Art Monk - 1986 NFC Divisional Playoffs

One of the most underrated games of Art's Career - 2 TDs in a playoff win vs. the defending champion Chicago Bears

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[RedCeltYank1]

keep telling yourself that!hahaha! The '85 Bears would have never been if the Redskins and 49ers wouldn't have been decimated by injuries that season! The '91 Redskins would have killed the '85 Bears! No contest!

[madrecka]

I'm a 49ers fan and I will say that Art Monk was a darn good WR for many years and I'm happy that he is in the Hall of Fame. He deserves it.

[f3nik5]

This is awesome that you've posted this..Thank you so very much. As a wrestling fan i would be remiss to say, "Nevermind that shit here comes Mongo!"

[scaredscruff]

The 91 Redskins would destroy the 85 Bears. The Redskins oline was fantastic that year and it's widely known that if you pass protect against these Bears, their secondary was ripe for the picking. The Posse would have chewed up the Bears secondary. As for McMahon missing this game, I think that question was answered a year later when the Skins returned to Soldier Field and again beat the McMahon led Bears.

[blang84]

@RedCeltYank1 Didn't the 85 Bears beat the Skins by 35 points in the regular season... before Theisman went out??? Injuries my a@@. And if you want injuries then how about Jim Mcmahon missing this game. As far as a team matching up against the 85 Bears, definitely not the 91 Skins, maybe the 89 49ers or the 92 Cowboys.

[SuperJM1980]

@sportshistorybuff you also have to blame coach ditka as well,he got too content and probably got too big headed himself thinking they would win more than one.

[sportshistorybuff]

I\ve heard several Bear players admit that after their dominating 1985 Super Bowl run, they became complacent, distracted. should have won at least another ring based on talent, but never had the same discipline again. Even as a Cowboys fan, I enjoyed these Skins victories over the Bears (1986 and 1987) because Chicago seemed like bullies. Half the team had their own TV show , endorsements, dissension between teammates. The same

swelled head syndrome which limited the 1999 Rams to one ring.

[donnpatc]

@TheN01skinsfan I'm chiming in a bit late here, I know. But both Skins wins over the Bears were upsets of considerable magnitude. I watched both of them. I don't think any games they played - even the '82 NFC championship scalping of the Cowboys - made me happier, and none better showed - nor better tested - the mettle of the Skins than those two games. They were difficult-to-handicap unknown quantities both seasons. Although undeniably good, no one knew what to expect in the playoffs.

[donnpatc]

@scoresby33 Well, the Cards weren't a total laugh. The Skins won their third straight Eastern championship (the year they lost to Chicago in RFK, Gibbs's only home playoff loss) by beating...the Cardinals, who would have clinched the title by winning in DC (a very close game, only decided when Cards kicker Neil O'Donoghue missed a last-play FG that would have won it). I think they also made the playoffs in '82. Neil Lomax was a dangerous QB. But the Skins and Jints, no, they weren't.

[donnpatc]

This Bear team might have been better than '85. The Skins in this game were only the third team to score two touchdowns against them.

[madrecka]

@cityhawk Don't forget Thiesmann and Williams as QBs that Monk had.