QB Jim McMahon Ultimate Highlights

Big passes, rushes, and plays of Jim McMahon’s career

[@joerudd4212]

outrageously underrated

[@uscgbmcmretired2490]

Jim was a winner! Shame he got injured so often, if he stays healthy all season from his rookie year until 1992, the 80's Bears win at least 3 more Super Bowls!

[@BrianReno-qy9wk]

Yeah they couldn't win a game without him..look what he did in Philly and Minnesota. The guy was great despite his numbers. When he played there was a 70% chance you would win

[@sheliarogers8013]

My fav

[@karlkrause2265]

If he would've stayed healthy the bears would've won 5 Superbowls. Hands down in 85 he blew all NFL quarterbacks away during that time go Jim GO

[@michaelbyrne8860]

Jimmy Mac is my DOG!

[@enriquegalicia9184]

Un tipo fuera de serie, no valorado ni reconocido como un QB completo colocaba pases imposible mejor que Montana, era más versátil que Mahomes, tan fuerte como Marino, mejor líder que Bradshaw y mucho pero mucho mejor que Brady.

[@aaropajari7058]

He was lucky he had Payton and that defense at Chicago.

[@SECRETARIATguy224]

A totally ridiculous comment . . . the BEARS were lucky they had him.

[@aaropajari7058]

@@SECRETARIATguy224 So he was unlucky to have them?

[@SECRETARIATguy224]

@@aaropajari7058 The entire time that Payton was in Chicago the _only_ championship-caliber quarterback they ever had was Jim McMahon. Great as Payton and that incredible defense was, 1985 would've been a repeat of 1984 had McMahon not played in the post-season. McMahon could've been a championship quarterback with any number of teams; the Bears could _not_ have won it all without Jim McMahon.

[@aaropajari7058]

@@SECRETARIATguy224 There were far better quarterbacks at that time. Though he was a gutsy performer with determination. Nevertheless, I am mostly having you on. He won a ring and scored two touchdowns in the Superbowl. Most players haven't.

[@SECRETARIATguy224]

@@aaropajari7058 You don't understand. At the time, _no team_ in the NFL ran _even close_ to as much as the Bears did. It's _very difficult_ for _any_ NFL quarterback to throw successfully in an offense like that, and _particularly difficult_ with Ditka at the helm, because he intimidated every single quarterback that ever played for him when he coached in the NFL . . . except McMahon, who knew he had a better offensive mind than Ditka and, much more important than that, wasn't scared/intimidated by Ditka _at all_ . Ditka tried to intimidate McMahon in both 82 and 83, and McMahon refused to budge. This gradually won Ditka's respect. Nobody else on the offense could ever stand up to Ditka like that. Even though the Bears threw far less than any other team in the NFL in 85, they were at or near the top of the NFL in avg/yds per pass, which meant that when they _did throw_ , they were very effective. That was entirely because of McMahon. He also had a huge effect on the Bears' _running game_ because once they got a two score lead, teams knew they were _really_ playing with fire if they loaded up the line of scrimmage to stop their running game, because McMahon could and would audible to a pass and _really burn_ defenses . . . and because their defense was so good, he only had to do that a couple/few times a game and that'd be the game. Every single other quarterback that ever played under Ditka was simply too terrified of Ditka to _even think_ of doing that. McMahon didn't care; he just wanted to win and didn't care if he pissed Ditka off. That was the element the Bears' offense _had to have_ in order to get them over the hump. Throughout the overwhelming majority of Bears' history, Chicago has been where quarterbacks go to die, a trend that continues to this day, by and large.

[@85passthru]

Linebacker trapped in a qb's body...