Top Ten Linebacking Corps: #5 1985 Chicago Bears

[ShaMoneeey718]

HEY BAYBEH!!!

[mastshke]

hey heres a question. how is it the 85 bears 1 steelers defense 2 but the saints 1?

[09fredo]

@mastshke Because cause of the DL those teams had. Both of the teams you mentioned

sent DL to the Hall of Fame. The only good thing about the eighties saints was their line-backing corps and thats it.

[mastshke]

@09fredo exactly this is a joke.

[gb6710]

@mastshke I know, it should be the Packers at number one and the Bears at number two. Because the Bears will always be second place to the Packers.

[mastshke]

@gb6710 the packers were not as dominant as this 46 defense.

[gb6710]

@mastshke Yet that same Packer team won five NFL championships, including two Super Bowls, and the 80s Bears went to the playoffs 5 time only winning 6 playoff games and only won one Championship. So much for dominance. See, when the Packers were coached by Lombardi, they one lost one playoff game and that was the 1962 Championship game to the Eagles.

[hondansx1000]

I can't bear to watch from 2:52 onwards

[hondansx1000]

I wish the Bears were still as amazing as the '85 team 

[alibobwa456]

This group should be number 2. The only group better was that saints fab four.

[ECWnWWF]

at 1:05 that's $500,000 fine in todays Corporate Football League ...

[northpoint43m]

Certainly the most physicallly gifted trio, and athletic,...if not most feared for there time. Best i've seen in my lifetime,..and i'm 51...Giants' trio ahead of these guys?....what a joke.

[dukejake11]

mike ditkas comment on the hit was perfect .... i thought he killed him

[deewhyelayin]

i think these guys were great. when i switched to defense in 8th great and played MLB my coach gave me 50, i had heard about singletary but never saw him play til i looked him up that year- was a huge compliment looking back lol

[Nautilus1972]

Number 5? NUMBER FUCKING FIVE !!!!  I'm Audi.

RIP Dave Duerson.

[EPSONSTYLUS21]

I like this kind of party!! Haha singletary is beast

[ian55554]

da bears

[georgedownswheeler]

@2:52 Yes, why are the Bears ONLY AT NO. 5?!?! What complete genius decided that one? They're up there with the Steel Curtain for crying out loud!

[combat2thearms]

@georgedownswheeler lol they put jum mora's saints as number 1 wow.

[chewblaha]

Rest in peace, Dave.

[travisdevose]

@1:05 Wouldve been fined 30 gran today for that hit.

[imabeast1032123]

@travisdevose no his head was below the neck.

[hbdywtk]

@travisdevose you mean, they fine guys 30 grand now because of that hit.

[WatchVenusSpa]

@travisdevose Nah, he didn't lead with his head and it wasn't a late hit.

[STEEPPOW]

They only won one championship because their O was in the bottom half of the league all those years...just like today, and back when my great grandfather was alive.

[lionslicer9999]

omg if the hit at 1:06 was brutal... If that happened today he would have been fined so much... soft nfl today

[Church6397]

@lionslicer9999 I get you but that hit was completely legal,he led with his arms not head

[lionslicer9999]

@Church6397 I know its legal, but have you watched the NFL today? Players are actually fined when they tackled quarterbacks too hard, if you don't believe me look up LaMarr Woodley's fine for tackling a quarterback in an intimidating mannor. He was fined I think 15 or 20k for it.

[Church6397]

@lionslicer9999 Yeah I get you, I'm just saying that the actual nature of the hit wasn't that vicious, it was more of a push than a tackle really

[dublinrupepupkin]

Was Ditka blaming the 85 Dolphins loss on Wilbur there?

[ironman36]

@MegaSciFiGuy im not hating. im just saying that the 46 defense was the pinnacle of the 86 bears success not the linebackers. and if you're that damn good, how come yall only won one championship?

[ljnking]

@ironman36

we only won 1 championship because buddy ryan left the following year to coach the philadelphia eagles..had ryan stayed they would've won multiple championships....everybody knows that!

[ironman36]

given the fact that its the 46 defense, i don't think that should land the Bears LBs in the no. 5 spot.

[BlitzinLB27]

"Wilbur again, wasn't great man to man. Believe me, Miami proved that!"

haha priceless

[MrKeepnit100]

hey do u have top ten worst teams?

[plntntvzn]

Mike Singletary was playing like a French Exocet missile:built low to the ground,great acceleration,destroying targets.He was tough to knock off his feet,would shed blockers well &roamed from sideline to sideline. He played with unbelievable intensity,The combination of instincts,lateral movement, film study, toughness, intensity, &speed put Singletary head & shoulders above most other middle and inside linebackers. leadership,& run-stuffing prowess.

[Coganboy]

@plntntvzn Man, you must've been watching football since the 60s. You sound like you watched them yourself on all these clips.

In your opinion, who is your pick for number 1?

[plntntvzn]

@Coganboy They got it right. It would have to be the Saints. They had four of them,and yes the NY Giants did have Taylor, Carson, Banks, and Pepper Johnson, but Johnson was not truly great until the late 1980s. In the mid 80s pepper was still just improving.

[plntntvzn]

Singletary was always running through trash to get to the ball,and discovered how to channel his emotions,funneling his zest for contact.

[plntntvzn]

Wilbur Marshall,who may have been the superior athlete of that incredible trio of LB, was a spectacular hitter. When Al Harris sat out 1985,Bears found out Marshall was better than Harris in all phases& a more natural player. In the "46",Marshall was assigned the TE man-to-man,& quickly became 1 of the few NFL outside linebackers who could handle it. Marshall was a brilliant athlete,an impact player of the highest magnitude,a concussive hitter who ran as fast as many strong safeties.

[plntntvzn]

Otis Wilson was so physical and fast. Wilson was a loud,brash,physical player whose forte would become the strong-side blitz,& he had good timing on his back-field assaults. At 6-2 & 232,Wilson was super strong & mean, and tough at the point of attack with a killer instinct. Wilson was a master blitzer, & was spared coverage responsibilities so his strength,explosive quickness and keen anticipation could produce big plays at the line of scrimmage.

[newtcummer1]

listen up! now thats sterling sharpe over there.  something happens to me when I here him say that.

[Oscar1097]

long live mr singletary