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Chicago Bears - The Greatest NFL Team Of All Time

Everyone has their own favorite NFL team, but there are teams that just stand up more than any other in the history of the game. Definitely one of the best and arguably the greatest NFL team of all time is the 1985 Chicago Bears.

The Quirky Personalities Behind the Team

For the personalities that made up the team alone, the ’85 Bears was surely a team with a grand story worth telling generations of football fans. Handpicked by George Halas, they were a tough group of mismatched characters, from rock-and-roll rejects to merry pranksters. They were cocky and confident of their talent and abilities— recording a victory video, the “Super Bowl Shuffle,” even before the playoffs started—but were justifiably so. They believed that it was their destiny to win the Super Bowl and came playing with a chip on their shoulder. As Bears coach Mike Ditka said it “"In life, there are teams called Smith, and teams called "Grabowski"...We're Grabowskis!" And that became the rallying cry of the Bears, wearing their blue-collar image proudly and thus gaining even more empathic fans. Dubbed as the “Punky QB,” quarterback Jim McMahon sported a Mohawk (as a result of a mistake from cutting his own hair) and as the team’s leader, made the Bears’ image even more edgy and delinquent—the perfect anti-hero heroes. They had an impenetrable defense with the team’s linebacker Mike Singletary being named as the UPI Defensive NFC Player of the year and the NFL Defensive Player of the Year, and defensive end Richard Dent named as the Super Bowl MVP. Their running back, hall of famer Walter Payton, won the NFC Offensive Player of the Year and head coach Mike Dikta as NFL Coach of the Year.

The Super Bowl Championship

The Bears finished off the 1985 NFL season with a record of 15-1, scoring 456 points and allowing the opposing teams with only a score of 198. The 1985 season was the team’s 66th regular season and their 16th post-season in the NFL. That season was considered to be the greatest season in any team’s history. They defeated three of their post season opponents by a score of 91-10 on their way to Super Bowl XX victory, as well as their ninth NFL Championship. The ’85 playoffs saw the might and force of the team, scoring 24-0 over the Rams, 21-0 over the New York Giants, and finally the historical 46-10 defeat of the Patriots in the Super Bowl.

Competing for the Greatest NFL team title

The ’85 Bears was also one of the few teams that were able to consistently challenge the 1972 Miami Dolphins for the (unofficial) title of “Greatest NFL Team of All Time.” In the documentary America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions conducted by the NFL Network, the 1985 Bears was named as the second greatest Super Bowl championship team, ranking behind the 1972 Miami Dolphins. But other sources such as the ESPN, rank the ’85 Bears as the greatest NFL team of all-time.

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Rick Grantham is an avid sports fan. Most of Rick's articles focus on collectibles memorabilia. Many articles are related to baseball collectibles and other sports related topics. Rick is a contributing author to BooYah Village

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