the Bears did that season.
That's what makes the 2015 Denver D so amazing to me. They had a completely inept offense and still won the SB. Beat Brady twice, then the high powered Panthers in the Super Bowl. Manning and Osweiler combined for the 30th ranked QB play that year.
Yep and #2 scoring offense too. I always get a kick out of the meatball fans that called them one dimensional. Then they have to give somenground with their argument and state the obvious with Payton. Then they have to be informed that Matt Suey was a fine secondary cement head FB/HB. Then they have to be informed that Willie Gault was a 1000 yard WR in the toughest defensive era ever and also be informed that Moorehead was a criminally underrated TE who came through in the passing game. Of course theres McMahon who NEVER has gotten the credit he should get who would have a field day in todays league. I love when moron couch potatoes accuse this team of being one dimensional. They were FAR from one dimensional and I DO believe the best single season team EVER.
I grew up in Chicago...the city of perennial losers, The cubs, etc. Yet....when this team happened....it was like nothing else!! Every week was stunning. The game was over at 3pm and we were out of our minds the rest of the day!!! It was just EPIC! Week after week. Vindication. It was such a great time, so much so that I never really have been into football since. Nothing compares to it. It will never be that good.......the circumstances that brought all this together, everything lined up just right to make it happen.....just won't be there again, at least not in my lifetime. I live in Austin now, since 1986..... Hockey fan......Go Blackhawks!!
That Packer lineman who slammed McMahon to the turf WELL after he threw the ball, and Jim was injured and never the same player again. If McMahon stays healthy, I bet they go to 2 more Super Bowls, winning at least one of those.
@@KnockOffBeingFat Yep, the idiot McCaskeys didn't want to pay Marshall after the '86 season and Charles Martin of the fudge packers ruined McMahon's career and they didn't have any other leaders like him to take over.
@@tbadj649 Wrong again. They were statistically better after Ryan left. They only had one Super Bowl because Jim McMahon could stay healthy. If he could, they'd won 3 or 4 in a row, starting in '84.
I knew Detroit RB Wilbert Montgomery and asked him once was there anyone he FEARED in his playing career? He thought for a moment and said " I don't know if I FEARED anyone but I certainly went out of my way to know where Wilbur Marshall was at all times because if a play was called to his side of the field? You just prayed someone would get to you first before he did".... Now THAT'S a legacy!!
I miss Walter Payton...as many accolades as he has received somehow I still think he is underrated. Best all-around back ever...could do it all. Plus a great human...he just got it.
Amen brother! This is without a doubt the BEST video of their defense. Slo-mo does not do them justice. Watching the second half of these whippings were the most fun watching football.
With a name like “Harley Davidson rider” can one’s opinion even be relevant??? I think not , go take your dementia meds & put your diaper back in grandpa
Lol, what scheme is that, handing the ball off 40 times a game or just knowing when to (defiantly) ignore his coaches to exploit a weaknesses in the defense?
Their defense WAS UNSTOPPABLE. at the time (being from Chicago) their offense did their but like I said their defense was unstoppable interception here inception their SAFTEY INTERCEPTION AND SACK AND FUMBLE EVEYWHERE
I had started watching NFL football in 1983 - 84 and my mate David and I went to Wembley to watch the Superbowl winners - Chicago Bears, - play 'America's team' the Dallas Cowboys in 1986. My take aways from the game were just how fast it was, how big the players were even without their armour and how pretty the cheerleaders were. That Bears team were memorable for all sorts of reasons, but my favourites were Walter Peyton and Mike SIngletary. Both were superb players - of course - but both men were known to be really nice blokes. Peyton's nickname was 'Sweetness', but he died way too young , but Singletary is still a really nice guy.
Disagree. The kept blitzing which is what any QB wants you to do. Marino with his quick release was the wrong guy to do that to. Makes you wonder what would've happened in The Super Bowl if Miami is in New Orleans.
@@richardwolfe844 no they weren’t going to win. The Bears In the regular season loss to the Dolphins in the second half of that game they had shut down the Dolphins offense. So the second time they played I bet the Bears would have dominated them.
Thank you for posting this! Born, raised and still living in Chicago I watched all these games first hand. The 85 Bears were the most baddest team EVER! NOBODY will ever come close to their skill, character and passion to win. These guys were the epitome of teamwork. I still jam to their superbowl shuffle! Know every word! I can watch these highlights over and over. Already shared too! Think I'll sub too! 👍🏻
Best defense I ever seen. That secondary was incredible, too. Frasier, Richardson, McKinnon, Gayle, Duerson, all of them could fly after the interception. McMahon could play, he could scramble and throw. Of course with a great running game, play action is unstoppable.
Actually they weren't if you count takeaways. The change in defensive philosophy to a more passive defense made their +/- go to about breakeven from around +24. If Buddy Ryan would have stayed they would have won another Super Bowl.
The Bears allowed 28 points in week 1 against the Buccaneers. After that game, the Bears played nine games at Soldier Field. Here were the number of points they allowed: 7 10 7 9 3 0 10 0 0 Unbelievable
Run the ball and play good D. This is real football!! So sad that all the rules went toward the passing game making it such a damn crapshoot these days. Miss this NFL so much and I'm sure I'm not alone!
I was devastated when he went to Washington. So disappointing. The guy was incredible. Combined with Singletary and Wilson, I can’t think of a better linebacker trio
Best time in history of the nfl. I was a kid watching the super bowl with my Irish Italian Catholic family 30 40 of us at one house several TV's even a few in black and white! One of my greatest memories as a child! The whole season was amazing.
It's interesting to see what happens if the Dolphins beat the Patriots in the AFC Championship and went to the Super Bowl. One of the greatest "what ifs" in NFL history, since Miami dominated Chicago in the regular season
My friend will go to his grave with the belief the Dolphins would have beaten Chicago in the Super Bowl. I keep telling him, not in the rematch. The Bears were hungry, Ditka and Ryan wouldn’t have the blow up like they did during the Miami loss and the Dolphins defense wouldn’t be able to stop Payton.
Duh Bears! The best year for long time Bears fans. I rooted for them back in the Butkus and Sayers days as a child. After a generation they finally got around to it. My Bears!
How appropriate that the Bears get 46 points in the Super Bowl as a tribute to the 46 Defense. I remember that season. I am not even a Bears fan but to this day the highlights of the defense are fun to watch. Every team was in their way that year and everything went right.
its ironic becuase they, the dolphins, are the only absolutely undefeated team (including super bowl win, i know that the patriots' short lived dynasty won all regular season games and playoff games but not the super bowl) AND because the dolphins went undefeated 13 years earlier, the unlucky number to most people
My mom and my step dad were born for your information, my point is that we have always been better than the packers. Though y’all 2011 season was nice.
I was a kid when I became a football and Bears fan this very year...been a loyal Bears fan all my life / ever since...and yes it's been rough for quite a while. But I do look back on this season of my childhood with great love...THIS Bears team was simply magical and legendary...thanks for posting this !!!
@@waynejohanson1083 their nickname was “11 angry men” after the movie 12 angry men & believe me they had reason to be angry…..that offence did little (13ppg) to help them! JSYK
They were the only team that I have ever seen where the opponents were frightened of them. There were games where the defense scored more points than the offense. I saw genuine fear in the faces of the St.Louis Rams players. I actually felt sorry for them. I believe they played the Cowboys and beat them 47-0 and coach Tom Landry told Mike Ditka while shaking his head “You guys are really good.” Nearly every player on the team was “varsity”! They didn’t have a junior varsity. I was in the Army in W.Germany in 1985 and television was tape delay and difficult to avoid the outcome of a game before seeing it, but still couldn’t believe it. It was a lot like watching Mike Tyson fight early on in his career when no one survived the first round. The event was over before it began. Awesome team!
I so much wanted to see a rematch, but the Dolphins D was pretty bad by that time, especially against the run. Arnsparger was gone by then and it showed.
Bears lost focus and it showed. Didn’t help that a Marinho pass literally bounces off a receiver’s helmet, right into the hands of another receiver for a td. Yeah, that was planned . Let’s stop the nonsense about Miami winning the superbowl if this or that. They didn’t get there.
I was in kindergarten when this happened and never forgot the parade I went too. Was at Dikta's Steakhouse in Rosemont when I saw Andre Dawson from the Cubs and Richard Dent sitting at the bar in late 1990's.❤
But we won the Super Bowl that year, no one cares about the 72 Dolphins anymore and when you ask anyone who the greatest, funnest and toughest team was they’ll say the 85 Bears. 💀🔥
The 70's Steel Curtain was the second best defense of all time over a long stretch. If you take their best 8 years from 72-79 only the Vikings from 69-76 were better.
@@bryanjones4444 statistically speaking, yeah ur absolutely right, but we have to include the fact that the steel curtain led the team to 4 Super Bowls, mostly because of them, and beat the Vikings in the big game too
@@waynejohanson1083 There's no team like that in history though. Sure, 89 49ers were great but all they had was great offense and solid defense because of great players like Lott and others.
The 1985 Bears are famous for their defense and for good reason. But people don't pay attention to how good their offense was under McMahon. This was an excellent all around team. As dominant as you will ever see.
1985 Bears is and always will be, one of the best and we'll rounded teams of all time. There has been teams that have that same special magic that is almost divine in a way. Football is just a great sport and when everything on a team seems to be in sync well that's what happened back in 1985 in the windy city
I thank you for this memory. Such good times watching DA BEARSSS when I was young with my family. Brought tears to my eyes with remembrances of these games. I'll always be a Bears fan because of these times and I hope to catch at least one game next season. Bears Forever!
Watching an interview on the game (America's Game 1985 perhaps) Ditka actually confesses not having Payton score is the biggest regret of his coaching career. I might be wrong here, but think I recall him saying that mid-game he lost track of all the touchdowns, and coulda swore Payton had already scored, and that's why Perry has a TD. He woulda called on 34, had he known otherwise
I read that Bears head coach Mike Ditka rarely spoke to his defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan (whom management foisted on Ditka) and that created a schism between the players on offense (Mike’s guys) and on defense (Buddy’s guys). At game’s end of the Bears 1985 Super Bowl bashing of the New England Patriots 41-3, the offensive players hoisted Ditka while the defensive players hoisted Ryan. These Bears were known as a running team with Walter Payton which chewed off chunks of time off the clock which gave the defense plenty of rest time. Ryan rarely blew up at the offense for stupid play calling. One humorous incident happened on the Oilers when head coach Jack Pardee (a former Redskin defensive back) hired Kevin Gilbride as his offensive coordinator and Buddy Ryan as his defensive coordinator. The defense just stopped the other team’s long drive and Oilers QB Warren Moon was told to throw the ball on first down. The ball was intercepted. Buddy Ryan blew his stack and punched Kevin Gilbride on the jaw!
I'm 65 And a BYU fan. Bears since I was a kid. Can you imagine how I felt in 81. And Pappa bear drafted McMahon. I said out loud. Oh my lord. Sweetness will be the greatest running back ever. That's all they needed the missing element. Proof. They were not the same without him on the field ❤❤❤❤❤❤greatest defense ever. Mongo for HOF.
Cuzzo wanted me to watch this, I still stand with my steelers, 70's Pittsburgh won 4 superbowls, but I have to give prop to these 85 bears, they were a rare combination of speed, power and technique
It wasn't just 1985. The 1984 Bears defense was great and no one wanted to play them after what they did to the Oakland Raiders that year. That day in Soldier Field went down as the most violent football game ever in NFL history.
there will never be another defense like this because of the new rules for player safety, for better or worse
And also spread offenses with multiple receiver sets and quick passing attacks is what counters the super blitz heavy 4-6 defense.
@Harry Engel yes
Yet there are just as many injuries as ever.
Football now is boring as hell. I watch the real old games now on Sunday instead of the modern crap
@@PRHILL9696 good for you pal, so brave
Walter Peyton never looked for the sideline like Franco Harris did, he would aim straight for you. Dude could run like the wind, he had WR hands, he was a tremendous blocker and he could throw too. What a talent.
Best all around football player to ever play the game. Period.
Agreed!!!
CORRECT! My college roommate hated the fact thatFranco Harris would run out of bounds rather than attempt to make contact for extra yardage. This drove him crazy!
Walter was the greatest rb ever but why get bruised up if you don't have to that don't make Franco a bad RB he was saving his self Franco was a great Rb
The Steel curtain defense 1976 was dominate from 74 to 80 the best defense of all time
Jim McMahon holds the NFL record for consecutive winning starts. Between 1984-1987 Jim was 25-0 as a starter. Four straight calendar years unbeaten. A record that will likely never be broken.
wow had no idea
Same here.
Now THAT is a fucking WINNER
ROFL! You can thank Payton and the Defense for that. Mcmahon wasn't a quarterback (at NFL level) any more than was cam newton.
@@ajgrant6172 irrelevant.
Seeing some of those hits in real time instead of slowmo…omg. They straight up killed people.
miss the smashmouth era
They did beat the day lights out of there opponents that year
@@sukhastings4200 watching the Bears on defense was better than watching the great offensive teams (2007 Patriots, 2000 Vikings, Manning's teams). They literally took your breath away.
yeah....and that's wny McMahon was a target. too bad he got hurt so much and the Bears didn't repeat or get more rings.
When they went to the SuperBowl and WON, I cried with GREAT tears of joy! I've been a Chicago Bears fan since I was 5yrs. old. Dick Butkus was my favorite player back then.
"Butkus didn't try to put you in the hospital, he tried to put you in the cemetery " Deacon Jones. Showed you the respect Butkus had.
But Dan real and the Dolphins kick their ass
Lucky you got to play the Patriots and not he Dolphins who beat them badly that year.
@@dasparado Yes Bears did get lucky, Miami did not get to the Super Bowl
Imagine if Dick Butkus was on this team? They probably would have shut out every single opponent
The defense was so legendary , history forgot that they had the 5th ranked offense in the league too
And it was the offense that separated this team from the Bears teams of 1984 and '86, which actually had more dominant defenses, but had very little offense except the obvious, Walter Payton. But in 1985, the offense was potent enough that only the Air Coryell Chargers scored more points than the Bears did in '85. And Air Coryell only scored 11 more points than the Bears did that season.
They weren't only potent, but in the top 10 teams that season, they probably had the most balanced offense.
That's what makes the 2015 Denver D so amazing to me. They had a completely inept offense and still won the SB. Beat Brady twice, then the high powered Panthers in the Super Bowl. Manning and Osweiler combined for the 30th ranked QB play that year.
Yep and #2 scoring offense too. I always get a kick out of the meatball fans that called them one dimensional. Then they have to give somenground with their argument and state the obvious with Payton. Then they have to be informed that Matt Suey was a fine secondary cement head FB/HB. Then they have to be informed that Willie Gault was a 1000 yard WR in the toughest defensive era ever and also be informed that Moorehead was a criminally underrated TE who came through in the passing game. Of course theres McMahon who NEVER has gotten the credit he should get who would have a field day in todays league. I love when moron couch potatoes accuse this team of being one dimensional. They were FAR from one dimensional and I DO believe the best single season team EVER.
@@brianbelden2449, and McKinnon at WR, as well. Jimmy Mac; not only more than adequate, he knew how to win.
Man, if I had to go back, and see any team in my life, it would be the 85 bears. What a team!! Bear down!!
I grew up in Chicago...the city of perennial losers, The cubs, etc. Yet....when this team happened....it was like nothing else!! Every week was stunning. The game was over at 3pm and we were out of our minds the rest of the day!!! It was just EPIC! Week after week. Vindication. It was such a great time, so much so that I never really have been into football since. Nothing compares to it. It will never be that good.......the circumstances that brought all this together, everything lined up just right to make it happen.....just won't be there again, at least not in my lifetime. I live in Austin now, since 1986..... Hockey fan......Go Blackhawks!!
Greatest team that has EVER been assembled!!!! How this team only won 1 Super Bowl blows my mind. It was truly MAGIC that one year though, MAGIC!!!!!!
They were just in ONE Superbowl! A flash in the pan then gone! Money & greed carries the most weight.
They would have been the 80s dynasty team if Buddy Ryan could have gotten along with Ditka; that's why they only had 1 super bowl
That Packer lineman who slammed McMahon to the turf WELL after he threw the ball, and Jim was injured and never the same player again.
If McMahon stays healthy, I bet they go to 2 more Super Bowls, winning at least one of those.
@@KnockOffBeingFat Yep, the idiot McCaskeys didn't want to pay Marshall after the '86 season and Charles Martin of the fudge packers ruined McMahon's career and they didn't have any other leaders like him to take over.
@@tbadj649 Wrong again. They were statistically better after Ryan left. They only had one Super Bowl because Jim McMahon could stay healthy. If he could, they'd won 3 or 4 in a row, starting in '84.
I knew Detroit RB Wilbert Montgomery and asked him once was there anyone he FEARED in his playing career? He thought for a moment and said " I don't know if I FEARED anyone but I certainly went out of my way to know where Wilbur Marshall was at all times because if a play was called to his side of the field? You just prayed someone would get to you first before he did".... Now THAT'S a legacy!!
Stress “at all times”!
I miss Walter Payton...as many accolades as he has received somehow I still think he is underrated. Best all-around back ever...could do it all. Plus a great human...he just got it.
No need to highlight Perry when he’s in the backfield . . . i SEE him.
Imagine having the bears defense in fantasy that year
😂😂😂💯
People would think u sucked Peter if u told them I played something called fantasy football in 1985😂
You almost wouldn't need any offense, lol.
This is the best video I’ve seen of the 85 Chicago Bears. Thank you for posting.
The 85 Bears greatest team in NFL history.
Without A Doubt Sir Bear Down!
Amen brother! This is without a doubt the BEST video of their defense. Slo-mo does not do them justice. Watching the second half of these whippings were the most fun watching football.
@@calronske1853 I think it's the best because it shows their awesome offense as well (and it was awesome to watch).
With a name like “Harley Davidson rider” can one’s opinion even be relevant??? I think not , go take your dementia meds & put your diaper back in grandpa
Nope, the 72 dolphins were much better
that 1985-86 Bears team, should have been a Dynasty. won at least 3 championships in the 80's. MAN, what a team!!!
Poetry in Motion! I'm from Chicago and so proud to have witnessed it live. God I miss 1985!
RIP John Madden. Such an amazing commentator
Refrigerator sacks vikings qb: refs this yr: ROUGING THE PASSER.
War damn eagle
(makes eye contact with qb)
RoUgHiNg ThE pAsSeR
Looking at the play again it wasn't all his body landing on the QB.
Most of the great teams of the '70s-'90s couldn't play today's game. They'd be penalized, fined and suspensioned out of existence.
Jim McMahon is a rather solid quarterback during that time with the bears
When he was healthy and his damn back wasn’t in traction, yes he was. Yes he was.
Only game they lost in 85 was one where Jim wasnt playing.
Lol, what scheme is that, handing the ball off 40 times a game or just knowing when to (defiantly) ignore his coaches to exploit a weaknesses in the defense?
Bears haven’t had a good QB since hun.
Their defense WAS UNSTOPPABLE. at the time (being from Chicago) their offense did their but like I said their defense was unstoppable interception here inception their SAFTEY INTERCEPTION AND SACK AND FUMBLE EVEYWHERE
I had started watching NFL football in 1983 - 84 and my mate David and I went to Wembley to watch the Superbowl winners - Chicago Bears, - play 'America's team' the Dallas Cowboys in 1986. My take aways from the game were just how fast it was, how big the players were even without their armour and how pretty the cheerleaders were.
That Bears team were memorable for all sorts of reasons, but my favourites were Walter Peyton and Mike SIngletary. Both were superb players - of course - but both men were known to be really nice blokes. Peyton's nickname was 'Sweetness', but he died way too young , but Singletary is still a really nice guy.
That’s too bad Roger; the bears won 8 titles before the ‘85 super bowl
MONSTERS OF THE MIDWAY!!!!!💪🏾💯
Vince tobin was the next year with atatistically bettee one just didnt win
It’s pretty amazing that many players from this team have coached or are current coaches today.
Not to me it ain’t
The reason I as an Englishman fell in love with American football. The Chicago Bears.
Glad to have you
That was one hell of a year !!!! BEAR DOWN
They were a “nickel defense” away from having a perfect season in ‘85.
GO MIAMI DOLPHINS.
Disagree. The kept blitzing which is what any QB wants you to do. Marino with his quick release was the wrong guy to do that to. Makes you wonder what would've happened in The Super Bowl if Miami is in New Orleans.
@@cbod14 ya Miami was cheated out of going to super bowl but the DOLPHINS would be champions
@@richardwolfe844 no they weren’t going to win. The Bears In the regular season loss to the Dolphins in the second half of that game they had shut down the Dolphins offense. So the second time they played I bet the Bears would have dominated them.
@@omegas.4025 Well that's why we'll never know..but great to think about.
Overlooked maybe because of his persona is the fact that McMahon when healthy was a very good thrower on the move.
Thank you for posting this! Born, raised and still living in Chicago I watched all these games first hand. The 85 Bears were the most baddest team EVER! NOBODY will ever come close to their skill, character and passion to win. These guys were the epitome of teamwork. I still jam to their superbowl shuffle! Know every word! I can watch these highlights over and over. Already shared too! Think I'll sub too! 👍🏻
72 dolphins were the best team ever hands down
almost 56 now and this is the best team i ever saw in the nfl
Amen
I'd guess you haven't seen very many football games than.
I’m 55 and I’m right there with you. That was a magical team.
Buster Nutt Guess your a baby 👶! HA!
Best defense I ever seen. That secondary was incredible, too. Frasier, Richardson, McKinnon, Gayle, Duerson, all of them could fly after the interception. McMahon could play, he could scramble and throw. Of course with a great running game, play action is unstoppable.
Statistically, they were actually better in 1986, but no one remembers that cause they lost the first playoff game
Sad
Nah they actually had a much easier schedule in 1986, here's the stats:
www.footballperspective.com/the-best-scoring-defenses-in-nfl-history/
This defense allowed less than 15 points 10 times that season.
Just domination.
@Harry Engel Yeah they were great each season but 85 was insane.
Actually they weren't if you count takeaways. The change in defensive philosophy to a more passive defense made their +/- go to about breakeven from around +24. If Buddy Ryan would have stayed they would have won another Super Bowl.
The Bears allowed 28 points in week 1 against the Buccaneers. After that game, the Bears played nine games at Soldier Field. Here were the number of points they allowed:
7
10
7
9
3
0
10
0
0
Unbelievable
Buccaneers scored 28
Bears defense: and we took that personally. 😂
Dam
Impressive but giving up 28 points for the greatest D is not very good.
Run the ball and play good D. This is real football!! So sad that all the rules went toward the passing game making it such a damn crapshoot these days. Miss this NFL so much and I'm sure I'm not alone!
Wilbur Marshall was an absolute beast!
He may have been the best defensive player they had!
I was devastated when he went to Washington. So disappointing. The guy was incredible. Combined with Singletary and Wilson, I can’t think of a better linebacker trio
He really was a monster he was like a 230 lb bullet on the field. He was truly scary
Best time in history of the nfl. I was a kid watching the super bowl with my Irish Italian Catholic family 30 40 of us at one house several TV's even a few in black and white! One of my greatest memories as a child! The whole season was amazing.
It's interesting to see what happens if the Dolphins beat the Patriots in the AFC Championship and went to the Super Bowl. One of the greatest "what ifs" in NFL history, since Miami dominated Chicago in the regular season
I don't think they dominated them did they? I thought it was a close game?
I always wondered this myself. Would’ve been a great rematch let alone a Super Bowl game.
I wouldn’t say dominated tho...38-24 is still close ..a dominant game is like 38-3 or 41-10 ...
Dominated? ❓
My friend will go to his grave with the belief the Dolphins would have beaten Chicago in the Super Bowl.
I keep telling him, not in the rematch. The Bears were hungry, Ditka and Ryan wouldn’t have the blow up like they did during the Miami loss and the Dolphins defense wouldn’t be able to stop Payton.
Not a Bears fan but holy cow that defense was amazing those boys could play with anybody
At 69yrs old, I remember the '85 Bears & SBXX like it was ystrday, & Always Will - till the day I die!!! SUPER 🐻 BEARS, SUPER 🏈 BOWL!!!
I’m 76 and ditto
Greatest Team of All-Time. You can't change my mind.
Greatest team? Yes. But not greatest defensive team ever
1972 Dolphins. did I change your mind.
@@yankeeslinh8752 The 1985 Bears was the best defense ever.
72 dolphins were better and you are stupid to say otherwise
@@waynejohanson1083 like i said: that dolphin team played 2 teams with winning records in their 14-0 season!
I will never forget /11/17/1985/ I was at Texas Stadium with friends the Bears shellacking of the Cowboys 44 to 0! That Bear team was just Scary!
Wish I could’ve watched them live. Incredible team so much fun
There couldn't be a more exciting and fun season for a football fan than what '85 Bears gave us. The electricity was phenomenal.
Duh Bears! The best year for long time Bears fans. I rooted for them back in the Butkus and Sayers days as a child. After a generation they finally got around to it. My Bears!
As great as Butkus & Sayers were:neither ever reached a playoff game!
How appropriate that the Bears get 46 points in the Super Bowl as a tribute to the 46 Defense. I remember that season. I am not even a Bears fan but to this day the highlights of the defense are fun to watch. Every team was in their way that year and everything went right.
The only lost was against Dan Marino and Miami Dolphins
@@matthewdaley746 wow
@@matthewdaley746 what do you mean dude? They should have won back to back super bowls. They had a better defense in 86
short passes
its ironic becuase they, the dolphins, are the only absolutely undefeated team (including super bowl win, i know that the patriots' short lived dynasty won all regular season games and playoff games but not the super bowl) AND because the dolphins went undefeated 13 years earlier, the unlucky number to most people
And if they do not play the Dolphins that season. They may go undefeated and be the greatest team ever for a season.
85 Bears would DOMINATE ANY team from ANY season....
Born, live and die a Bears fan
Not my 49ers Joe Montana
As a bears fan I’ve been waiting for this! See this packers fans?!
What’s Your Point
Yeah we saw it 35 years ago never saw it again lol
And weve had 2 hof qbs and 2 sb wins since. Your best qb since mcmahon is jay cutler lol.
bro your parents weren't even born back then you are dumb that was 36 years ago who is dominating now packers hahahaha
My mom and my step dad were born for your information, my point is that we have always been better than the packers. Though y’all 2011 season was nice.
I was a kid when I became a football and Bears fan this very year...been a loyal Bears fan all my life / ever since...and yes it's been rough for quite a while. But I do look back on this season of my childhood with great love...THIS Bears team was simply magical and legendary...thanks for posting this !!!
I didn't remember Gary Fencik making that many plays. Great highlights.
He didn’t have to!
He was one of the best DBs they had, along with Leslie Frazier. (Too bad his defenses in Buffalo recently weren’t much to write home about.)
Remember it like yesterday.....man where they great
You know as a bears fan nowadays it's hard it really is hard but at least I can go to sleep at night noing that we have the 1985 Bears.
And the 1963 Bears.
@@waynejohanson1083 kilkullen jones Ligget Atkins Morris George fortunado McRae Taylor petibone & Caroline!
@@morrisparrish76 Are those the 63 bears. Those are great players too. Monster of the Midway I believe.
@@waynejohanson1083 yes they were & unlike the ‘85 bears; they played every down on defense!
@@waynejohanson1083 their nickname was “11 angry men” after the movie 12 angry men & believe me they had reason to be angry…..that offence did little (13ppg) to help them!
JSYK
Gave me a chill. I remember exactly were I was watching that Game
Those Bears pitched shut out of 45-0 in the playoffs. I don’t think that’s ever been done since 1970 merger.
and hasnt been topped. not just one game, but all of their playoff games that year were blowouts.
The Patriots scored 10 against them in the SB. The Bears shut out the Giants and Rams. 1n 3 games that will Never happen again.
They were the only team that I have ever seen where the opponents were frightened of them.
There were games where the defense scored more points than the offense.
I saw genuine fear in the faces of the St.Louis Rams players. I actually felt sorry for them. I believe they played the Cowboys and beat them 47-0 and coach Tom Landry told Mike Ditka while shaking his head “You guys are really good.”
Nearly every player on the team was “varsity”!
They didn’t have a junior varsity. I was in the Army in W.Germany in 1985 and television was tape delay and difficult to avoid the outcome of a game before seeing it, but still couldn’t believe it.
It was a lot like watching Mike Tyson fight early on in his career when no one survived the first round. The event was over before it began.
Awesome team!
That Mon. night in Miami( I was 15) the Fish were simply too fast and Marino had the best receiving tandem in the league with the "Marks" brothers.
super bowl would have been nice
That + they were the only team that figured out the antidote to the 46 defense
I so much wanted to see a rematch, but the Dolphins D was pretty bad by that time, especially against the run. Arnsparger was gone by then and it showed.
Bears lost focus and it showed. Didn’t help that a Marinho pass literally bounces off a receiver’s helmet, right into the hands of another receiver for a td. Yeah, that was planned . Let’s stop the nonsense about Miami winning the superbowl if this or that. They didn’t get there.
As a second/third grader growing up in Chicago, these guys were like super heroes to me
And then, the Super bowl shuffle was born! 🐻😎🕺
I was in kindergarten when this happened and never forgot the parade I went too. Was at Dikta's Steakhouse in Rosemont when I saw Andre Dawson from the Cubs and Richard Dent sitting at the bar in late 1990's.❤
My favorite team to watch from my childhood
2 things...
1 - its amazing that team was able to stay healthy the whole season
2 - if im a QB about to face the bears im calling out sick🤧
Wilbur Marshall was like a heat seeking missile. Loved watching that guy play. Hated when he left to go play for the Redskins.
Bears wouldn't pay him what he deserved
My favorite 🤩 season team of all time. Just the way they could impose their will on the other team !
Notice the common denominator: practically all 11 guys around the ball. Unbelievable!!
Sometimes I have to come back to these clips to remind me who we once were.
I like how they didn’t show the score for that Miami game lol.
But we won the Super Bowl that year, no one cares about the 72 Dolphins anymore and when you ask anyone who the greatest, funnest and toughest team was they’ll say the 85 Bears. 💀🔥
Those hits in todays game would make them boys cry. Man I wish that team played against TB12
Next to the Steel Curtain, the Bears "46" defense was one of the greatest ever!👍
I would say that the bears had a better year, but the steel curtain had a better defense in the long run
@@grottyband8052 True! I agree👍
The 70's Steel Curtain was the second best defense of all time over a long stretch. If you take their best 8 years from 72-79 only the Vikings from 69-76 were better.
@@bryanjones4444 maybe so, but who won more super bowls during that period? Damn sure weren't the Vikings mayne-
@@bryanjones4444 statistically speaking, yeah ur absolutely right, but we have to include the fact that the steel curtain led the team to 4 Super Bowls, mostly because of them, and beat the Vikings in the big game too
Buddy Ryan was the defensive coordinator for the New York Jets when they won the super bowl.
And purple people eaters
This is the best team of all time complete dominance
To be the best team of all time you have to have awesome offense and special teams. And their offense was not dominate.
@@waynejohanson1083 There's no team like that in history though. Sure, 89 49ers were great but all they had was great offense and solid defense because of great players like Lott and others.
I remember that team like it was yesterday. Seemed like they had 13 on D at all times.
I do enjoy a good defense. Legion of Boom, 2019 Niners, 2020 Saints, all fun to watch.
Yes, but the NFL rules have ruined it
this defense was insane!!!!!!!!
The 1985 Bears are famous for their defense and for good reason. But people don't pay attention to how good their offense was under McMahon. This was an excellent all around team. As dominant as you will ever see.
Best defense of all time 🏈🏈🏈🏈
Statistically they aren't the best, 02 bucs are the best, 85 bears are top 5 tho
www.footballperspective.com/the-best-scoring-defenses-in-nfl-history/
@@tommyrosati9326 I thought the 77 falcons were the best
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Nah they had a 14 game season and an easy SOS.
@@tommyrosati9326 Actually it’s a tie I forgot about the books
Bucks
I love these guys
they went from the "Monsters of The Midway" to the "Mitchstake of The Midway"
sad but true
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂🤣
1985 Bears is and always will be, one of the best and we'll rounded teams of all time. There has been teams that have that same special magic that is almost divine in a way. Football is just a great sport and when everything on a team seems to be in sync well that's what happened back in 1985 in the windy city
Indeed the monsters of the midway. Best team I have ever seen in that time line.
One of my favorite defensive unit, this and Baltimore Ravens.
Great memories awesome video
Walter Payton ...greatest player in history. Did it all.
I thank you for this memory. Such good times watching DA BEARSSS when I was young with my family. Brought tears to my eyes with remembrances of these games. I'll always be a Bears fan because of these times and I hope to catch at least one game next season. Bears Forever!
Particularly notable for launching the career of professional wrestler Mongo!
The best ...I watched these games in 1985 and the Superbowl in 1986..Perfecto !.
Loved watching this entire season in 85...Northside of Chicago kedzie n Armitage
The really sad thing is that Walter Peyton didn’t get to score a touchdown in the Super Bowl. Just don’t understand what Ditka was thinking.
Yh instead of fridge on the 1 yard line
Okay the Pats went into that game wanting to shut down Payton and it sucks because he deserved a touchdown
New England spent their entire defense on wrapping him up. It’s not diktats fault.
Payton went to his grave hurt over the situation (RIP)
GREATEST RUNNING BACK EVER!
Watching an interview on the game (America's Game 1985 perhaps) Ditka actually confesses not having Payton score is the biggest regret of his coaching career. I might be wrong here, but think I recall him saying that mid-game he lost track of all the touchdowns, and coulda swore Payton had already scored, and that's why Perry has a TD. He woulda called on 34, had he known otherwise
Bears beating the Cowboy's 44-0. Madden and Summerall calling the game. NFL Heaven.
I read that Bears head coach Mike Ditka rarely spoke to his defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan (whom management foisted on Ditka) and that created a schism between the players on offense (Mike’s guys) and on defense (Buddy’s guys). At game’s end of the Bears 1985 Super Bowl bashing of the New England Patriots 41-3, the offensive players hoisted Ditka while the defensive players hoisted Ryan.
These Bears were known as a running team with Walter Payton which chewed off chunks of time off the clock which gave the defense plenty of rest time. Ryan rarely blew up at the offense for stupid play calling.
One humorous incident happened on the Oilers when head coach Jack Pardee (a former Redskin defensive back) hired Kevin Gilbride as his offensive coordinator and Buddy Ryan as his defensive coordinator. The defense just stopped the other team’s long drive and Oilers QB Warren Moon was told to throw the ball on first down. The ball was intercepted. Buddy Ryan blew his stack and punched Kevin Gilbride on the jaw!
I've met most of them : a beautiful picture with Jim, Tom, and the line at O'Hare airport . Walter too , he was a real gentleman !
When u put the stats of all your players on your team to 99 on madden
haha
And the Dolphins still end up winning LMAO
I'm 65 And a BYU fan. Bears since I was a kid. Can you imagine how I felt in 81. And Pappa bear drafted McMahon. I said out loud. Oh my lord. Sweetness will be the greatest running back ever. That's all they needed the missing element. Proof. They were not the same without him on the field ❤❤❤❤❤❤greatest defense ever. Mongo for HOF.
That defense was utterly ridiculous. What a team.
Sweetness the greatest football player ever.
Nothing he couldn't do and the heart of 100 warriors .
17:25 what a hit oh my
What a season that was!!!!! That will never happen again no matter what team
You guys should upload a compilation of Buddy Ryan's other great defense in the "Gang Green" defense he had in Philly.
1991 number 1 in everything
@@erics2739 statistics are like loose women: once you get them, you can do whatever you want with them!…….WADR to hank McKowicak
Cuzzo wanted me to watch this, I still stand with my steelers, 70's Pittsburgh won 4 superbowls, but I have to give prop to these 85 bears, they were a rare combination of speed, power and technique
Eric Hipple Was The Bears "Crash Test Dummy".... @14:41
Joe Ferguson was Laid Out by Richard Dent
Thank you for posting this fun and entertaining content! Woot!
This was the most fun I ever had watching sports in my life. It was great to be a Chicagoan that year.
1985 Bears FKA The Deadliest Defense Of All Time
It wasn't just 1985. The 1984 Bears defense was great and no one wanted to play them after what they did to the Oakland Raiders that year. That day in Soldier Field went down as the most violent football game ever in NFL history.
There defense was so perfectly played it felt like there was 15 of them playing defense.
Only 15?