1985 Week 12 - Falcons vs. Bears

[@hdrew4794]

Thank you for the gift of NFL today before the game, the look back in time was awesome, great memories. I need a time machine. lol

[@ericwright2594]

Rip Walter Payton, rip John Madden, rip Pat summerall

[@DaDitka]

And Dave Duerson.

[@marquishoward3529]

Don’t forget Irv Cross

[@your_royal_highness]

And buddy Ryan

[@tonyarceneaux286]

@@DaDitka Jimmy " The Greek" he died too.

[@tonyarceneaux286]

Jimmy The Greek died too

[@seand67]

I love these vintage broadcasts

[@tomservo75]

Better than the new ones. I can't really put my finger on how the NFL and broadcasts have gone downhill... then I watch John Madden.

[@wadeshull8227]

Love these old games....They didnt celebrate a first down etc etc....Real men playing real sport back then...

[@Thomas-xe3ce]

Sports in the 1980's was the greatest

[@jeffrey.classicgamesjones2332]

So true

[@steelermia]

nice bonus with the cbs pre game show footage ... cool seeing irv cross, jimmy the greek and brent musburger

[@All-Inn-Fun]

The Creep

[@SSNESS]

They had a fist fight

[@nman2]

5 min in and Jimmy the Greek has already gotten two predictions wrong. The Cardinals would eventually move to Phoenix and Joe Theismann never played again

[@CJinsoo]

yes. but the Greek made it to national tv.

[@ericl2105]

I was gonna write the same thing, but I’m a year too late. Dude was a bozo😂😂

[@briankoffen9552]

Jimmy the geek was wrong 99.9 percent of the time

[@rockyllpiper3786]

Miss this a lot🥺😢

[@gjm1953]

It's easy to overlook how important Steve Fuller was to the '85 Bears. When Jim MacMahon went down I remember a lot of sports writers/broadcasters giving the Bears a slim chance of success.

[@SECRETARIATguy224]

Very good point. His numbers didn't tell the story of how good a job he did for the Bears in 85 when McMahon had the bad shoulder.

[@igorslocks]

Steve Fuller was a Godsend because he could deal with Ditka's tyrannical ass. Harbaugh couldn't as a young player. Mike Tomczak was given mental health issues for life from Ditka. Fuller was awesome and remember meeting him at fan appreciation day in 85 & he was such a great man. Let me say Ditka was one of the worst coaches in NFL History when you look back on the entirety of the Bears progression. Only winning 1title was criminal - anyone could have coached in 85 & Chicago was winning, those players coached that team. 87 they choked because Ditka rammed Flutie(who wasn't ready yet, only signed in November/December) down team's throat as starter. When you look at what Ditka did w/ whole Chunkys soup commercial fiasco- tells it all. Egomaniac. Joke as an offensive 'coach'. And apparently a racist at worst or flat stupid at best. Case closed.

[@SECRETARIATguy224]

You obviously watched the team play back then, and saw how Fuller's numbers didn't tell the story of how good a job he did while McMahon had that bad shoulder. I salute you, and even though I don't have as extreme a view on Ditka as you do, I can certainly understand and respect your view. Ditka-worshippers irritate the hell out of me. The truth is more nuanced . . . the man has to be given credit for helping the Bears rise to the cream of the NFL from 82 to 85. However, he also must share this portion of the blame for not keeping them there. Ditka was a human being like anybody, with great strengths but also glaring weaknesses. One thing I am just sick and tired of is blaming Ditka for Payton not scoring a touchdown in the Super Bowl. I love Payton. Grew up in Chicago during that era. Cried convulsively when he died. However, he acted like a spoiled brat in that whole situation. Ditka was the one who, during the middle of that 85 season, publicly declared that he wanted Walter to have that consecutive 100 yard game NFL record [I know, I know, it's since been broken, but it was a _BIG_ deal at the time] and if you watch those games, you can _clearly_ see Ditka making certain that Walter got his 100 yards in those games, so these people that say Ditka intentionally deprived Payton of a touchdown in the Super Bowl are idiots.

[@igorslocks]

@@SECRETARIATguy224 yeah honestly Ditka no doubt got the Bears first off to be able to win(my God those of us-like us- that remember the 70's & early 80's under Neill Armstrong know how pathetic the Bears oftentimes were. Those 2 playoff appearances were like UFO sightings or abductions, due in large part to AFC being the superior conference top to bottom & NFC having Dallas as king & then Minnesota & LA Rams as contenders & that's about it. Things sure did flip in the 80's w/ respect to that tho huh? NFC was so dominant from 82 on. That Chunky's Soup commercial fiasco completely cost Ditka the locker room & it was a big deal but nowadays, it would be a stake in the heart the way the league & contracts,etc are structured. Now if the guys will play for a coach- PLAY, Balls to the wall- that's 80% of it there. Just look at Baltimore. The Ravens have always respected John Harbaugh and it shows. It's rare when they come w/a lazy effort & it sure doesn't happen back2back. Obviously you know what you are talking about & are a fan w/a long memory like myself & 🤞I do gotta say, it's sure AF exciting watching Fields play QB, I just hope they spend all of that damn cap $ this off-season on OL & Some down field threats. Also re sign Montgomery. But ,again fingers crossed 🤞, you can see what is possible in say 2/3 years if they stay reasonably healthy. Hey hope you & yours have a great Thanksgiving. Be safe my man🦮🏈🦃

[@millypoo7713]

But if you watch the play @ 2:03:48 it's easy to see why McMahon was needed for the Bears to win it all. I'm not isolating just this one play to tear down Fuller. But it's a good example of how he was a huge step down from McMahon's talent & leadership.

[@hunkmarvel8925]

1:22:07 A big play for Sweetness with help from Mark Bortz. 1:43:07 They talk about why McMahon wears sunglasses.

[@maxkarnatz3062]

Lol 80’s man

[@rayphil9641]

These guys were cool too, I live in Illinois, and they came and played Basketball against our ball team and staff. I spent 15 minutes or so talking to Doug Plank, and they were joking around with everyone signing autographs, etc. We had a Gym teacher who could fly, our staff smoked them, they kept picking the gym teacher up off the floor. Fun and Charity. Great team.

[@glennevans5824]

God I’m old…I remember that season Giant fan we did ok…Bears we’re 85 team..all the way..we got 86….these old games are special brings me back to my youth….now I rarely watch football…horrible today

[@ivansbaby69]

Ty for posting these great memories what a year for bear fans I think I can still tell you every starting players numbers im old but that was some of my best Daye I used to get made fun of by bandwagon kids in school lol I sure had fun giving it nick to them in 85 that was for 1 year the best nfl team ever imho anyway

[@muffs55mercury61]

Nah just because you remember all the players doesn't mean you're old. I remember all the '85 Bears and I'm not from Chicago. Legendary teams will always be remembered like the '85 Bears are.

[@shanetrimble9265]

I remember the bandwagon types. I was in 6th grade in 85 and suddenly everyone in school was a Bears fan.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

Keep in mind this Falcons team had just upset the 9-2 Rams the previous week

[@chrisorr4902]

The 46 defense with the back to back shutout games against the Cowboys and Falcons.

[@ivansbaby69]

Not to mention the back to back playoff shutouts against the giants and rams

[@chrisorr4902]

Facts

[@shanehale5215]

-9 yards passing at the half! Domination!

[@tommythomason6187]

Beleagured Falcons with a workmanlike approach - to a team that was breathing fire. No chance, whatsoever. Falcons with an unimaginative offensive attack, a poor punting game, a QB over shooting passes, hitting the heaters on the sideline - not receivers, and a sluggish, ineffective defense. Coach Henning could not get it done in Atlanta.

[@kurtgreaser8439]

Wow Greek was wrong as normal on predictions? Cards moved to Phoenix a few years later and Theismann never played again.

[@muffs55mercury61]

The Cards played at ASU (Sun Devil Stadium) for a while until they got a stadium built. There were delays as Bidwell wanted the taxpayers to foot the entire bill for it.

[@tonyarceneaux286]

Some of his football game predictions came true

[@kurtgreaser8439]

@Tony Arceneaux My favorite was him picking 🐏 over the 🐻 in NFC Championship that year. Even the most of the crew was like are you serious? He said 19 to 16 meaning majority of points via FG in a cold windy Soldier Field. Ok 19 you can get with a safety but really.

[@1967dbw]

2:25 The Greek whiffed on that prediction! 😂

[@neilgroom8804]

Atlanta needs to bring these uniforms back. Damn good looking uniform.

[@CJinsoo]

Legends of the Game : Duane Thomas. Legend in the sense that his disinterest in playing football was legendary. Amazing that when the Chargers traded for him and paid him, he still refused to show up. The draft choice the Cowboys got eventually led to either Tony Dorsett or Randy White, I think it was TD.

[@k-dawgbroadcasting5444]

"The Greek" proclaimed that the Cardinals wouldn't move to Phoenix. He wasn't that accurate...

[@briankoffen9552]

Love the vintage commercials

[@tommyparkerparker]

Originally on CBS, Tim Ryan and Johnny Morris were going to call this game but with the Bears going to prominence and the game expanded to a much wider audience, Pat and John got this game. Ryan and Morris were moved to the Redskins/ Steelers game. That week originally Pat and John were going to call Eagles/ Cowboys. The Falcons/Bears became the marquee game.

[@CJinsoo]

@2:07:10 Poor Holly, the Falcon QB replacement. He looks like a frozen statue setting up in the pocket.

[@tannergriffith3089]

My NFL team ever since I was a kid Falcons why because of Deion Sanders

[@muffs55mercury61]

The Falcons were sadly sunk from the very beginning of the season with six straight losses, won one, then three straight losses and then repeated the same thing again to finish 4-12. They managed a 7-8-1 season in 1986 but wasn't enough to save Dan Henning's job.

[@briankoffen9552]

I miss the 80’s . The torpedo heaters in the background . Yep it was the 80’s

[@tonyarceneaux286]

I miss the pre-game show.

[@richieh6465]

the cowboys win was the best in my life! 44-0 omg so amazing

[@camoanddonuts7894]

Miss the '85 vibe as the NFL would enter the post '82 strike good feelings era that lasted until about '95

[@fthunngalha5118]

The Refrigerator-Sanders Jacket conversation kills me. lol

[@slackdaddy1912]

When football was worth following. Today, it a political garbage can!

[@UNUSUALUSERNAME220]

Yep. Kneeling during the National Anthem!???? Who do they think watch these games? It used to be people who are proud of who they are and where they come from! I guess they don't think the military is important anymore?? Too many women on the side line with nothing to add because they never played the game! How about the ex-NFL players? Put The Goose back on the side line. Who cares about a female ref! How about a ref that does not blow the call! The NFL, The Neutered Football League!

[@peterwall583]

I have to agree with you it is all now I love Fest these players from yesterday will roll over in the graves if they see how everybody loves everybody disgrace to the NFL especially the pioneers of the NFL

[@CJinsoo]

@38:49 Disagree with Brent on the Eric Hipple hit. So does Hipple’s brain.

[@MrMenefrego1]

I sure do miss these guys, and not just the finest ever Play-by-play team of Summerall & Madden, but also and especially § The '85 CHICAGO BEARS! 🐻 THE Greatest Football Team in the History of the NFL! § This was back in the days when Football was Football... When Players just did their jobs and actually PLAYED FOOTBALL! (imagine that!) Currently, the Players seem to believe that we Fans, (the same Fans who pay their extortionate, exorbitant salaries), actually want to hear their uninformed personal political opinions, *WE DO NOT!* All we Fans want from the NFL is the ability to kick back, relax, crack open a cold one and enjoy what used to be called 'America's Game', *WITHOUT ANY NFL EMPLOYEE COMMENTARY!* We Fans must hit them where it really hurts: their wallets! I haven't watched even one NFL game, nor have I purchased any NFL products since the chickenshit, dishonorable 'Kneeling' began! I will continue to refuse to watch games or purchase anything offered by them until the NFL stops playing frontman for the communist/Dem Party and takes action against their disrespectful Players; permanently firing any player who places their own ignorant political views ahead of their jobs! What would happen to us, the 'Average American Joe' if we acted like these damned fools at our places of work, spouting off about things which have nothing whatsoever to do with our work, disrespecting our boss, and, even worse, disrespecting our own country?! We would quickly be looking for a job! (and rightfully so) Until these BS 'SJW', so-called, 'social justice warriors' (I prefer 'SJW' 'Simpleton Jocks Without-a Clue') knock off their Holier Than Thou crap, I will remain a FORMER Fan!. These wonderful ole games will more than suffice until the 'Woke NFL' gets tired of losing money and Fans! Hey NFL, Remember: *' 'Get Woke Go Broke!'*

[@dantegood2195]

I’m sure you miss the days when black athletes served as mindless entertainment for racist jerks. Black folks speaking their mind will always be a problem with people like you, no matter the venue, because you demand we shut up and suffer in silence. We won’t be bullied or intimidated by the likes of you, so now what?

[@shanehale5215]

It's like a contagious pathogen that has infected the minds of the masses of people! This Marxist ideology has permeated throughout every aspect of life with the assistance of social engineering! Groupthink is very dangerous!

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@shanehale5215 Not only 'dangerous', it will be the death of our once great Republic!

[@VolumedMusicMan]

👏 bless y

[@shanehale5215]

@@MrMenefrego1 Yes sir, it will destroy the republic! This is a culmination of the dumbing down process in our education system from the past 30 years or so.

[@jasonlassiter9229]

What was the Special Report?

[@rev.markcarrier1894]

Probably news about a hijacking’s by terrorists of an Egyptian plane that was forced to land in Malta. Several people were killed and wounded, including an American who was among the wounded. The next day, Monday, Egyptian forces raided the plane in order to free the passengers and crew who were held hostage. The Egyptians wound up killing most of the hostages in the fighting.

[@bensontek]

Greek's Gifts at 14:25... all 4 of his picks were wrong.

[@mrmike1296]

1;22;22 cop pats payton on back saying good job after touchdown 40 yard run !! 1;28;04 mc michael throws guy down 1'30; 20 gault 50 yard pass 1;31;49 the FRIDGE 1 yard touchdown run 1;32;51 -- 1; 3422 madden epic commentary 1;40;01 FRIDGE sits on qb 1;44;35 fencik intercetion with 3 seconds left in quarter 1;56;00 walter payton on SOUL TRAIN LOL 1;58;00 frazier interception nice run back 2;07;11 FUMBLE dent smashes new QB 2;08;20 calvin thomas 3 yard touchdown run 2;22;50 walter breaks football record 7 games w/ 100+ yards 2;28;00 SAFETY SACK 2'39'20 gentry 20 yard run 2;51 gentry 10 yard run 2;52 sanders 1 yard TD run

[@charleswilliamsjr2095]

When the bears are home Chicago did not get the 2nd game

[@kidmack1121]

It was such goofy way they used to determine the broadcasts back then... Neither the 1984 NFC Divisional Championship nor NFCC games were televised in Los Angeles!

[@ejslemp5342]

Crazy hearing Jimmy the Greek saying Arizona was going to get an NFL team but it wasn’t gonna be the Cardinals. Not was he wrong 😂

[@calcio23]

I hate that the theme is missing.

[@briankoffen9552]

Walter Payton was on soul train I need to find that lol

[@georgeharleydavidsonrider156]

Da Bears 85

[@All-Inn-Fun]

The Creep: St Louis will never move to Arizona. Theismann will be back in football. Ya I'm hiring that guy.

[@michaelhazen3153]

The color is off. Everything orange looks red. Almost like the stands are full of Atlanta fans. The middle of the field looks red also.

[@briankoffen9552]

The honey bears yummmmmmm !!!!!!!

[@toniccoker]

31-13 wrong jimmy the falcons didn’t even score 37-0

[@MrT8599]

Jimmy was also wrong about the St. Louis Football Cardinals, aka the Gridbirds or Big Red, not moving to Phoenix, Arizona. Bill Bidwell moved the Cards to Arizona after the 1987 season.

[@redmustangredmustang]

The Bears did what they needed to do and was to crush a bad team which they did.

[@briankoffen9552]

33:47 lol easy madden he made a mistake every one does lol

[@ghoffmann821]

Forget scandalous comments.... The Greek should have been fired for his predictions. No way the Cards go to AZ and Theismann will return. LMAO

[@MONGO77859]

Da Bears 🐻

[@camoanddonuts7894]

Wouldn't you? thank you Greek

[@briankoffen9552]

Worst quarter back bears had wasTomzack

[@tonyarceneaux286]

I like to watch ⌚ very bright 😎 looking football 🏈 games at night 🌉.

[@gregorydurham7524]

Modern sports are unwatchable