The CRAZIEST Way to Erase a Deficit! (Browns vs. Bears, 2001) 

The Bears winning 13 games with Jim Miller and Shane Matthews and then 13 more in 2006 with Rex Grossman deserves a 30 for 30.

That was probably the most perfect onside kick I’ve ever seen.

Man, Mike Brown was a hero back then. He saved the bears in back to back games

2001 Bears is one of the most random good teams I ever seen. So in 2001 the Bears went 13-3 and had a first round bye in the playoffs. They had the number 1 defense. However, this season was bookended by being 5-11 in 2000 (with the 20th ranked defense) and 4-12 in 2002 (with the 25th ranked defense).

Mike Brown channeled his inner Deion sanders in overtime over those 2 games

Anytime the Bears are behind and it looks like it they have no chance of winning, I will always say they need a 2001 miracle.

Browns just blew a 13 point lead to the Jets in the final 2 minutes. Nobody does collapse like Cleveland.

This entire season was something out of a movie. It was like Angels In The Outfield type stuff.

Mike brown could have been one of the best bears If he was not hurt often

The looks on Tim's face at 10:03 really sums this whole game up for the Browns.

@6:41 someone says “Hey baby… I sell weed” lol

The 2001 and 2005 Bears both had the best scoring defense in the league. They gave up a total of 203 points in ‘01 and 202 points in ‘05. The 2001 version relied on the best run defense in the league but the 2005 defense was most efficient at stopping the pass making life miserable for opposing quarterbacks. Chicago surrendered 10 touchdowns threw the air and picked off 24 passes in 2005. They were extremely stingy when it counted most (except in the playoffs) both years. In 2005 the Bears gave up a league low 13 red zone touchdowns on 40 opportunities while they allowed only 15 such touchdowns on a league low 34 chances in 2001. Both defenses were murder on 4th down as they allowed just four successful 4th down attempts in 17 tries in ‘01 and then gave up six 4th down conversions in 20 attempts in ‘05. Both teams earned a first round bye as the second seed in the NFC. If you ignore the final game of the 2005 season in which Chicago rested it’s starters then both teams went on to give up more points in a divisional round defeat than they had during the entire regular season. Both teams had bad quarterbacks, obviously.

I was at this game with my Dad, I was 12. A good chunk of people had left by the 4th quarter. The comeback was absolute madness!

The Shane Matthews Band- THE SPACE BETWEEN!

If Mike Brown wasn't getting hurt here and there, he would've made the hall of fame.

You guys seriously have a great channel. Keep doing what you are doing.

2:04 I bet viewers on CBS were thinking at the time lets go to the postgame and then on to 60 Minutes. It’s 21-7 with a minute left. The new viewers were lucky to see a great finish

Mike Brown and Urlacher used to terrorize my Packers!

Who’s here after Browns blew the lead to Jets in 2022?

2001 was the first Bears full season I watched as a kid. I was 9 years old. Been a fan ever since. So many great games that season. Watching this was very nostalgic. Bear Down.

fun fact: bottlegate was a few weeks later. the bears were able to run another play after a sketchy catch but when the browns did the same a few weeks later they didn’t count it

Mike Brown was an absolute stud, and was everywhere you needed him to be in 2001. Also arguably the best Safety to ever play at Nebraska. Go Big Red!

I was just thinking about this game!!!! Swear I was going to look for it on RU-vid yesterday and u post this yesterday! Unreal

Im a Chicago boy living in VA since 94. I got uniform pants sox from the bears when they changed vendors home & road versions so i can suit up & give my everlasting loyalty to my beloved bears during games. I was suited up watching this very game in my home that night. When the comeback started I got stoked but when the crazy shit to win the catch by Allen the the pick 6 by brown happened I went full goose bozo & almost tore my home apart in elation. Ha never going to forget that night

At 4:57 that man is down inbounds with 16 seconds left. Wow.

Shoutout to the announcer who said its not over yet there's still a minute to go

As a 49ers fan, I already knew where this was going...

9/18/22....Hold My 🍺

Oh, yeah. That game against the Chicago Bears. In Week 8 with 32 seconds left in the Fourth Quarter, the Browns were leading 21-to-7 when Shane Matthews delivered this pass to Marty Booker in the endzone, followed by a Paul Edringer extra point to bring Da Bears within a score. Then, the Bears recover the onside kick, then with no time left, Matthews delivers this HUGE pass to James Allen for the touchdown, and another Edringer kick sends this game into overtime. In OT, well...I'll let this image speak for itself. The Browns went from a potential 5-2 record and a possible playoff spot to only winning three more games during the rest of the season afterwards.

An all time classic! Remember watching it on tv going crazy!!😁

I was at this game, 4th grade me, first Bears game in my life and my father made us leave early when they were down 21-7. We waited for the train all the way until the end of the game and all I remember is being outside the stadium listening to the crowd roar 🤦🏾‍♂️😠

Even though he was a bust, I felt terrible for Tim Couch after watching this. His defense and special teams choke and then he falls victim to one of the most unlucky tipped balls imaginable. His face at the end says everything.

only bears game i ever went to at old Soldier Field. was a birthday present and boy what a present it turned out to be.

Who is here after the Browns blew a 13 point lead to the Jets in the final two minutes 😂

The awareness to tip it forward deserves some credit.Probably wasnt entirely intentional but it looks like he knew not to let it behind him where the whole browns defense was.

Only the browns can allow this to happen 💀

like yogi berra said, “it ain’t over till it’s over.”

I remember watching this movie Da Bears!

More of these!

I forgot what game I was watching that had ended, and then cbs tuned into the broadcast of this game, basically at this point In regulation, and I remembered that they had just beaten the Niners in OT from Brown’s pick-6, and thought that there was no way that the Bears were gonna come back in this game, then the onside kick happened, then the Hail Mary, then: Mike Brown… A magical year for the Bears. It’s too bad this team had to crash into Andy Reid’s Eagles in the Divisional round. Of course, who knows how Urlacher and the other midway monsters would’ve defended against the greatest show on turf in the NFC championship

I was at the game with my three brothers and it was a cold night and when we thought we were going to lose we left soldier field and listened to the radio and we can't believe what we were hearing.The Bears made a comeback and won. Shame on us to leave 🤦‍♂️

Mike Brown was one of the smartest safeties to play the game.

You say the Hail Mary was the last throw Matthews threw for the season than show him throwing passes in overtime. 😂😂😂

Thanks RU-vid for recommending this to me right before we play the Bears again.

I remember this well, even though I was drunk by the 4th quarter.

Awesome.

those famous words said by the commentator "Mike Brown had done it again!"

Butch Davis did a very good job turning the Browns around considering where they were prior. But they lost some games in the strangest ways.

Fuck what a come back...

Losing Colvin really hurt this defense. If they could've kept him with Urlacher and Briggs I think they won in 06 or another year with that defense

7:02 “Matthews’ game-tying TD pass was the final pass he threw during the 2001 season” Proceeds to show him throw two passes in OT

Senior year in high school....as a browns fan what more could i expect? Dwayne Rudd Week 1 2002 lol

A classic

UNBELIVABLE ENDING

That was unreal🙌😂

Hell of a way to lose a game. In fact, it reminds me of how the Bears can let a game get away from them.

Came to see this after my Browns melted down again last Sunday.

The most Browns way to lose a game. The most Bears way to win a game.

Since the reactivation of the Browns, we are 4-1 against those “same old Browns😂) GO BEARS and Mike Brown 4 life!!!!

I was at this game man was it cold

So crazy!!! Bears were really good in 2001 due to their D!!! I miss their old D team back in 2000s!

The faces starting at 9:52 had me in tears 😂

Mike Brown saved the bears season in back to back games in 2001

This was crazy. I also like the 2008 falcons bears ending check that one out with orton and ryan

Hearing AFC Central is weird to me

What a crazy coincidence 😳

This collapse directly led to Bottlegate a month later. If the Browns had won this game, they wouldn't have needed that one to get into the playoffs. And the situation of the fans feeling that the refs just screwed them out of the playoffs turned the scene extremely ugly. But it wouldn't have happened had the Browns taken care of business here.

Those browns helmets look awesome

Think about this for a second: If it wasn’t for this loss, Bottlegate never would’ve happened.

Classic Browns...both figuratively _and_ literally.

And the Browns somehow outdid this yesterday vs the Jets

And the Browns did it again

Between this finish, Dwayne Rudd ripping off his helmet and costing the Browns a win against the Chiefs, and the events that led up to Bottlegate (basically the refs breaking the NFL's rules on instant replay to take away the Browns last chance to win against the Jaguars) the 2001 Browns just seemed like a cursed team.

That year was the last NFC central division

Da bears haven't done shit since 🤣

Mike "rite place rite time" Brown. All i got to say.

RIP Brian Robinson

The 2001 Bears are the unlikeliest 13 win team ever

who's here after the Jets ripped out Clevelands soul !!! LETS GO JETS!!!

Ppl talking about Mike brown but that bears onside kick was nasty af

Just imagine if Twitter was around back then for this game.

I miss the 85 Bears.

Only the Browns could lose a game like this.

20 Years Ago

INTERCEPTED AND THE BEARS ARE GONNA WIN IT! Mike Brown has done it AGAIN!

I don't know if Mike Brown was a HoF player or not, talent-wise. But I do know this- If Brown was more durable and had played 10-12 years, someone out there would be making a case for his selection.

Browns coach should of kept his headset on his head

This game, and the 49ers game the week prior, ruined me as a Bears fan, because to this day, I still have hope that they can pull off a win even if they are down 14 points with 30 seconds left. Hey, they did it before. Maybe they'll do it again. Often they don't.

Hate to be that guy but footage looks cropped. Games weren't in widescreen back then.

When you have a decent QB, you're 1/3 to being a good team.

Mike brown Nebraska legend In college

He'd be a Hall of Famer if not for being plauged by injuries in his career. Legend.

As a Browns fan i was crushed that day like how we lose this game?

why is this cropped/zoomed in? hard to watch

The '01 Bears were more lucky than good.

The most browns way to lose a game

BOOM BEAR ATTACK!

Wasn’t 2001 where the browns caught a Hail Mary against the saints

Browns moment....

As a browns fan this hurts