With Mike Ditka's passing last week and looking at some of his "greatest hits" online, we knew back then when he was fired that we wouldn't see another like him. That was an easy prediction. But I think some of us also guessed we wouldn't see teams like he coached from 1984-88 ever again. And those of my generation won't. Yeah, it was only one SB appearance and win. That part was and still is disappointing. A healthy QB may have helped in those playoff losses. But, the NFC playoffs were much tougher to navigate than the AFC back then.
The Bears are a long way from teams like that. Maybe they shouldn't think about that. But they should start thinking of taking some more pride in their game. GB was only one loss. And I am no NFL picks expert. But I did pick GB to win. The only reason I did was because Williams wasn't playing and it was in GB. I heard the Bears were favored going into that game. And it was the first time they were favored in GB in 22 years. Kind of gives you an idea where they were.