Having just defeated the Minnesota Vikings, the Green Bay Packers then welcomed another century-old arch-rivaled enemy in the same district: the Chicago Bears.

In the entire NFL league, Green Bay Packers has the third longest team building history, and the second place is the Chicago Bears.

Founded in 1919, the Chicago Bears was originally located in DeCart, Illinois. The team was named Starley - the name of the starch processing factory that sponsored the team at that time. They were also one of the initiators of the American Professional Football Association.

In 1921, the team went to Chicago; in 1922, the National Football League was officially renamed, and the Staleys also renamed the current Bears.

The reason for the name change was quite interesting, because everyone at that time, head coach and general manager George Halas, believed that since football players were taller and stronger than baseball players, Chicago had a baseball team called the Cubs, logically speaking, the football team should be the Bears - stronger than the baseball team.

So, the Chicago Bear was born.

In history, the Chicago Bears was a well-deserved strong team. They started with defense and were also known as the strongest defensive team in the league at their peak. Before the Super Bowl, the Chicago Bears had topped the league championship eight times; in the Super Bowl, the Chicago Bears reached the top in 1985.

When people mention NFL's defensive teams, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills and other teams, they are bound to appear on the list, and the Chicago Bears are another top defensive team with a long history of tradition. Among them, the Chicago Bears in 1985 is the best choice among the different lists of the best defensive teams in history so far.

The strongest among the strong.

In the 1985 season, the Chicago Bears' defense reached its peak. They were praised by the league as "desperate" defensive team. Even in the long history, they are the top defense team that no one can surpass - the Seattle Seahawks in the 2013 season are also worthy of their match.

Throughout the season, they averaged 258.4 yards per game and 12.4 yards per game. They both scored first in the league and created the best in history.

During the regular season that year, the Chicago Bears ruthlessly crushed and trampled on every offensive team in the league, and almost no one could form an effective resistance.

They only lost one game throughout the season-

Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino led the Miami Dolphins to defeat the Chicago Bears who were defeated at the time of Dugu Qiu. But the premise was that it was a season without offseason week. After winning twelve consecutive victories, the Chicago Bears lost the game with a physical and mental exhaustion.

In addition, throughout the season, the Chicago Bears achieved an excellent record of 15 wins and one loss, and made great progress to the playoffs. They were bye in the first round, second round division matches and third round Federation finals, and they scored their opponents in succession without any suspense.

In the Super Bowl final stage, the Chicago Bears faced the New England Patriots, and the terrifying defense team showed no mercy. The absolute advantage of "46:10" was bloody and bloody, crushing the opponent to the top.

It is worth mentioning that in the Super Bowl game, the New England Patriots' ground attack only advanced seven yards throughout the game. The pitiful seven yards.

It's a tragedy.

At that time, the technical support of defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan achieved a perfect teaming with all the top defensive players-

Defensive ends Dan Hampton and Richard Dent, linebackers Mike Singertray and Otis 0Wilson, safety Dave Duerson and Gary Fencik.

Every player is a top player who is independent, with equal emphasis on defensive talent and strict discipline. He won 34 interceptions and 60 sacks in a single season, and was the fifth highest in the Super Bowl era in a single season.

In addition, it should be noted that the Chicago Bears' ground offense was also the league's first, which objectively limited the time for defense to play.

In other words, in the limited appearance time, the defense team still achieved top-notch standards in history, simple, efficient, accurate, man-to-person defense, raid quarterback tactics and high-quality ground defense, etc., and successfully dominated the game, they were just an unsolvable problem.

Later in 2013, Pete Carroll established a steel defense in the Seattle Seahawks, and the bombing army emerged, changing the entire development of defensive tactics. His tactical philosophy is more or less borrowed from the Chicago Bears in 1985 - especially in the selection of players for defensive forward line and linebacker, Carroll combines retro strength and new-class flexibility, which creates a historically-level super defense team.

If compared with the number of Super Bowl champions, the Bears, who entered the Super Bowl only twice, won the championship and lost one after another, seem to be unable to rank at all, but in fact, they are one of the greatest and outstanding teams in the league, and they have made great contributions to the improvement and advancement of defensive tactics.

In the history of the Chicago Bears, they have retired a total of fourteen jersey numbers, which is the NFL's highest; in addition, they have a total of twenty-eight players entering the Hall of Fame, which is also the NFL's highest.

There is no doubt that the history of this team is an integral part of the NFL.

After the final glory of the 1990s, the Chicago Bears entered a new round of alternating new and old pain. After 1994, they missed the playoffs for six consecutive years, and finally returned to the playoffs in 2001 and appeared on the final stage of the Super Bowl in 2006.

Unfortunately, the Indianapolis Pony led by Payton Manning was unable to reach the top for the second time.

The strong recovery in 2005 and 2006 made people see the Chicago Bears regained the dominant power of the National League North District, but in the fierce competition in the National League North District, don’t take it lightly, because any little negligence may ruin the entire season.

In 2007, the Chicago Bears, who experienced the "surge of Super Bowl loss", regained their strength, but failed to tighten their nerves. The final season record was only seven wins and nine losses.

Objectively speaking, the record of seven wins and nine losses is indeed not very good, but it is not as bad as it is. It may be able to rank second in other divisions; but it is directly at the bottom in the North District of the National League.

This also hit the Chicago Bears' intention to regain their strength - the fierce competition in the North District of the National League is purgatory, and only the strongest can break out of a bloody path. In order to compete for a playoff spot, you must do your best in every game, and even more so in the divisional civil war.
Chapter completed!