Washington Redskins Vs Chicago Bears 1986 NFC Divisional Playoff Game 

I've been looking for this game, thanks! Too bad the Skins second touchdown drive didn't survive. Do you have the championship game against Minnesota?

Awesome thanks Richard

@@elbomporino 1987 NFC Championship Game photos.app.goo.gl/61Zc7gQhvdgk66B16

@@survivor5044 it's the holy grail! Thanks, man!

This was the NFL....just beautiful..n playoffs too, thanks alot man.

harold mccoy fixed. Thanks.

Hi thanks for all the games. Do you have '84 playoffs bears vs redskins.

He was a football genius. Dan Snyder destroyed the franchise he lifted from mediocrity to elite status.

And did it in a division that had at least 3 legitimate championship contenders every year

Yep only the 86 Giants beat us snd we had a very very good team that year it was just the Giants year but that was a great Superbowl run if we had the Giants at home we might have beat them that year maybe?

No........not really David Fogarty. Players like Ray Lewis, Bob Lilly, Johnny Unitas, Deacon Jones, Otto Graham, Larry Csonka, George Blanda, Patrick MaHomes, Randy Moss, Charles Woodson...................etc didn't play in the 1980's. Except for the 49ers........the 1980's were a poor decade for the NFL.

markparker1353 You’re really this mentally challenged? There are tons of great players from the 80’s.

YES!! And I’m an Eagles fan, NOT a fan of any other NFC East teams, but greatness is greatness, and should be appreciated by ALL fans. When you win 3 Super Bowls (in 4 appearances), across a decade-plus time span, WITH THREE DIFFERENT QBs, you’ve done something unprecedented that doesn’t get nearly enough credit. Bill Walsh won 3 in 9 years, with Joe Montana. Parcells won 2 in 5 years, with Phil Simms and then Jeff Hostetler. Belichick won 6-of-9 over 19 years, with Tom Brady. ALL VERY IMPRESSIVE, and to be celebrated, but Gibbs stands alone in the way HE did it. NOW, all those teams had TOP-NOTCH defenses, year in and year out, and Washington was no different, they had a great DC in Rich Pettibon, and some Hall-Of-Famers in Darrell Green and Charles Mann, who SHOULD be in if he’s not already, and great players of that era like Dexter Manley and Monte Coleman. Good-to-great defense is necessary to win the SB. But I just want to REMIND everyone who started at QB for Washington in this game: Jay “Ricky” Schroeder. They STILL won the Super Bowl. With Schroeder’s BACKUP, Doug Williams! Gibbs was an offensive guy, from the Don Coryell coaching tree, and he always had a PHENOMENAL group of WRs, led by the all time great, Hall of Famer-but-STILL-vastly-underrated Art Monk! Monk was there for all 4 SB appearances, but he had different “complementary” receivers around him, from Alvin Garrett in the early eighties to Ricky Sanders and Gary Clark. Not to mention that Gibbs came back in the 2000s and Wash was a playoff team... not a championship, but damned impressive, especially when you think about how SHITTY the franchise has generally performed under the ownership/“leadership” of Daniel Snyder.

@@tuckercarlsonsmicropenis1283 thank god it was Williams because ricky sucked in pressure sitations.....my opinion.

One more edit to my previous post, I mixed this up with the following season, when Darrell Green returned the punt after pulling his rib cage muscles leaping a tackler... WHICH, now that I think of it, means that the two years immediately following the 1985 season, The Chicago Bears were eliminated, both times, by Washington, AT SOLDIER FIELD. We look back now and say the Bears underachieved, getting only ONE championship out of that crazy-dominant Buddy Ryan defense. Depending on your POV, it seems we have Joe Gibbs to thank or vilify for cutting short any potential Bears’ run at multiple Super Bowls.

Jay Company yes, I am also a Raiders fan, and I still have horrible nightmares about the 1990 AFC Championship Game loss to Buffalo, 51-3. The week after losing Bo Jackson forever, Schroeder really gave the offense a lift, putting the team on his back and posting that monster THREE points! Jeff Jaeger, YEAH!!

Jay Company yeah Schroeder was not a good QB or leader. PrimaDonna. It’s guys like Schroeder - Tall, Big arm, zero mobility, white - that NFL scouts and *ahem* “experts” thought was always going to be the “perfect” or at least BEST skill set for an NFL signal-caller. Seems crazy now 😂 😂 😂, guys like Tom Brady are more “exception” than “rule”, now.

I'm with you, even as a Giants fan, I hate what Dan Snyder has done do the Redskins team.

@@tomservo75 "Commanders"... what a politically correct joke.

They want to make people believe that they erased the name redskins out of respect when it was to erase their identity and existence because thats what they did by stop calling them redskins.

@@thesilence4456 Maybe you should google a dictionary

Voice of cbs sports in 80’s! Mr nba

@@gturcott1 Agreed. I remember him calling so many big Boston Celtics games in the 80s. The NBA on CBS was so far superior, especially their openings. This one by Brent Mussberger is my favorite! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iNB39k2XUEo.html

​@@gturcott1yep him and Pat O'Brien

OH MAN, I MADE soo much Money off the Redskins in 1990 in Desert Storm. On an Air Force base.

If you knew who the redskins really were you wouldnt serve the country that enslaved you yes i say "you".

god lord youre a puppy son

That is the truth. They need to bring back the CBS introduction song from 1986-88? Brought tears to my eyes when I hear it! Real talk!

That was the CBS NFL intro music that I remembered from when I first started watching it

so true my friend... so true👌🏼

The NFL is absolute shit nowadays. So are most pro sports leagues for all kinds of reasons.

Not really, bears were loaded. Flutie sucked, if McMahon plays easy W

@@santaclause3487 Flutie had talent. If you watch his USFL games with the New Jersey Generals, you can see that. I think the NFL heads were dismissive of him because of his height. But he did wind up having a good career in the CFL, and he did have a Pro Bowl year in the NFL.

@@tomcollins5112 I agree, he got better. But he played bad this game

@@santaclause3487 You have to think Chicago Bears history would have been a lot different had they gave Flutie a better shot. Little dude or not, he could make plays.

@@tomcollins5112 yea, I agree. Flutie was better than the average qb. I like the guy, he was a winner. But he wasn’t ready for a game like this. Had McMahon pbeen healthy, bears probably beat skins. And then it sets up the game of all games. Bears vs giants. Like wow, it could have been the best game ever, based on how good the teams were.

Circle of life😜 can't make this up

Ritchie took over for Gibbs when he retired...But his first season as head coach he had alot alot of injuries and Washington fired him after one season..And he was bitter over it..I think he'd been alright..If not for major injuries..They had alot of them i remember...He deserved another season at least...Hed been with them as coach for years..He get credit for our defence successes..In those Super bowls...They did Jack Pardee the same way.

Ok and?

@@eddiewallace7709 can’t make what up?

@@chrisslaughter5552 He did get off to a great start upsetting the Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys in Dallas opening game Monday Night Football. 2 years later this Springfield born guy is living in Georgetown with the love.of his life. (At her place, she made a lot more money than I did!). Anyhow, I would cross the Potomac River and walk just a mile to get cigarettes for a lot cheaper in cartons. And I remember Pettibones restaurant being there in Roslyn across the Key Bridge. At that time I thought, "What a great defensive coordinator for all those years in DC, but couldn't do it as a head coach." But in addition to the players getting older, I never considered the injury factor. I was too busy being in love to care at that time. So I'm glad you point out some facts I forgot about or didn't notice of that time. They got decent at times with Norv Turner... proceeding years showing some promise of a new generation of Redskins. Then after finishing off strong a few years later with Marty Schottenheimer, Daniel Snyder fires him anyways then we get Steve Spurrier. Thereby starting an endless descent 20-year descent into the toilet bowl of mediocrity (if we were lucky that year!)

When CBS sports was the apex of sports coverage.

@@MaximusWolfe Yes. The greatest time to watch football. I think 86-87 was the peak.

@@MaximusWolfe yeah, they covered most of the major sporting events....with style n flare

My homeboy from Louisville Big Joe went to Western with my brother...should be in..But they wont...He wasnt drafted..That the only reason they use it to keep him out..

@@jamesb.9472 No he signed as a free agent undrafted from Louisville he is married to my childhood neighbor...He is worthy but there's so many other worthy players and they leave Joe out...Thats what i meant..He deserves it like Drew Pearson does...Politics keeps him out..He doesnt make alot of noise..He is laid back..Unless we get a weak class Joe will be last in .Im a die hard Redskins fan brother..And Louisville fan ..He my kinda guy..HTTR...The Ville Baby!

The Pro Football Hall Of Fame, as far as “induction criteria” goes, is a complete and utter disaster. There’s no “standards” or measures that are consistent, the NFL has changed rules drastically over time, the game Patrick Mahomes competes within barely resembles the game that Terry Bradshaw played, the game Bradshaw played barely resembled the game Sammy Baugh or Otto Graham played QB in...so stats aren’t easy to rely upon. Look at the horrible way they’ve handled the Wide Receiver backlog. Terrell Owens wasn’t inducted in his first year of eligibility, which is INSANE. Cliff Branch is STILL not in. Drew Pearson. Isaac Bruce - the best player not named Kurt Warner on The Greatest Show On Turf JUST NOW got in, even though he’s been retired for a decade. COME ON, MAN...

@@tuckercarlsonsmicropenis1283 Yes its some Joe blow bias picks..Its like what did they overcome to get to the NFL... popularity..Has alot to do with it...Drew Pearson all decade he has 3 times the stats.Swan has..But he dont have those acrobat catches..Sometimes they wait til they die..Put them in..alot are no brainers..Others i scratch my head over....What about Jerry Jones's not putting Jimmy Johnson in the ring of Honor..Bias..lol

Joe Jacoby was one of the nicest people I ever met and when I ran into him this is when the Hogs were famous no big egos on that offensive line. Athletes today could learn a lot from the old school guys

I'm sure Joe Gibbs would be saddened by your tears, but he can't apologize for being a legend and destroying your hopes for a bears super bowl.

Not if you are 50 year redskin fan like me I really thought we had no chance winning this game but that's why you line up and play this is easily one of the top 3 redskins win ever

It was so great to see at the moment. The Bears came into RFK Stadium in 1985 and defeated the Redskins and . it's the first time WE lost in that stadium in the playoff game. We were such underdogs in this game two years later that it's awesome how it worked out. Seeing it LIVE ON TV at the moment and I'm glad that you can retroactively see it in its immaculate entirity, even though you were too young to take it in like an adult would when it happened. It was great. It was fucking awesome!

shroeder ended up throwing it 70+yds downfield against the wind vs the NYG the following week in a game that was so windy it looked like it was snowing garbage...his arm was exceptional...

fjr70 Jeff George had a stronger arm than him in fact the strongest in NFL history with Dan Marino, John Elway, Steve Bartkowski, Terry Bradshaw, Bert Jones, Randall Cunningham, Doug Williams, Jay Shroeder, Daunte Culpepper, Drew Bledsoe, JaMarcus Russell, & Daryle (The Mad Bomber) Lamonica as honorable mentions.

Schroeder actually threw one 80 yards in the QB Challenge, which was quite a bit farther than either Elway (72 yards) or Marino (68 yards) threw on that particular day. Randall Cunningham threw one 81 yards to win it. Favre threw one farther than that but it was out of bounds.

Greg Pettis Indeed I knew I forgot to mention him thanks for the reminder.

@Greg Pettis Great point about Vick's arm... He threw a ball to Deshawn Jackson while playing for the Eagles in Washington 65 yards and Jackson was running full speed to catch up to the ball... He caught it and it was a TD... That much terminal velocity on a ball thrown 65 yards.... Was very impressive.

@Michael Leroy Still the only team to beat the same opponent on the road in back-to-back postseason.

@@TPTGopher it was more rare back then to win on the road compared to how it is now,back then as good as the bears were they couldn't win at home not only did washington beat them back to back years but my team the 49ers beat them in the Championship after there losses to washington.

I'm trying to find the full game of the Redskins bears divisional playoff game in Chicago the year that the Redskins beat the broncos for the championship.

@@rodolfohilliard1656 www.bitchute.com/search/?query=redskins%20bears%201987&kind=video

@@TBullets85 thanks for the link but I be afraid to open......I may try !!

Let's not forget that the Skins went 12-4 that year.

had it not been for that one jerk from Green Bay, we probably would have repeated

they were a 1 and done team

@@graciemaemarie11jones16 Yes it appears that way. Releases, trades and retirements started right after '85 and it was not the same ever again.

The Bears dominated a weak division at the time in the NFC Central. They couldn't handle the tougher NFC Beast in the playoffs. Skins or Giants.

Some say that McMahon could have helped Flutie with the nuances of the NFL. But McMahon was tight with Mike Tomczak, who was the starter when McMahon went down (he did play pretty well, and had the support of the team). McMahon was not supportive of the move to Flutie, so he was basically left on his own...

Steve fuller was on the sideline.he beat them at rfk the year before in the playoffs

The Bears did _not_ play the 46 after Ryan left. Flutie starting this game, just his 2nd NFL start, is just certifiably insane, especially when you realize that Steve Fuller, who led them to playoff win on the _road_ vs this same Washington team, was healthy and still on the roster. Absolutely amazing.

Walter Payton last game you left that out..The Redskins kept fighting...D Green gave us gold..

Flutie was a poor choice atQB. perhaps Steve Fuller and Mike from Ohio State could have done better. Flutie did not know enough plays. they had ! week off to prepare & still lost!

@@pdgutierrez8784 Ditka's pet QB. It was the worst decision he ever made...

@@chrisslaughter5552 I thought Payton left after the 1987 playoff loss to Washington.

@@TheLAGopher Yes retired after that game when he set alone at the end of the beach with his hands in his head

Absolutely, I hate to talk about that SB loss to Raiders. Because Joe Gibbs is one of the best ever! But, it was his worse game on plan ever. Til this day it still drives me nuts.

YOU can't blame Gibbs for the SB Raiders loss. I think the players went out and partied before the game.

If Fuller starts this game, the Bears would've won this game, but without a healthy McMahon there's no _way_ they go into the Meadowlands and beat the Giants.

nobody was stopping the Giants that year.

@@dougnewman3935 The Bears were defending world champs and 14-2 with the best defense in the NFL. They would have had a solid shot to beat NY if McMahon had played. Would have been a great match up that could have gone either way,

The two best teams were the Redskins and the Giants. That's why the Bears lost this game. They were not one of the two best teams. All this what if stuff is pathetic. The Bears were only good enough to win one Super Bowl during this era. Let's not pretend that they were better than they actually were.

Washington went on to win the Super Bowl the following season, so they were no slouch.

I don't agree with you often but on this... I CONCUR WHOLEHEARTEDLY!! PRAISE YOU BROTHER!!!!

Flutie was good. I don't think the other Bear QBs would have done much better. The Redskins were solid and very good.

Why Ditka looked like a arrogant lawyer not a bears coach?

They would have lost regardless. Redskins were the better team top to bottom in ‘86 and ‘87.

@@MaximusWolfe Were they better top to bottom in 84?

Agreed. I believe their best shot was 1987 and 1988. Too much focus on this 1986 season and team.

beating whom? in 88 SF dee-molished them....in 86, the giants, no doubt, woulda beat em....bears? a 1 year wonder.

1985 Bears and 2013 Seahawks i feel like both had this in common. The two should have rattled off multiple super bowl victories. But egos on both teams ended their runs very quick. The only difference is Seattle made another appearance but lost because of a stupid decision at the end of the game to not give beast mode the ball.

@@mitchykramer1586 LMFAO the 86 season was clearly their best chance to win another so I don't know what the fuck you're smoking as to think 87 & 88 were better.

@@bena.3955 , yes, Pete Carroll wanted Russell Wilson to be Super Bowl MVP and not Marshawn Lynch. It’s the only explanation for such a stupid decision.

We owned them anywhere after 85.

wtf I know

Bad move but the REDSKINS would have won either way. Better team as a whole.

@@MaximusWolfe No.

@@SECRETARIATguy224 Yes, by far. Proven the very next season when they beat your asses yet again. Cope.

@@MaximusWolfe No. I cope very well.

Good point made...devastating turnover for the Bears in this game...

Plus the defense gave up 20 points in the 2nd half, 13 in the 4th. The defense cost them the game

I grew up in Chicago in this era. Watched this game. You are exactly right. The Bears probably win without that fumble. It was painful because Walter was so beloved.

Payton had the kind of career that made you forget the bad moments, but you are right about that being the point of no return for the Bears

I a blak man

BUT--for that ONE YEAR they were the best damned team in NFL history, as evidenced by ZERO points allowed in the playoffs, and 10total points allowed in the entire postseason. 'nuff said

@@ronaldmorr9445 nah. They played in a weak division, against bad QB. They played two good QB all season - Marino and Montana. Fragile team mentally. It's easy to be badasses when you play crap QB and are way ahead. When things went south - like Miami and this game, they folded. Typical Chicago bears lmao.

@Bigfriendly15 I'm a die-hard Bears fan and was in high school during the 1985 season and loved every minute. But, even then, I knew a couple of things: 1. It was always going to be hard for the Bears to win again and 2. the game was going to change to quicker passes to negate the pass rush, which was on full display when the Miami beat the Bears in 1985. There are some big differences between the 1985 and 1986 Bears. First, their QB play fell off dramatically. McMahon's shoulder was hurt (was actually hurt the year before) and his rotator cuff continued to deteriorate into the 1986 season and after Week 4 against the Bengals, his arm strength notably declined. They had Steve Fuller, who was washed up by that time; Flutie who was signed during the season and was not embraced by the team; and Tomczak, who was a poor QB. But the bad QB play was only part of the problem. The Bears lost their best corner - Leslie Frazier - to a knee injury he sustained on an ill-advised reverse punt return during the Super Bowl (it was called back on a penalty anyway - just a stupid idea to have your best corner doing that). His replacement, Reggie Phillips, was fast but very small as a corner and he struggled to cover especially given that the league was catching up with the pass rush. The Bears also were without their number two receiver in 1986 - Dennis McKinnon - and he was very much missed. Keith Ortego and rookie Lew Barnes were not enough to keep Willie Gault from getting double covered all the time. Lastly, when the Bears lost in the championship game in SF in January of 1985. They were humiliated and angry and that fueled an edge going into the 1985 regular season and carried them - especially in the 2nd half and the playoffs. Once they won the SB, the Bears never had that edge again. And while I liked Ditka initially, he was out coached by Gibbs in the 86 and 87 playoffs and by Walsh in 88 playoffs - badly. So as much as I appreciated the 1985 season at the time and wish the Bears would have won more, events stacked up against them. In short, the Bears of the mid-to-late 1980's are just like the New York Mets teams of that sale era: tons of talent and personalities, and should have won multiple championships, but at the end of the day only won once, even if it was incredibly fun for that one season followed by heartbreak. Of course, the Bears did change the game. All the passing offense since then has evolved to quick passes to negative the pass rush. In addition to winning a SB, the Bears also succeeded in killing the traditional drop-back passing game, in which a QB would drop back 10 or even 15 yards to throw a pass. That doesn't happen anymore. Of course, you can't hit the QB anyway in today's game:).

10-6, 15-1. 14-2, 11-4, 12-4, one SB and 3 NFCC game appearance. Ya, one hit. lol.

@@stivosimz The result of a bad division. The NFC Central was a joke. People forget Green Bay was awful, as was Detroit & Tampa Bay. Minnesota was okay but they lost to Washington, SF & NYG as well.

Joseph Wright He was all speed and not much else. He did have a great game in SB 20. But he was never a great WR.

@@travismcdonald6576 Exactly!

@@JAWrightonline Al Davis loved receivers that could stretch the field and go deep. Guys like Cliff Branch, Darius Heyward Bey, Tim Brown, and Willie Gault. Some were good, others like Gault and Bey not so much.

Next time shake your head clear off

1987

Stfu lol, flutie was a rookie, 2nd career start. If McMahon plays it’s an easy W.

Did you find it!!

91 was a weak nfl season. No 49ers, giants, bears. Skins played falcons and lions. Only legit win was over the ptsd bills. 86, the nfc was stacked. Bears, skins, 49ers, giants.

@@justinyoung8062 I don't think the 91 NFL was weak. The Saints were hot also. The Skins that year wasn't ultra talented. One of the main reasons for our dominance that year was that we had a mediocre quarterback SUDDENLY become awesome. They were well coached, and had many veterans with Superbowl experience on that team. Skins were just.......stacked! Ahhhhh..........the good ole days.

@@c.michaelhinson7806 i agree with you

They were both from the Coryell tree (Madden and Gibbs). Coached together under Coryell in the mid-60s at San Diego State.

The Bears of the '80s remind of the Raiders of the '70s. They were a great team for one year. Oakland had to deal with the Dolphins and the Steelers. Same for the Bears the NFC was loaded back then. Besides the Redskins you also had the Giants and the 49ers.

Me too but it’s never coming back, having been replaced by that shit show helmed by Roger Goodell.

@@MaximusWolfe AH HA, true. My major complaint of today's game is not the quality so much, the modern athlete is far superior, however, as fantastic as these athletes are, Goodell and Co. have changed the rules to make the game easier, especially for the offense. MAN, bring back a good old RB hits the hole behind some hogs and grind out a huge defensive struggle. P.S. Not just the NFL that's made the game easier w/ rule changes - NBA is a joke.

@@bishlap Yes, that stuff is awful but for me it’s just the whole atmosphere. The NFL is so enslaved to the zeitgeist and the senseless PC idiocy that comes with it. The name change thing in all major sports is just so sanctimonious and childish.

@@MaximusWolfe well that's another level of NFL ridiculousness, AGREED, but I was mainly talking about the game in general

@@bishlap Yeah I totally understand what you’re saying too. But for me it’s not just one aspect or another. The whole league has become unwatchable and insufferable. And to think that there was a time when I would never miss watching the Redskins play on Sunday or Sunday night football or Monday night football. Now you couldn’t give me enough money to sit down and watch that, let alone go to a game or buy a jersey. How the times do change.

Really showed Iron Mike's arrogance. Figured his baseline of what they had at that time of Fuller and Tomczak compared to a brief flash of what would be possible with Flutie was worth the risk. What he didnt take in consideration was the fact the team lost respect for him at an accelerated rate for a variety of things. The Flutie signing severely divided the locker room and McMahon showed no real support nor leadership as one would expect. So, this put everything on the Defense to Win the game which is why you see as history played out, Joe Gibbs being a much superior coach than Ditka.

And Steve Fuller, who led them to a road playoff win against Washington in 84, was healthy and still on the team. Incredible.

It wouldn’t have changed the outcome. The Redskins were the best team in the NFL that season beside the Giants. And the very next season the Redskins eclipsed them too. I guess Bears fans need excuses for getting soundly beaten by a better team.

​@@MaximusWolfeYou're incapable of having a true discussion about this. Everything is extreme with you. No room for context or nuance.

@@SECRETARIATguy224 No, you’re just wrong and I’m not going to pretend otherwise.

Please. With Joe Montana ailing, the 49ners had ZERO chances of beating the 1986 Giants

He started to get more injured after that season, maybe that might be why they traded him during the off season after 1988.

@@ScorpioBornIn69 The Bears traded Jim McMahon due to his poor work ethic, inability to stay healthy, and his back to back mediocre playoff performances in 87 against the Redskins and 88 against the 49ers.

MCMAHON got an ego and was really lazy. A better leader than QB

Andrew Hoyle if you have a big ego and are lazy, you aren’t a leader.

@@andrewhoyle1521 Your leader isn't suppose to come into training camp 26 pounds overweight.

1986, 87, 88, all saw the Bears lose in the postseason at home...I don't think any other team has matched that...

1987

@@carlosreyes5371 Weak NFC Central. 6 games against Green Bay, Detroit and Tampa Bay equaled 6 automatic wins during that time.

@@johnliberty3647 Exactly the Giants, Redskins, Eagles, Cowboys and even Cardinal for a couple years were all beating the shit out of each other every year. The best teams were in the NFC East and the 49ers. The Bears were good but 6 automatic wins inflated how good they actually were, until they played a team from the NFC East or the 49ers. That's the EXACT reason why they never won more than one Super Bowl. EVERYONE AGREES.

@@gerrypeet4861 indeed the 49ers and the nfc east dominated the 80s and mid 90s

@teddyjam8134 By NFL standards, he was a midget. Safe to say, the players didn't like Doug Flutie from the start. Flutie going to the Patriots was the best thing for him in 1988.

No they aren’t. Gibbs won two Super Bowls during strike seasons.

@@byrongammonbyrongammon9937 So what? It’s completely baseless to assume that because the team won a Super Bowl in a shorter season that they accomplished less. Did the Giants not win in 87 because they wanted to less? What a joke. The Redskins were more prepared coming out of the strike than any other team and if you don’t factor that into their greatness then you’re an idiot (which I’m sure you are anyway). Besides, the 1991 Redskins would beat the ever loving shit out of any team you can think of and last time I checked the man at the helm was still Joe Gibbs. Nice try though you hapless little simpleton.

@@MaximusWolfe what is NOT in doubt is your low self esteem, deficient intelligence, and epic insecurities. Congratulations on going ad hominem and confirming your station.

All true football fans do. No true football fans have anything to do with the current “NFL.”

True...very true...and the next week they had nothing for The "G" Men!

The Skins were a great team but its a stretch to say they were more talented. This was the greatest defense of all time, even better statistically than in '85.

The Bears had the better RB, DL, better LBs, and better safeties. Washington had better receivers, DBs, and a better QB with McMahon injured. The OLs were equivalent. But the clearest advantage was the coaching staff for Washington.

No, he wasn’t. Flutie went on to have a much more successful career than Mike TomZack or Steve Fuller. You could argue that he had a better career than Jim McMahon. He certainly had better statistics. Hell, the man won four or five grey cups and nearly brought the Buffalo Bills to the Super Bowl barring a fluke incident like that lateral.

Because Ditka is stupid

I would've started tomczak.....he wasn't any thing special at qb but with the bears defense being great tomczak was a ball control qb who made less mistakes than the other 2

Fuller was hurt to, tomzack shouldve started. Ditka had an ego by tbis point and thought he could turn water into wine

The Redskins heart was too big in the one. And I mean that in a great way. They would have won no matter who started at QB for the Bears. They were pissed off from that 1984 playoff loss in RFK plus the Super Bowl champs 1985 Bears blowout (1 yard punt) of them and this was the revenge!

@@AZDC99 that might be true

@@TruthHurts58 THE PATRIOTS WEREN'T AWFUL, THEIR PERFORMANCE IN SB XX WAS AWFUL BECAUSE DA BEARS OF '85 WERE AN AWESOME FOOTBALL TEAM... YOU ARE AN IDIOT PERIOD!!

@@TruthHurts58 beside Walter nobody on da Bears would make the Redskins first cut..The Bear should get locked up for impersonating a football team...

@ko park im teasing brotther seems the Bear would have won a couple more but that one they won..I dont think nobody beats them in 85 except the dolphin game helped take the pressure off..They could relax

@ko park yes they could have went undefeated...But it add alot more pressure..Detractions...Im still reeling about the name change..Im a Walter Payton Fan greatest footballer ever

I really don't think they were inferior. The Bears offense was always rather pedestrian. Even with McMahon.

As I recall the Skin's were carrying offensive lineman onto the field on stretchers they were so beat up and still they held their own until Theismann tried to punt...

Just very perplexing.

They would have lost no matter who they suited up. Simply put, by ‘86 the Redskins had already eclipsed the bears and that’s why they win the super bowl the very next year.

Marshall ended up with the Redskins and played a lot smarter with Gibbs and Pettibone providing discipline, you can bet Manley did not enjoy the little talk he had with Gibbs after the game

Schroeder

Where?

Giants had a better coach in Parcells. Ditka was a decent coach but had the Bears had Purcells they probably would have won 3 or 4 Super Bowls in a row.

@10inchhog Giant's were a better team in 86.....they had a great running game with Joe Morris, that opened up the passing fot Simms.....bears were dominate in 85 b

@10inchhog Giants won more playoff games in the 80’s and won another SB in 1990 beating the Bears 31-3 in the divisional round. Get a clue

@@TL2354 the bears did man handle the giants pretty Good bro I mean eventually the Giants would get a win.

@@seankeys5384 gmen have more championships n SB wins than bears

I don't think they win the Super Bowl, but they _absolutely_ win this game.

Once an employer of mine asked each of his managers following a profitable year who their all time favorite player was and surprised each with an autographed football from that player, my Don Warren football remains among my favorite possessions

12 wins was only worth a wildcard that year. The nfc east in this era was the toughest division in the games history hands down

Ditka was terrible! Steve Fuller should have started.

@@kevinhook2731 Ditka was terrible? I guess his record as a head coach sucked, right?

​@@wyliestivers2634You're not wanting to acknowledge that it's more complicated than that . . . Ditka was great in doing his share to get the Bears _to_ the mountaintop, but he was godawful in helping them _stay there_ . Both are true.

@@SECRETARIATguy224 The idiots in the front office should have paid Buddy Ryan to stay. That was what cost them another 2-3 championships. Best D coach ever.

@@wyliestivers2634 I'm with you. Buddy Ryan was the best defensive coach ever. However, even though the front office of the Bears had and continues to have plenty of idiots, absolutely nothing they did was gonna keep Buddy Ryan in Chicago after Super Bowl XX. The man wanted to be a head coach.

No way. McMahon was always overrated. The Giants would have chewed him up and spit him out at Giants stadium in the NFC Title game that year IF he made it that far. The Skins were a better team than Chicago that year. Plain and simple.

no he wasn't and giants would have struggled with him like they did the year before he had a cannon arm. Redskins weren't plain and simple better they just had the break of the mcmahon injury

Paul Evereklian The Redskins were indeed better the Bears. They lost to the Giants 3 times that year and played in a better division. They went on to win the SB the next year as evidence back in an era where teams tended to do that. McMahon wasn't anything to write home about despite your romanticizing him to be more than he was. Giants were waiting for Chicago in the NFC Title game and would have killed them. Too bad the Bears weren't good enough to get there.

Bears defeated the Skins 73-0 in the 1940 championship game.

@@81overon Sammy Baugh took an ass kicking in that one.

Agreed. 87 hurt

@@mitchykramer1586 I thought the winner of the 87 game would have won the Super Bowl. Ditka was a HORRIBLE big game coach.

Yep. That Payton fumble just killed them.

Yes, the 84 team lost to SF in the NFC title game, McMahon was hurt. This game, McMahon was hurt. Lost again to WAS in 87. Winning this game would have matched them with the Giants in a war. Both were 14-2.

The Bears were always an overrated team. No matter how good your defense is, you still need to score to win.

The Bears were not an overrated team. How about 1985 when they were 1st in the NFC, and 2nd in the NFL with 456 points scored... 28.5 per game? And no, the offense was not just set up by the defense if you were going to reply so. In 1985, the Bears were 7th in the NFL in total yards, 6th in first downs, 1st in rushing yards with a whopping 2,761 yards, and 1st in rushing TD's with 27. The Bears ended with 3,076 passing yards in 1985, and the NFL average in 1985 was 3,272 yards passing per team. So you're wrong, the Bears were not overrated. The Bears had several really good skill players, a very good offensive line, and in case you hadn't noticed... one of the all time greatest running backs in Payton. Walter rushed for 1,551 yards in 1985, which means other Bears' backs rushed for 1,210 yards. In 1986, the Bears rushed for exactly 2,700 yards as a team and again led the NFL in rushing yards.

CHI was 14-2 and defending SB champs in 86. Understandable they would be highly regarded.

Ok. So if you don't win the Super Bowl EVERY season... then the team is overrated? I suppose you think all these great Patriots teams with Brady that don't win the Super Bowl are overrated too? Obviously, you are the one who is overrated... and stupid!