Green Bay Packers Flashback Sunday: The Epitome of 80′s Inepitude
The Green Bay Packers vs. the Chicago Bears.
Gives you goosebumps just hearing that doesn’t it?
The longest running rivalry in the NFL, going on an unbelievable 92 years this season, the Packers and Bears games have become the stuff of legends. Every contest a bitter struggle to claim superiority until the next meeting.
During much of the 1980′s however, these games were no...
Saints Nation: Saints' Bizarro Mount Rushmore
We're close to finalizing a "Bizarro Saints' Mount Rushmore" on the Podcast that should have the majority consent of the esteemed panel (which includes Ralph Malbrough, Dave Cariello and Kevin Held) but I wanted to spare you the suspense and give you my votes prior to that episode. As we concluded on the podcast, there are no real rules for Bizarro Saints' Mount...
Dynasty Wide Receiver Rankings: Where It’s Too Early To Get All Crabby
So the off-season doldrums continue and the latest headlines include Maurice Jones Drew assaulting a bouncer in Miami, and former NFL wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson chasing down Justin Beiber in a Prius….Seriously the season needs to hurry up and get here, not sure how much more NFL TMZ I can take. I mean what kind of self-respecting bouncer gets assaulted by a guy that is 5...
Surviving Sunday: Packers News, Notes and Links for the Football Deprived: 5-26-13
Surviving Sundays with no Packers Football
Adam Czech is away in enemy territory this weekend (Chicago). Evidently, they don’t allow any Packers writing on Sundays in Chicago, so I’ll be filling in.
Before he left he mentioned he’d be going to Mike Ditka’s restaurant and not soon after, the news came across the wires that the Bears would be retiring Ditka’s #89. Cooincidence...
IT'S AN HONOR
Bears: Ditka's number will be last to be retired
The Chicago Bears have plans to retire the jersey number of former coach and player Mike Ditka, but they say that's the last one.
Bears honor Ditka with last retired jersey
Former Chicago Bears Hall of Fame tight end and Super Bowl winning coach Mike Ditka will be honored as the club’s last retired jersey. The Bears announced that number “89″ will join the 13 other jerseys that the team has taken out of use. The number will officially be retired during halftime of the Bears December 9 Monday Night Football [...]
Bears will no longer retire numbers following Mike Kitka's number 89
I wrote some time ago that NFL teams should consider reserving certain numbers for awhile after a great player retires instead of simply retiring numbers of great players. The Bears, who will have 14 retired numbers once Mike Ditka's number 89 is officially put on the shelf, have announced that they will no longer be retiring numbers.
"If there is going to be a last...
Bears will no longer retire numbers following Mike Kitka's number 89
I wrote some time ago that NFL teams should consider reserving certain numbers for awhile after a great player retires instead of simply retiring numbers of great players. The Bears, who will have 14 retired numbers once Mike Ditka's number 89 is officially put on the shelf, have announced that they will no longer be retiring numbers.
"If there is going to be a last one...
Bears will retire Mike Ditka's No. 89
Hall of Famer Mike Ditka will have his No. 89 retired by the Chicago Bears next season.
The Bears said Friday the number will be retired at halftime of their Monday night game against the Dallas Cowboys at Soldier Field on Dec. 9, a fitting tribute for a player who revolutionized the tight end position with his pass-catching ability and later coached the 1985 team to the Super Bowl...
Bears to retire Ditka's No. 89
Hall of Famer Mike Ditka will have his No. 89 retired by the Chicago Bears next season.
The Bears said Friday the number will be retired at halftime of their Monday night game against the Dallas Cowboys at Soldier Field on Dec. 9, a fitting tribute for a player who revolutionized the tight end position with his pass-catching ability and later coached the 1985 team to the Super Bowl...
The Bears Will Retire Mike Ditka’s Jersey On Monday Night Football
The Chicago Bears are in a very good mood today.
They have announced that they will honor Mike Ditka by retiring the #89 jersey he wore during his six-year career as a tight end for the Bears. The ceremony will take place on December 9th before Chicago plays Dallas on Monday Night Football.
The Bears drafted Ditka with the fifth overall pick in 1961 and he responded by winning Rookie...
Bears to retire Ditka's No. 89 vs. Cowboys
CHICAGO (AP) -- Hall of Famer Mike Ditka will have his No. 89 retired by the Chicago Bears next season.
The Bears say the number will be retired at halftime of their Monday night game against the Dallas Cowboys at Soldier Field on Dec. 9, a fitting tribute for a player who revolutionized the tight end position with his pass-catching ability and later coached the 1985 team to the...
Bears to retire Mike Ditka's No. 89
The Bears have announced they will retire former Chicago tight end and Super Bowl winning head coach Mike Ditka's jersey number 89.
WHAT TOOK SO LONG?
Bears to retire Mike Ditka's number
Mike Ditka may be the most beloved person in the history of the Chicago Bears franchise, and next season, the team will retire #89 in his honor.
Mike Ditka would take a chance on Tebow
Mike Ditka once traded an entire draft for Ricky Williams when he was coaching the New Orleans Saints. So it doesn't seem far fetched that Ditka would have Tim Tebow on his roster if he was still coaching today.
Ditka thinks there is a place for Tebow at quarterback or another position. Tebow has scoffed at switching to tight end or H-back, preferring to try to make it as...
Mike Ditka Says Tim Tebow can Play Quarterback in the NFL
Unfortunately for Tim Tebow, the only NFL coach who thinks he can still be a starting quarterback, retired over a decade ago.
According to a story via Larry Brown Sports, former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka, is firm believer in the former New York Jets’ ability to be a a quarterback in the National Football League.
“I think [Tebow] can play quarterback in the NFL, but...
Mike Ditka: Tim Tebow can play quarterback in the NFL
Tim Tebow may have played his last down as a quarterback in the NFL. The New York Jets finally released him last week after an experiment that failed miserably, and the former Florida star cleared waivers as expected. If Hall of Famer Mike Ditka was still coaching, Tebow might have a shot.
In his weekly “4 Downs with Ditka” column in the Chicago Sun-Times on Sunday, Ditka wrote...
Mike Ditka: ‘I think Tebow can play QB in NFL’
While everyone else may have written off Tim Tebow as quarterback in the NFL, one former coach says he would take a chance on the signal caller.
Former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka thinks Tebow can play quarterback in the NFL.
Mike Ditka thinks Tim Tebow ‘can play quarterback in the NFL’
The legendary Mike Ditka believes that Tim Tebow can play quarterback in the NFL, even stating that he would take a chance on him.
Mike Ditka on Tim Tebow: 'I would take a chance on him'
Enigmatic quarterback Tim Tebow is having some difficulty finding a new team to latch onto ever since being released by the New York Jets late last month.His unorthodox throwing motion and lack of accuracy have been cited as a couple of the main reasons why teams are choosing to avoid him like a plague. But at least one former coach said he would be willing to take a flier on the...
Cincinnati Bengals: Don't Over-think This Draft
Let us just jump into the meat and potatoes of what I would want from the Bengals' draft. Priority No. 1 would be to get away from Andy Dalton, but I understand we won't be doing that so I'd focus on West Virginia wide receiver Tavon Austin. Now I won't go all Mike Ditka and give up my whole draft for him but he is my favorite player in the draft. I would trade...
The Cincinnati Bengals often overthink the draft please not again
Let us just jump into the meat and potatoes of what I would want from the Bengals' draft. Priority No. 1 would be to get away from Andy Dalton, but I understand we won't be doing that so I'd focus on West Virginia wide receiver Tavon Austin. Now I won't go all Mike Ditka and give up my whole draft for him but he is my favorite player in the draft. I would trade...
Mike Ditka: Encouraging Crowd Noise In NFL Games Is Stupid
When the NFL made some in stadium rule changes this week, former Chicago Bears boss, Mike Ditka, was not a fan of the changes. The rule that gets under his skin the most is the rule that allow scoreboards to encourage crowd noise.
Ditka called it stupid and thinks it has no place in the game.
“It’s stupid,” Ditka told the Chicago Sun-Times. “The NFL… who are they appealing...
Mike Ditka thinks encouraging crowd noise is stupid
When the NFL made some in stadium rule changes this week, former Chicago Bears boss, Mike Ditka, was not a fan of the changes. The rule that gets under his skin the most is the rule that allow scoreboards to encourage crowd noise.
Ditka called it stupid and thinks it has no place in the game.
"It's stupid," Ditka told the Chicago Sun-Times. "The NFL... who...
KEEP IT DOWN
Ditka: Crowd noise policy is 'stupid'
Mike Ditka gave his opinion on the NFL changing its policy on home teams encouraging crowd noise. Let's just say that he is not a fan.
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