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In Reply to: RE: Monday, October 24, 1988 posted by geezerrocket on November 4, 2016 at 04:28:33:
When interviewed about his playing career, Mike Singletary consistently says that, while the '85 team is always celebrated, the Bears should have won more championships. In particular, he has stated that the 3-28 loss to the Niners in early '89 was his greatest disappointment.
That January 1989, with the freezing temperatures at Soldier Field, everyone assumed that we'd get a repeat of the 10-9 Monday night game. McMahon was undefeated as a playoff starter. But no, the Niners made adjustments, and ran their normal offense. They ran plays briskly, mixed runs with passes, and kept moving the chains. And then, Montana hit Rice with a curl. Rice made the DB miss, and Rice then took off for a touchdown.
The Niners played pretty much mistake-free ball, and scored one touchdown in each quarter. To this day, this game stands as one of the franchise's greatest ever. On the flip side, it also stands as one of the Bears' most painful and disappointing losses.
Hey, never mind the '88 Bears. Most of the NFL's teams then were far superior to any of today's. Due to the stiff competition, Mike Shanahan's L.A. Raiders went 7-9. Yet, that same team would reduce today's Patriots to mediocrity. That 7-9 team was the same, which put the clamps on Montana and Young, in a 9-3 victory at the 'Stick.
Bill Belichick himself knows that his Giants teams of the 80s and early 90s, and the division rivals, were far superior to any of today's outfits.
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