Quote:Just before my time unfortunately. Have read bits and bobs about them all. Wish I could have seen that era though, as a stifling 6-3 win would be more my cup of than a high scoring game.


[BAD WORD REMOVED] Lebeau probably runs my favourite scheme to watch. I love the mentality and style of how it works.

There are several documentaries about that '85 Bears team.

 

ESPN has a 30 for 30 on them, and I think there is one on Netflix as well.

 

It's not like watching them live, but if you get a chance, give them a look.  If you value defensive football, you would have loved watching those teams play.

As for that Steel curtain team of the 1970s...man!  They had nine (9) pro bowlers on that defense, and five (5) Hall of Famers:  "Mean" Joe Greene, L.C. Greenwood, Jack Lambert, Jack Ham, and Mel Blount.  There should be a 6th guy in Canton-Donnie Shell.  You are familiar with the "one chuck rule" you see now where a defender can chuck a receiver once within five yards of the line of scrimmage.  That rule was instituted in large part due to Mel Blount.  Before that rule was passed in 1978, DBs could bump receivers throughout their route, no matter what part of the field.  Blount was so big, his arms so long and he was so strong, that many receivers didn't stand much chance of getting open.  That defense's best year may have been a year they DIDN'T reach the Super Bowl-1976.  They managed three straight shutouts that year, five overall.  There was a stretch where they allowed NINE (9) points over 5 weeks, and 28 points over the last nine weeks of that season.

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