My sister and dad watched this game together and the ultimate disappointment in the Super Bowl. I didn’t go to school the next day I was so sad. I went to college in 2010 and called my dad after every bears game to talk about it. He passed away in 2013 during the winter and it was so hard to watch that opening day game in 2013 against Cincinnati knowing I wouldn’t be watching with him or talking to him about a bears game ever again.
I was at this game at age 14 with no worries in the world. My biggest worry in the world was this football game. lol. God... you don't even realize you have it made.
trestman was decent offensively but had no offensive conception, john fox was terrible, matt nagy had one good season before forgetting all of the ingenuity that made him good in the first place. none compare to lovie smith
@@daBEAGLE1017 be humble, don’t be one of those cocky Saints fans man, 1 game at time you never know what could happen look at what happened last year or every year for the last 4 years for that matter, be humble and take 1 game at time, doesn’t matter if we swept them it’s statistically proven that it’s harder to beat the same team 3 times, and it’s fucking Tom Brady in the playoffs so you never know what could happen but all said BIG TRUSS AND WHO DAT ⚜️
No. I told everyone I know that the Bears will never win a Super Bowl (or even get to a Super Bowl) with Jay Culter as their QB. 2010 was a fluke good year, and I knew it at the time. They had a relatively easy schedule, and the fact that they managed to score only 17 points in the last two games against GB exposed who they really were. Remember that they played a 8-9 Seahawks team in the Divisional Round of the playoffs too. Also, the fact that we lost to GB in arguably the biggest game in the rivalry's history ON OUR FIELD makes that, arguably, one of the worst seasons as a Bears fan. I'd rather have them go 2-14 and have those two wins be against the Packers, then for them to go 16-0 and then lose to the Packers in the NFC Championship Game. Any season past 2006 is dead to me. I'm only paying attention to this season, because it actually looks like they're finally putting their shit together and look to be competitive again.
2:30 when my QB in Madden misses a throw that easy I’m always like ‘that’s bullshit! No QB in the league misses that throw!’ And then along comes Rex Grossman doing that shit irl lmfaoo
I remember watching Urlacher from his rookie season and he was down right unstoppable. People don't know how freakishly athletic he was also. Just a special special player.
What a pair we got that first and second round. It’s sad Mike brown couldn’t stay healthy. But you’re right about Urlacher he was an absolute machine. His size and athleticism could only be described as freakishly
@@ShadyAcaciaalot of people dont know the Packers desperately tried to trade down for Urlacher and it was Andy Reid who wouldnt make the deal and the Eagles took Corey Simon and the rest was history.
@@Darkness-ie2yl Manning? Look at his stats in that super bowl. They were pretty average. If the Bears didn't keep coughing up the ball, they could have actually won.
Trent Dilfer was wayyyyy worse. Grossman was good, just not consistent with a terrible OC. Your blind, uniformed, unintelligible comment has made you the biggest moron to ever post a comment on UA-cam.
Well you seemed to understand my comment....Does that make you a moron then? :P People can have differing views. I don't think I said anything offensive so calm down and just disagree without belittling me. BTW Dilfer was at least a guy who knew what he was and was in the right place at the right time. He'd make my list of worst starting QBs in a SB behind Grossman. In fact, my bottom 3 goes like this: Rex Grossman David Woodley Trent Dilfer
URUSOIMI I disagree, sir. That year, Trent Dilfer had arguably one of his better seasons that year in 2000. Granted, that's not saying much, but all he needed to do is to NOT give the game away, which he never did once they got on their winning streak. In a handful of games in 2006, Rex Grossman almost single-handedly gift-wrapped the game to the opposing team, but the Bears defense and special teams bailed him out time and time again (look at Grossman's stat line against the Vikings week 13). Eventually, it was going to catch up to him, and it did in the Super Bowl. There's a reason why Denny Green said "They are who we thought they were". He knew they were one-dimensional, and if you can rattle Grossman, which they did, they gave themselves a good chance to win the game. The Colts basically did what the Cardinals did, and the reason why they were able to win is because they had Peyton Manning and not Matt Leinert. I'd rather take the Trent Dilfer of 2000 over the 2006 Rex Grossman.
Lovie was excellent at putting a defensive squad together and also coaching them to play a certain way, to go after the ball and make things happen. It seems like all through Urlacher's career they lived off defensive scores and timely turnovers. That made the games fun to watch because you were always expecting someone to come up with a play. It made up for the embarrassing dogsh*t passing game, not just in actual points scored but in terms of the games being fun to watch. Often they'd have nothing going all day against some average team and you'd be just waiting for Peanut to knock a ball loose and bam, they're back in it. It was a pretty solid culture in retrospect.
Why even take centric benson with the 5th pick when jones was already a 1000 yard rusher lol, they shoulda took Aaron rodgers, this is why we always suck
@@Jay-ci4to I'm convinced they didn't wanna resign him is the only reason. Jones only had one year left on his contract when they drafted Benson. Big mistake since Jones would go on to have his best seasons with the Jets lol. To make it worse, Benson was always hurt in Chicago... and then he'd go on to become a 1k yard rusher with the Bengals lmao.
The funny thing about Grossman was that he was the NFCs offensive player of the month for the first month of the 2006 season. The MNF game against the Cardinals was when wheels started coming off the wagon in a hurry.
@@Nutshaq Except for the fact that I'm not joking. He's one of the better commentators ever. He professional. Hes way better than that Gus Johnson idiot who sounds like a drunk duck being strangled by a donkey.
i truly forgot how ass rex grossman was, like i know he was garbage but forgot to what extent. dude was missing wide open throws all season, if we had a somewhat competent quarterback we win that super bowl and maybe even go 16-0. he was the only weak link on the team.
It’s amazing how the bears went 13-3, had home field advantage and made it to the Super Bowl with Grossman. It’s almost like the bears win the Super Bowl with any other QB
Evan .... They woulda been in a hunt more, but winning it all isn’t easy... Consider injuries, losing players free agency, bad drafts, etc ... It’s fine to speculate, but saying multiple Super-Bowl wins is tough to do even with a good QB...
As a life-long Bear fan I had always been cautious about getting excited over team/year. This season I was one of the only believers among my NFL friends. I even picked this Bears D at start of our Fantasy Football league. I was mocked but ended up getting 2nd place - just like my Bears that season. I swear, if we had even Bobby Douglass as our QB instead of Rex, we could have won the SB.
I'm a Colts fan and obviously I was happy with how superbowl 41 turned out, but this was a good Bears team with good special teams, a good defense, and a decent run game. However, having the wrong QB holds your team back.
@TTundragrizzly do you not remember the 4 int Washington game? Lol. We would have lost 1 game for sure. High chance of undefeated season but cutty always cutty'd atleast 1 game. 😅
At 22 years old, I took all my savings to go see this game. It definitely did not disappoint! Surprised they didnt show when half of the Statium was chanting for Kyle Orton! Lol
What a game for the ages stay warm and dry out there go bears in the windy city of Chicago job well done you should be proud appreciate you guys thanks for the memories ! Joe
Drew Brees 1st season with the Saints Hurricane Katrina hit them in 05'. So Saints/Brees vs Colts/Manning happened almost twice. Grossman couldn't make a throw to save his life well he could make one... then a bunch of crappy ones.
Hell yeah i remember.. We love our bears urlacher is from near where we live.. He was A BEAST! now we have mack.. Its on baby!! Bear down.. We're going for it ALL...
Thomas Jones was beastin! And Urlacher was kicking ass in his prime. Yeah, Rex Grossman was not a Super Bowl QB, by any means, but he had a pretty good season. Was Jim McMahon really that much better than Grossman? I don’t think so. It was going to be tough to beat Payton Manning and the Colts in Super Bowl 41. Like Aaron Rodgers, Manning was just the type of elite QB who could play mistake free football and beat Lovie’s “bend but don’t break” Cover 2 defense.
Jt Williams Thomas Jones was a beast he was my favorite player on that Bears team along with Brian Urlacher and Hester, it pissed me off that they let him go during that offseason. Thomas Jones in my opinion is the best RB the Bears have had since Walter Payton
McMahon was a play maker and had far more knowledge, accuracy, and arm strength than Grossman had in his wildest dreams. Don't forget, McMahon was voted pro bowl.
I remember my dad worked at a law firm that had season tickets. I was fortunate enough as a 12 year old to go to the seahawks divisional game. Then i convinced my dad to let us come back and watch this game. Man that had to be one of the best experiences of my life I'll never forget. Go Bears!!!!
Should do the Bears vs cardinals they are who we thought they were lol! Damn brees is a baller didn’t realize how many times he took a sorry defense to the playoffs except during bounty gate
Ah, vintage NFL playoffs with those epic camera angles and endless sea of players' breaths being easily visible from 30m away. It's what I look forward to every year. Even though my team's basically never making it that far these days. :P
I remember it hadn't even been cold in Chicago that winter up until 36 hours before the Divisional round game against Seattle which was one of the first real cold days of the season. There had barely been any snow either until this day right here. It had been around 45-50 degrees in Chi-town most of the season up until these two weekends.
It's amazing seeing the difference between Brees and Grossman. Sure it wasn't Brees' best game, but he has a shit ton more composure and confidence in his throws. Seems like everytime Grossman threw the ball, he just slung it out there and hoped for the best.
Rewatch that game. To say it was Grossmans fault is a lie. He completed 70% of his passes that game. He lost 1 fumble that resulted in 0 points. You had the defense give up an easy td on a blown coverage. You had a rb fumble and give the colts great field position that added another 3. You had a dropped first down when the Bears were on a good drive. And then you had the coaches calling deep passes in a monsoon that even Manning was struggling to pass in.
they were LOADED in 2006!! they had a great defense that year and an even better special teams unit with Hester......if they had a QB like drew brees they would have went 15-1 again and won the super bowl
I almost forgot we had Jones and benson at the same dam times I still remember watching this game at my kids mom house with all her family around and they were all from Louisiana me and my family are from Chicago Die hard bear fan we gave there whole family hell that night it was a day to be remembered forever this adversity the saints faced low key taught them how to level up to champion chip football bear down
probably cuz we always start off a tad bit shook when on the road in the hostile environment. It'd be nice to get home field advantage throughout like 09
I was a freshman in college during this game, from the Chicago area but living in Georgia at the time. There were hardly any Bears fans on campus and I was heartbroken when my team eventually lost to the Colts.
The one mistake coach Lovie Smith will never live down is selecting Rex Grossman as his starting QB over Brian Griese. Despite leading the Bears to a Super Bowl that season, Grossman didn't have a good year. One can almost say that Chicago made the Super Bowl in spite of him. Griese was a proven winner. He had lead Michigan to a national championship as their starting QB (with a little-known QB named Tom Brady as the backup). If Griese had started in Super Bowl 41 for the Bears, Chicago would have had a better chance of winning that game. It was IMO of the league's greatest missed opportunities.
Facts my bro fuckin facts, the bears had everything that year, exceptional defense solid o-line great running game good receivers, and a mess of qb as always Ma bears never change
@@wu-tangwizard9993 Except this isn't hindsight. Chicago lost that Super Bowl. Grossman didn't play well. These are irrefutable facts. So you tell me, where's the hindsight? Look at every Super Bowl ever played. If a team doesn't have a good QB, it will not win. When Bears legend Mike Singletary was the coach of the 49ers, he said it best when he said, "You need a quarterback". That's not hindsight; that's the facts Jack!
They wanted to let their top pick RB to tote the rock, and he felt over shadowed by Thomas Jones, he should've been. Jones was a the better running back at that point in their respective careers. IMO, they should've kept Jones and never let him go.
Superbowl XLI, I was so torn apart, Love the Bears, and I am a Manning fan, it was hard to pick a winner of the game, I picked the Colts but, Urlacher is still the man!
Rex Grossman should’ve won a ring, the man took the Bears to many playoff games in the 2000’s, 2 NFC Championship games and 1 Super Bowl he had talent.
I was 5 years old at this time. I believe this was the first football game I ever watched. I had absolutely no clue what was going on at the time. The one thing I remember vividly from this game was my dad running around the house yelling “THE BEARS ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!” after they won.
Good game to show people that Chicago weather can actually benefit the Bears. The Bears will always be a defense first, ground and pound team. Quarterback will eventually come, but stick to your identity and things have worked out.
And both Super Bowl's were in Dolphins stadium 😂😂😂. And also. The Saints would have had played a NFC north team both times to get there. 2007 was the Bears. 2010 was the Vikings
My favorite memory as a bears fan.... Well, this and the superbowl kickoff return td. God awful offense... Punishing defense, if Grossman had as much talent as he did heart he would have been a top 5 qb... Oh well. Some day, Chicago will rise again, and take it all the way next time.
Even though of course we all wanted the win, I'd say at that time most of us Saints fans were just happy to see the team in the NFC Championship especially after getting that 1st time 1st round bye with the 2nd seed.
When you see snow falling during an NFC Championship game at Soldier Field, Papa Bear is watching and the Bears are not going to lose to a dome expansion team from the south.
Well, we couldn't do it in 2019, but I've got this game recorded on DVD and will always be in my collection! What a game! What a Team! That's okay. We'll be there in 2020!!!!! Bear 🐻 Down Chicago 👊🏈💣💥💯..... We'll be back!
@@gbrow1604 I've seen plenty of times Brees cave under pressure and be the reason for the Saints losing in playoff time with bad passes and bad decisions
@@samt4956 sorry, should have been more clear. I meant that three years ago you asked for the Patriots versus Colts championship game, and nfl throwback uploaded that 3 years later, today.
As a saints fan, I was THERE at the game in Chicago. My grandpa has been a saints fan his entire life. after our homes got destroyed in Katrina, we still made the trip to see the saints possibly make it to the superbowl. Bears fans threw yellow snowballs at us on the way out.
Rez was awful for our bears.. Cutler was even worse.. He led the league in interceptions.. Trubisky is going to evolve into a top qb.. Bears SB champs 2018!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥💯
Robbie Gould and Brees both still going. I won my fantasy football league this year because I had Tomlinson, Frank Gore and Colston. All three carried my team to the Championship.
Bernard berrian made the best catch ive ever seen . When he was running down the sideline , he saw the ball was going low and left . So he faked jump to get the corner to jump up high and went to the ground around him to catch it ... absolutely amazing .....that bears team had everything but a qb. Any backup in the league now would have won that sb for that team . Demoralizing when defense gets the ball and rex grossman gave it right back from a snap ...
I know I’m a saints fan and this will sound biased but I truly feel the saints have gotten screwed out of all their losses in the playoffs. This game was iffy but we should’ve been the team to lose to the colts lol. Just so we could come back and beat them in 2009. Then 2 bad luck losses to Seahawks in 2010 and 2013. I think it was 2011 when we lost last second to 49ers which was the most heartbreaking.. so I thought.... until this past year when Marcus Williams not only missed the tackle but tackled pj Williams who was the only player able to make the tackle and we lose by a once in a lifetime 70 yard game winner with no time. It’s stressful being a saints fan lol
Oh how I loved watching this game in the local Walmart here in N.O. and I was representing my beloved BEARS and they were second lining around me when Reggie ran that TD back and taunted Urlacher!…but when the score was 32-14 in the 4th security had to come and get em cuz I had the last laugh!…😂😂😂 shit I’m still laughing cuz they still sore!…they beat us in meaningless games and with rebuilding teams but we got em when it COUNTED!!!…IF U SMELL WHAT DA BEARS IS COOKIN!!!!…DABEARS!!!!….BOO DAT AINTS
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Whenever the bears have good teams, everyone is great on the team except the QB
They pick their QBs blindfolded
Bag Of rats no when you have a franchise who’s considered a defensive franchise you’ll always fuck around and have a bad qb.
Except when we won the super bowl...
@@Ballinbmac they could've won like 3 more superbowls if the picked above average QBs
@@Allopientubefish2 Yeah like Mahomes instead of Trubisky
Rex Grossman: The cannon of an M1A1 tank with the accuracy of an American Revolution musket.
An older Trubisky?
Sums up every bears qb
@@jnordne2 BROOO! I was about to say. This man overthrows everything just like Trubisky
hahahahhaah
@Think Blue lmfao the red coats also stood in a neat little line
2006 Life was so different. High School and my dad was still alive. Blessings to everyone watching this Classic.
My sister and dad watched this game together and the ultimate disappointment in the Super Bowl. I didn’t go to school the next day I was so sad. I went to college in 2010 and called my dad after every bears game to talk about it. He passed away in 2013 during the winter and it was so hard to watch that opening day game in 2013 against Cincinnati knowing I wouldn’t be watching with him or talking to him about a bears game ever again.
Blessings brother @@zacharykaiser5910
Blessings
i remember watching this game then the colts vs pats one right afterwards.. i was 8 years old and had no worries in the world take me back
I was at this game at age 14 with no worries in the world. My biggest worry in the world was this football game. lol. God... you don't even realize you have it made.
So true so true
Bless i was 6 i wish i could’ve appreciated these days more
I was 18 at the time this was right after the sox won the world series what a time to be alive.
I was 13 in 2006
This was a very well coached Bears football team. Haven't seen anything remotely close to anything like this since Lovie.
Agree lovie I miss you
True!!!
wonder why Houston just fired him
Took time to build. This was movies fourth year he missed the playoffs his first two
trestman was decent offensively but had no offensive conception, john fox was terrible, matt nagy had one good season before forgetting all of the ingenuity that made him good in the first place. none compare to lovie smith
This was Brees' first season in New Orleans. Damn I'm getting old.
Who would you have stuck with, P. Rivers or D. Brees? Yeah, were old.
And in his last season he’ll lose to the bears in the playoffs
@@Baker33 sadly you were incorrect.
@@daBEAGLE1017 be humble, don’t be one of those cocky Saints fans man, 1 game at time you never know what could happen look at what happened last year or every year for the last 4 years for that matter, be humble and take 1 game at time, doesn’t matter if we swept them it’s statistically proven that it’s harder to beat the same team 3 times, and it’s fucking Tom Brady in the playoffs so you never know what could happen but all said BIG TRUSS AND WHO DAT ⚜️
@@creamsilver2513 what are you talking about
RIP Cedric Benson. You’ll be missed
Shit hit me like a truck when I saw it, he was apart of my favorite childhood team. RIP
BigMack52 yes he will. So sad to see generations of talented defenses and good playmakers at RB and WR with these horrible QB’s
Rest in peace Cedric Benson. Glad he was apart of our team.
Bears should have never gotten rid of Thomas Jones. It was a mistake keeping Benson over him.....
@@McMagpie we picked Benson 4th in that draft...smh...we could have had Rogers!
As a Bears fan, this makes me happy...
2006 was the only year in which I was happy to be a Bears fan, so thank you.
J. A. Greene what about 2010 and 2011 before cutler got injured
No.
I told everyone I know that the Bears will never win a Super Bowl (or even get to a Super Bowl) with Jay Culter as their QB. 2010 was a fluke good year, and I knew it at the time. They had a relatively easy schedule, and the fact that they managed to score only 17 points in the last two games against GB exposed who they really were.
Remember that they played a 8-9 Seahawks team in the Divisional Round of the playoffs too.
Also, the fact that we lost to GB in arguably the biggest game in the rivalry's history ON OUR FIELD makes that, arguably, one of the worst seasons as a Bears fan. I'd rather have them go 2-14 and have those two wins be against the Packers, then for them to go 16-0 and then lose to the Packers in the NFC Championship Game.
Any season past 2006 is dead to me. I'm only paying attention to this season, because it actually looks like they're finally putting their shit together and look to be competitive again.
J. A. Greene How did the Seahawks go 8-9 when there are only 16 games in the regular season? 🤔
Because they beat the Saints in the wildcard round before they played the Bears. I counted that in their wins and losses.
J. A. Greene Ohhhh gotcha dude!
2:30 when my QB in Madden misses a throw that easy I’m always like ‘that’s bullshit! No QB in the league misses that throw!’
And then along comes Rex Grossman doing that shit irl lmfaoo
I remember watching Urlacher from his rookie season and he was down right unstoppable. People don't know how freakishly athletic he was also. Just a special special player.
What a pair we got that first and second round. It’s sad Mike brown couldn’t stay healthy. But you’re right about Urlacher he was an absolute machine. His size and athleticism could only be described as freakishly
@@ShadyAcaciaalot of people dont know the Packers desperately tried to trade down for Urlacher and it was Andy Reid who wouldnt make the deal and the Eagles took Corey Simon and the rest was history.
@@FTW54 Typical Green Bay Peckerwoods.
love smith had this defense top ranked in all his years coaching the bears.
They hadn't been squat ever since.
unfortunate he ran into his jedi master the next game
Ron Rivera did*
@@Darkness-ie2yl Manning? Look at his stats in that super bowl. They were pretty average.
If the Bears didn't keep coughing up the ball, they could have actually won.
@@WithDreday tony dungy
Ah Grossman, the worst ever QB to start a SB. If the Bears had even a moderately good QB they may have won that SB game against the Colts.
Trent Dilfer was wayyyyy worse. Grossman was good, just not consistent with a terrible OC. Your blind, uniformed, unintelligible comment has made you the biggest moron to ever post a comment on UA-cam.
URUSOIMI What about the people that think the earth is flat or anti vaxxers or feminists or 7 year olds?
The list goes on.
Well you seemed to understand my comment....Does that make you a moron then? :P
People can have differing views. I don't think I said anything offensive so calm down and just disagree without belittling me. BTW Dilfer was at least a guy who knew what he was and was in the right place at the right time. He'd make my list of worst starting QBs in a SB behind Grossman. In fact, my bottom 3 goes like this:
Rex Grossman
David Woodley
Trent Dilfer
SPTO who da fuck is David woodley?
URUSOIMI
I disagree, sir. That year, Trent Dilfer had arguably one of his better seasons that year in 2000. Granted, that's not saying much, but all he needed to do is to NOT give the game away, which he never did once they got on their winning streak. In a handful of games in 2006, Rex Grossman almost single-handedly gift-wrapped the game to the opposing team, but the Bears defense and special teams bailed him out time and time again (look at Grossman's stat line against the Vikings week 13). Eventually, it was going to catch up to him, and it did in the Super Bowl.
There's a reason why Denny Green said "They are who we thought they were". He knew they were one-dimensional, and if you can rattle Grossman, which they did, they gave themselves a good chance to win the game. The Colts basically did what the Cardinals did, and the reason why they were able to win is because they had Peyton Manning and not Matt Leinert.
I'd rather take the Trent Dilfer of 2000 over the 2006 Rex Grossman.
I miss this Bears team particularly that Defense, Running game with Thomas Jones and Special teams with Hester
Lovie was excellent at putting a defensive squad together and also coaching them to play a certain way, to go after the ball and make things happen. It seems like all through Urlacher's career they lived off defensive scores and timely turnovers. That made the games fun to watch because you were always expecting someone to come up with a play. It made up for the embarrassing dogsh*t passing game, not just in actual points scored but in terms of the games being fun to watch. Often they'd have nothing going all day against some average team and you'd be just waiting for Peanut to knock a ball loose and bam, they're back in it. It was a pretty solid culture in retrospect.
Brian Grease should’ve been the quarterback that year. I think he was Grossman’s backup.
Urlacher showed some of his speed on that Bush TD
You see such a drastic difference in the ground game when Jones was in there. He should have been the starter on that team for years.
I swear to god i used to say this.
Why even take centric benson with the 5th pick when jones was already a 1000 yard rusher lol, they shoulda took Aaron rodgers, this is why we always suck
@@Jay-ci4to I'm convinced they didn't wanna resign him is the only reason. Jones only had one year left on his contract when they drafted Benson. Big mistake since Jones would go on to have his best seasons with the Jets lol. To make it worse, Benson was always hurt in Chicago... and then he'd go on to become a 1k yard rusher with the Bengals lmao.
@@Wheelioexactly they just didnt want to pay Jones who went on to be excellent for the Jets.
The funny thing about Grossman was that he was the NFCs offensive player of the month for the first month of the 2006 season. The MNF game against the Cardinals was when wheels started coming off the wagon in a hurry.
6:45 Joe Buck losing his mind on the call
PantsofVance he needed to take a chill pill at that moment.
He’s not supposed to. He’s professional. He’s a great commentator and all you idiots are haters commenting from your Mom’s basement.
@@mooiemooface1550 calm your tits
@@mooiemooface1550 Joe buck? Great commentator? Haha! That's a good joke.
@@Nutshaq Except for the fact that I'm not joking. He's one of the better commentators ever. He professional. Hes way better than that Gus Johnson idiot who sounds like a drunk duck being strangled by a donkey.
i truly forgot how ass rex grossman was, like i know he was garbage but forgot to what extent. dude was missing wide open throws all season, if we had a somewhat competent quarterback we win that super bowl and maybe even go 16-0. he was the only weak link on the team.
Billy Fresh .... Weak link at QB though can totally derail a team...
Worst thing about all that is he was better than Cutler.
uhhh no, just no.
Billy Fresh trrruuuee. The was excruciating to watch. But that defense tho
Billy Fresh kinda Lil trubisky
I was 15 when this happened. After the Bears won I had my first beer. I'll always remember my first beer. I got permission from my parents.
Aww, that's hilarious
Man Thomas Jones running the rock...💪🥊
This video reminds me how pitiful Rex grossman was lol
😂😭
He was horrendous
Watch the Bears vs Cardinals. (Week 6 I think) hoooo leeeee FUK!😄
@Uncle Ted he was terrible. That wide open missed throw to dez clark... I could've made that throw
@@jonathanpasch6604 my favorite game from 2006 but yeah that guy sucked lmao
It’s amazing how the bears went 13-3, had home field advantage and made it to the Super Bowl with Grossman. It’s almost like the bears win the Super Bowl with any other QB
If the bears had a decent not great just decent QB they would have won the superbowl
Kyle Adrien .... Agreed...
Multiple
Evan ..... Multiple is a stretch ... 2006 though with that defense, for sure ... 2006 Bears D was really good ...
2005 and 2010 could easily have been super bowl years if they had a different qb
Evan .... They woulda been in a hunt more, but winning it all isn’t easy... Consider injuries, losing players free agency, bad drafts, etc ... It’s fine to speculate, but saying multiple Super-Bowl wins is tough to do even with a good QB...
As a life-long Bear fan I had always been cautious about getting excited over team/year. This season I was one of the only believers among my NFL friends. I even picked this Bears D at start of our Fantasy Football league. I was mocked but ended up getting 2nd place - just like my Bears that season. I swear, if we had even Bobby Douglass as our QB instead of Rex, we could have won the SB.
This season solidified my SaintS Superfandom. Thank you, our first NFC championship game. I was in the 7th grade and have never looked back.
RIP Cedric Benson. Your spirit lives on
Damn we were only down 18-14 goin into the 4th we had a fighting chance for most of this game
Right. And people say y'all can't win in cold weather.
44thelegendary Bears defense was just too much for us. It’s ok though
@@dejongrant27 well i mean they didnt win. and the final score wasnt close. so this game doesnt disprove that narrative
Bush fired up the Bears with his backflip and stupid little dance. He got away with crap like that at Southern Cal, but not in the NFL.
@@johnmanier7968 Lol funny I’m reading this as Sean Payton retires
I'm a Colts fan and obviously I was happy with how superbowl 41 turned out, but this was a good Bears team with good special teams, a good defense, and a decent run game. However, having the wrong QB holds your team back.
Lovie smith and the bears what a team and season they had appreciate the memories you guys thanks job well done stay warm and dry out there ! Joe
Crazy all the players you remember watching these throwback videos. Thanks.
11:46 is one of the cleanest tackles I've seen in a play like that. Urlacher was insanely good.
God rest Cedric Benson and Will Smith soul....they were some good players 💯
If Cutler was on this 06 Bears team. They wouldve went undefeated all year with a SB win
Alright bro😂😂😂😂💀💀💀
@@Sportswatcher588 they almost did it with Rex Grossman. Cutler was 100x better than Rex.
@TTundragrizzly do you not remember the 4 int Washington game? Lol. We would have lost 1 game for sure. High chance of undefeated season but cutty always cutty'd atleast 1 game. 😅
Puts a smile on my face knowing lovey helped us out with winning the last game of the year for the Texans and we built a nice power house 2024
Beautifulllllll we have to make it this year🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Bears had a monster defense this year. Plus devin hester being spectacular. I miss these days of football.
At 22 years old, I took all my savings to go see this game. It definitely did not disappoint! Surprised they didnt show when half of the Statium was chanting for Kyle Orton! Lol
What a game for the ages stay warm and dry out there go bears in the windy city of Chicago job well done you should be proud appreciate you guys thanks for the memories ! Joe
Drew Brees 1st season with the Saints Hurricane Katrina hit them in 05'. So Saints/Brees vs Colts/Manning happened almost twice. Grossman couldn't make a throw to save his life well he could make one... then a bunch of crappy ones.
And the Super Bowl was also in Miami in 2006, just like the 2009 Colts vs Saints SB
Hell yeah i remember.. We love our bears urlacher is from near where we live.. He was A BEAST! now we have mack.. Its on baby!! Bear down.. We're going for it ALL...
Thomas Jones was beastin! And Urlacher was kicking ass in his prime. Yeah, Rex Grossman was not a Super Bowl QB, by any means, but he had a pretty good season. Was Jim McMahon really that much better than Grossman? I don’t think so. It was going to be tough to beat Payton Manning and the Colts in Super Bowl 41. Like Aaron Rodgers, Manning was just the type of elite QB who could play mistake free football and beat Lovie’s “bend but don’t break” Cover 2 defense.
Jt Williams Thomas Jones was a beast he was my favorite player on that Bears team along with Brian Urlacher and Hester, it pissed me off that they let him go during that offseason. Thomas Jones in my opinion is the best RB the Bears have had since Walter Payton
McMahon was in a different league than Grossman... unlike rex, Jimmy-Mac could actually throw an accurate pass!
That and the Colts O line straight up dominated the line of scrimmage. The Bears D didn’t play great in that one
McMahon was a play maker and had far more knowledge, accuracy, and arm strength than Grossman had in his wildest dreams. Don't forget, McMahon was voted pro bowl.
Peyton Manning really doesn’t play well in Super Bowls. His brother was actually more of a big game quarterback than him.
watching this brings the memories flooding back. We really were more confident about our odds with the defense and special teams on the field.
Funny how even though the Saints lost the MOST memorable play of the game was Reggie Bush's 88 yard wheel route TD flip lol.
I remember my dad worked at a law firm that had season tickets. I was fortunate enough as a 12 year old to go to the seahawks divisional game. Then i convinced my dad to let us come back and watch this game. Man that had to be one of the best experiences of my life I'll never forget. Go Bears!!!!
That pass by Brees at 6:42 to Reggie Bush was beautiful ...
funkyflights joe buck ruined it tho
I'm happy to be a bears fan.. I believe this was the best year, i have ever seen the bears play.
Should do the Bears vs cardinals they are who we thought they were lol! Damn brees is a baller didn’t realize how many times he took a sorry defense to the playoffs except during bounty gate
That entire game is on youtube, just look it up.
Slick Reynolds I sound stupid that defense was legit like fuck hater
Ah, vintage NFL playoffs with those epic camera angles and endless sea of players' breaths being easily visible from 30m away. It's what I look forward to every year. Even though my team's basically never making it that far these days. :P
This Bears team was so good they got to the Super Bowl with a second/third string quarterback.
I remember it hadn't even been cold in Chicago that winter up until 36 hours before the Divisional round game against Seattle which was one of the first real cold days of the season. There had barely been any snow either until this day right here. It had been around 45-50 degrees in Chi-town most of the season up until these two weekends.
It's amazing seeing the difference between Brees and Grossman. Sure it wasn't Brees' best game, but he has a shit ton more composure and confidence in his throws. Seems like everytime Grossman threw the ball, he just slung it out there and hoped for the best.
Stay warm out there way to go Chicago appreciate the memories take care best wishes to everyone. Joe
Rex grossman one of the most inconsistent qb's in NFL history. Costed us a second super bowl ring!
ECHICAGOBEARSDBZ He's statistically THE MOST inconsistent in over twenty years.
@@verde7595 doesn't surprise me at all
The defense is what cost us. Here’s an example a wide open Reggie Wayne TD
Rewatch that game. To say it was Grossmans fault is a lie. He completed 70% of his passes that game. He lost 1 fumble that resulted in 0 points. You had the defense give up an easy td on a blown coverage. You had a rb fumble and give the colts great field position that added another 3. You had a dropped first down when the Bears were on a good drive. And then you had the coaches calling deep passes in a monsoon that even Manning was struggling to pass in.
He did win back to back playoff games
Such bittersweet highlights, this was the team I grew up with. Lovie Smith's Bears, who came so close twice but wasn't able to get the chip.
That defense and special teams carried the bears lol
And the Running game with Thomas Jones?!?
they were LOADED in 2006!! they had a great defense that year and an even better special teams unit with Hester......if they had a QB like drew brees they would have went 15-1 again and won the super bowl
Just like 2011 LSU until they met Alabama again in the National Chip
81oakridg Shit if we had an Alex Smith, we would’ve been an all time great time...again.
did you even watch this game?
I almost forgot we had Jones and benson at the same dam times I still remember watching this game at my kids mom house with all her family around and they were all from Louisiana me and my family are from Chicago Die hard bear fan we gave there whole family hell that night it was a day to be remembered forever this adversity the saints faced low key taught them how to level up to champion chip football bear down
What is it with the saints in the playoffs starting horribly, then making a comeback, only to end up losing
R.O still gotta give it to brees with a bum ass defense he made big plays
Slick Reynolds yeah first this, then the vernon Davis game, then stefon diggs
If that's the case, how come they won a Super Bowl? Don't say it's because of luck.
probably cuz we always start off a tad bit shook when on the road in the hostile environment. It'd be nice to get home field advantage throughout like 09
To make us suffer that’s what
I was a freshman in college during this game, from the Chicago area but living in Georgia at the time. There were hardly any Bears fans on campus and I was heartbroken when my team eventually lost to the Colts.
Brian Urlacher was such a beast
The one mistake coach Lovie Smith will never live down is selecting Rex Grossman as his starting QB over Brian Griese. Despite leading the Bears to a Super Bowl that season, Grossman didn't have a good year. One can almost say that Chicago made the Super Bowl in spite of him. Griese was a proven winner. He had lead Michigan to a national championship as their starting QB (with a little-known QB named Tom Brady as the backup). If Griese had started in Super Bowl 41 for the Bears, Chicago would have had a better chance of winning that game. It was IMO of the league's greatest missed opportunities.
Facts my bro fuckin facts, the bears had everything that year, exceptional defense solid o-line great running game good receivers, and a mess of qb as always
Ma bears never change
You’re reaching dude, hindsight is always 20/20.
@@wu-tangwizard9993 Except this isn't hindsight. Chicago lost that Super Bowl. Grossman didn't play well. These are irrefutable facts. So you tell me, where's the hindsight? Look at every Super Bowl ever played. If a team doesn't have a good QB, it will not win. When Bears legend Mike Singletary was the coach of the 49ers, he said it best when he said, "You need a quarterback". That's not hindsight; that's the facts Jack!
Never understood why they did not give the ball more to Jones.
Same way dey did sweetness in da 85 super bowl,giving da ball 2 fa fridge instead of Walter for da touchdown. He never got another chance..🥶
They wanted to let their top pick RB to tote the rock, and he felt over shadowed by Thomas Jones, he should've been. Jones was a the better running back at that point in their respective careers. IMO, they should've kept Jones and never let him go.
Superbowl XLI, I was so torn apart, Love the Bears, and I am a Manning fan, it was hard to pick a winner of the game, I picked the Colts but, Urlacher is still the man!
The Good Ole Days🐻💙🧡
I watched the whole season that year. I still don’t know how they made it to the big dance with Grossman.
Who's here after Trubisky and crew got rocked by the Saints backups at Soldier Field
This guy
For Honor 😂
Whose here after they almost lost to the Viking back ups 😂
BigJohnStudd 68 only after beating their starters first
@@bigjohnstudd6868 dont forget the Vikings lost to the bears backups 2 years ago buddy
Was at this game with clients, not a Bears fan but was rooting for them. Fall Out Boy played at halftime, they were great.
the hit at 11:47
absolutely destroyed
54 unloaded on him
“54” is crazy bro how do you not know who that is ?
Rex Grossman should’ve won a ring, the man took the Bears to many playoff games in the 2000’s, 2 NFC Championship games and 1 Super Bowl he had talent.
Man we had a squad back then... at least on D. Miss those days as a former bears fan
Donald Wilson Former ? So you're sayin you banwaggoned for another team now ?
Will Simmons nah i dont really root for any team tbh. I like to watch the whole league & let the great players do their thing
No time machine necessary. Our D is guna be ridiculous next year, maybe even this year
Devin Hester as well
I hope you aren't rooting now
I was 5 years old at this time. I believe this was the first football game I ever watched. I had absolutely no clue what was going on at the time. The one thing I remember vividly from this game was my dad running around the house yelling “THE BEARS ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!” after they won.
Lovie Smith was underrated
if you think about it he was the only coach to get the bears to the playoffs in my lifetime
Kyle Hallman he’s doing his thing at U OF I kinda wish he would coach again but they doin fine and it seems like he is
Lovie smith was thd last coach to take us to the playoffs on a regular two NFC championship games one win one loss.
Deron Coaty and now Nagy
He really was
That kickoff return fumble that was challenged , wasn’t a fumble his knee was clearly down
If the Bears had Smoking Jay as QB, they'd have won the SB!
Jose Castellanos honestly yeah
Nope
Very true. Say what you want about Cutler but he's definitely better than Grossman.
Jay Cutler?! You Must be kidding Sir.
Agreed. The offensive line in '06 was among the best, so Jay Would've had time to throw unlike when Ja'Marcus Webb was playing tackle.
I remember this game great battle mann good old days of football
Anyone else watching this before the saints game this year? Giving me goosebumps
Good game to show people that Chicago weather can actually benefit the Bears. The Bears will always be a defense first, ground and pound team. Quarterback will eventually come, but stick to your identity and things have worked out.
Dang we could have had Brees v. Manning 3 years earlier
And both Super Bowl's were in Dolphins stadium 😂😂😂. And also. The Saints would have had played a NFC north team both times to get there. 2007 was the Bears. 2010 was the Vikings
The Colts would have killed us that year, we had a lot of injuries (not saying we would have beaten the bears) going into that game.
@@goalscoringgoon98 make sure they don't do another bounty just to win again
Or Brees vs Brady had the patriots not lost that lead against the colts
@@Anonymous-gh8kt its funny that people actually think bountygate was the reason we won the superbowl
The best part of this game was the Saints never scoring again after Bush taunted Urlacher while still being down by two after scoring.
My favorite memory as a bears fan.... Well, this and the superbowl kickoff return td.
God awful offense... Punishing defense, if Grossman had as much talent as he did heart he would have been a top 5 qb... Oh well.
Some day, Chicago will rise again, and take it all the way next time.
Rex Grossman mixed with Jay Cutler would’ve been a great QB
Need this again in my lifetime
This was heartbreaking for the Saints to lose
Even though of course we all wanted the win, I'd say at that time most of us Saints fans were just happy to see the team in the NFC Championship especially after getting that 1st time 1st round bye with the 2nd seed.
When you see snow falling during an NFC Championship game at Soldier Field, Papa Bear is watching and the Bears are not going to lose to a dome expansion team from the south.
@@Ram44 Too bad they lost to a Dome team in the SB while playing in the elements which was ironic!
Nah...I was proud of the Saints given that they were 3-13 the year before. This was amazing. The Bears defense was special that season.
Well, we couldn't do it in 2019, but I've got this game recorded on DVD and will always be in my collection!
What a game! What a Team!
That's okay. We'll be there in 2020!!!!!
Bear 🐻 Down Chicago 👊🏈💣💥💯.....
We'll be back!
Yes in 2020 let's get it done! 2006 was fun, but 1985 was the greatest year for Chicago and the Bears. It was MAGICAL.
What a home field advantage rain snow . I remember Reggie bush caught a bunch of heat for that taunt on Urlaucher as the reason they lost
Anyone else bust an uncontrollable nit when they watch this game? Best Bears moment in my lifetime too bad i was too young to appreciate it
It’s amazing how much Drew Brees’ confidence and accuracy improved over his career compared to this game.
Brees always sucked playoff time though.
Brees just ran into a legendary defense like he did in Seattle in 2013. His playoff chokes don’t compare to Peyton Manning or Aaron Rodgers.
@@jamesgurksnis4392 Peyton Manning has more playoff wins and titles than both combined
@@thecarsonigen That's just not true. He was consistently let down by his team.
@@gbrow1604 I've seen plenty of times Brees cave under pressure and be the reason for the Saints losing in playoff time with bad passes and bad decisions
2024 still here i think chicago will be here again real soon. BEARDOWN❤
Great video. Can you do the 2006 AFC championship between the Colts and Patriots next?
3 years later my friend.
@@billybaggins1443 No, Colts vs Jets was the AFC championship three years later.
@@samt4956 sorry, should have been more clear. I meant that three years ago you asked for the Patriots versus Colts championship game, and nfl throwback uploaded that 3 years later, today.
@@billybaggins1443 Shit my bad man. Thanks for letting me know. Didn’t mean to be an ass lol
@@samt4956 it's all good, my guy. Again, I was unclear on what I meant, but overall have a good night.
Rex had a great game along with the running game.that defense was nasty that night.bear down
Bears looking viscous damn
As a saints fan, I was THERE at the game in Chicago. My grandpa has been a saints fan his entire life. after our homes got destroyed in Katrina, we still made the trip to see the saints possibly make it to the superbowl.
Bears fans threw yellow snowballs at us on the way out.
Who’s here after they will play again in the wild card?
me I’m a bears fan
My dad was friends with Urlacher in high school. Pretty cool and we like the bears because of him
Back when the Bears had a real team.
Julien Torres Rex Grossman was not a real QB though
*as the current Bears win the North Division*
Rez was awful for our bears.. Cutler was even worse.. He led the league in interceptions.. Trubisky is going to evolve into a top qb.. Bears SB champs 2018!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥💯
Robbie Gould and Brees both still going. I won my fantasy football league this year because I had Tomlinson, Frank Gore and Colston. All three carried my team to the Championship.
Why you only posting Saints losses?
Was wondering the same thing LOL.. That knife in the back is getting deeper and deeper! LOL. Its all good Saints coming back strong! geaux saints!
I know right
They couldn't find any recent wins *mic drop* 😆
dosni eslaw so your saying they suck
Jesus Christ your a terrible person will Simmons.
Bernard berrian made the best catch ive ever seen . When he was running down the sideline , he saw the ball was going low and left . So he faked jump to get the corner to jump up high and went to the ground around him to catch it ... absolutely amazing .....that bears team had everything but a qb. Any backup in the league now would have won that sb for that team . Demoralizing when defense gets the ball and rex grossman gave it right back from a snap ...
I know I’m a saints fan and this will sound biased but I truly feel the saints have gotten screwed out of all their losses in the playoffs. This game was iffy but we should’ve been the team to lose to the colts lol. Just so we could come back and beat them in 2009. Then 2 bad luck losses to Seahawks in 2010 and 2013. I think it was 2011 when we lost last second to 49ers which was the most heartbreaking.. so I thought.... until this past year when Marcus Williams not only missed the tackle but tackled pj Williams who was the only player able to make the tackle and we lose by a once in a lifetime 70 yard game winner with no time. It’s stressful being a saints fan lol
How was this game iffy??
Brandon Harrington I know score wasn’t close but some questionable calls first half.
Swagner17 name literally one
Yeah your bias is showing man. This game wasn't even close. Bears were the superior team all game long and especially when it mattered.
You're high stop. This was a blow out
Could see these two match up again this year in the playoffs.
pretty much the same team. crappy qb. great defense. frigging cody parkey.
RIP Cedric Benson
Oh how I loved watching this game in the local Walmart here in N.O. and I was representing my beloved BEARS and they were second lining around me when Reggie ran that TD back and taunted Urlacher!…but when the score was 32-14 in the 4th security had to come and get em cuz I had the last laugh!…😂😂😂 shit I’m still laughing cuz they still sore!…they beat us in meaningless games and with rebuilding teams but we got em when it COUNTED!!!…IF U SMELL WHAT DA BEARS IS COOKIN!!!!…DABEARS!!!!….BOO DAT AINTS