We were living in the Bay Area at the time and it sweet wearing my Giants jacket to school the next day!
That game for me too. I was working in a Berkeley CA restaurant where I had formerly been the head chef, and the chef and cook who replaced me were diehard 9ers fans. I was off that night watching the game and they called me at home from work (must've been following on radio) to rib me during halftime. I was so confident in the Giants'ability to come back (I thought they were whipping the 9ers in the trenches and eventually that would show up in the score) I bet them $10 bucks each on the spot, being down 17-0, and got 2-1 odds from them.
The bastards never paid out. And also the restaurant stopped answering their phone at some point during the 2nd half!
it was the regular season game against the Redskins in Washington. We went in there and kicked the crap out of them on their home turf. LT was a monster that day, and that's when I really started to believe that we had a shot.
Oh, and the Minnesota 4th-and-17 game is right up there, too.
The 85 Bears were probably the best or second best team I ever saw. But the Bears team of that entire era was overrated. They didn't have much staying power at all. And every time some idiot brings up the 87 home opener let us not forget the 90 playoff game.
Curious what made you think of '85 Bears as that good?
A lot of hyperbole attached to that team, awesome defense.....but what made them special to the unbiased eye?
My problem with the Bears of the '80s is that they really came off as a one hit wonder team. They were really tough for 1 or 2 seasons, and then became rather beatable.
The way the Niners dismantled them in Soldier Field '88 NFCC, they never gave that kind of beating to the Giants post '84.
In some ways, I find the Redskins and Vikings underrated for their '80s run.
The 1985 Bears had the #1 rated defense, which was to no one's surprise. But they also had the #2 overall rated offense (including the #1 rushing offense) in the NFL. Add in 2 shutouts at Soldier Field in the playoffs and the destruction over the Patriots sticks in everyone's mind. It was only the Dolphins who were able to expose the Buddy Ryan blitzing 46 defense, but that's because they had Marino. The real shame was that the Patriots somehow beat Miami in the AFC Championship and ruined what would have been a great Super Bowl matchup. Kind of like when the Falcons got in the Vikings way in 1998 and we could have seen them take on the Broncos.
Didn't know they had the #2 offense.
Yes, it's a shame we didn't see Bears/Dolphins SB.
the blowout of the friggin 49'ers in the playoffs.
That was sweet!
The most exhilarating was obviously the SB victory, first one!
As far as the '85 Bears, after their SB victory over the Pats,
one of their issues is they became fat cats. Ditka with his
restaurants and wines, players with book deals and more.
That is another reason for 'no staying power'.
We were living in the Bay Area at the time and it sweet wearing my Giants jacket to school the next day!
That game for me too. I was working in a Berkeley CA restaurant where I had formerly been the head chef, and the chef and cook who replaced me were diehard 9ers fans. I was off that night watching the game and they called me at home from work (must've been following on radio) to rib me during halftime. I was so confident in the Giants'ability to come back (I thought they were whipping the 9ers in the trenches and eventually that would show up in the score) I bet them $10 bucks each on the spot, being down 17-0, and got 2-1 odds from them.
The bastards never paid out. And also the restaurant stopped answering their phone at some point during the 2nd half!
Oh, and the Minnesota 4th-and-17 game is right up there, too.
Oh, yeah. I remember exactly where I was. I held my breath long after the play was dead. Wow! Just wow!
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The 85 Bears were probably the best or second best team I ever saw. But the Bears team of that entire era was overrated. They didn't have much staying power at all. And every time some idiot brings up the 87 home opener let us not forget the 90 playoff game.
Curious what made you think of '85 Bears as that good?
A lot of hyperbole attached to that team, awesome defense.....but what made them special to the unbiased eye?
My problem with the Bears of the '80s is that they really came off as a one hit wonder team. They were really tough for 1 or 2 seasons, and then became rather beatable.
The way the Niners dismantled them in Soldier Field '88 NFCC, they never gave that kind of beating to the Giants post '84.
In some ways, I find the Redskins and Vikings underrated for their '80s run.
The 1985 Bears had the #1 rated defense, which was to no one's surprise. But they also had the #2 overall rated offense (including the #1 rushing offense) in the NFL. Add in 2 shutouts at Soldier Field in the playoffs and the destruction over the Patriots sticks in everyone's mind. It was only the Dolphins who were able to expose the Buddy Ryan blitzing 46 defense, but that's because they had Marino. The real shame was that the Patriots somehow beat Miami in the AFC Championship and ruined what would have been a great Super Bowl matchup. Kind of like when the Falcons got in the Vikings way in 1998 and we could have seen them take on the Broncos.
Didn't know they had the #2 offense.
Yes, it's a shame we didn't see Bears/Dolphins SB.
That was sweet!
The most exhilarating was obviously the SB victory, first one!
As far as the '85 Bears, after their SB victory over the Pats,
one of their issues is they became fat cats. Ditka with his
restaurants and wines, players with book deals and more.
That is another reason for 'no staying power'.