Da Bears of 1985 greatest NFL team ever
The Pro Football Hall of Fame thinks so. There’s even a documentary about it.
Argue all you want about which is the best team in National Football League annals. The Pro Football Hall of Fame has opted for the 1985 Chicago Bears.
The Canton shrine will première “85: The Greatest Team in Football History” on Jan. 3. It will then hit theatres nationwide on Jan. 29.
The documentary focuses on the dominant Super Bowl XX championship team coached by Mike Ditka, and including a cast of characters as colourful as the coach. Dan Hampton and Jim McMahon, stars from that team that went 15-1, shut out the Los Angeles Rams and New York Giants in the NFC playoffs and beat the New England Patriots, 46-10, in the Super Bowl, will attend the première.
Afterward, actor Matt Walsh, who narrated the film, will lead a panel discussion with the Bears players, documentary director Scott Prestin, and Hall of Fame executive director and noted historian Joe Horrigan.
The documentary includes interviews with members of the ’85 team, including Hall of Famers Mike Singletary, Hampton and Ditka, plus McMahon, Steve McMichael, Willie Gault, and Otis Wilson, who co-produced the film.
Famous Chicagoans such as former president Barack Obama, Rev. Jesse Jackson, actor Bill Murray and sports commentators Michael Wilbon and Chris Myers offer their perspectives.
Profiled are such players as Hall of Famer Walter Payton, McMahon, William (The Refrigerator) Perry and Ditka.