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When NFL Films released its America's Game documentary series, it listed the 1985 Chicago Bears as the second greatest Super Bowl winner after the 1972 Miami Dolphins, who finished a perfect 17-0.
The Bears' lone loss in an 18-1 season was coincidentally to the Miami Dolphins in the Orange Bowl on Monday Night Football.
Chicago's 1985 defense is still a feared topic to discuss. The team featured Hall-of-Famers Mike Singletary and Dan Hampton.
Richard Dent was named Super Bowl XX's MVP and is still a perennial finalist in the HOF balloting, which he greatly deserves to be elected to. On the inside was Steve McMichael, who was recently elected to the College Football Hall of Fame, and the 'Fridge, William Perry.
The linebackers alongside Singletary were Otis Wilson and Wilbur Marshall. After the 1985 season, Marshall played for the Washington Redskins.
When I met Steve McMichael in person, he told me if Marshall would have finished his career in Chicago, he would have been a first-ballot Hall-of-Famer.
Safety Gary Fencik still holds the Chicago Bears' career interception record. Leslie Frazier, Dave Duerson, and Mike Richardson rounded out the secondary.
To put in some perspective, Singletary is currently the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and Frazier is the Minnesota Vikings' defensive coordinator. McMichael coaches the CIFL's Chicago Slaughter, who currently stand at a perfect 9-0.
Also, two members of Chicago's defense held out of the 1985 season because of contract disputes, Todd Bell and Al Harris, so the team could have been even better.
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