Every Super Bowl team has a signature moment during a given season. That moment where they show the rest of the NFL and the country that they are more than just a talented roster. They’re a team that knows how to play their best when it matters most. It doesn’t matter the situation. Finding a way to win is what they’re about. There is no debate about when that moment was for the 2006 Chicago Bears.
Through the first month of that memorable season, the Bears were a juggernaut. Opponents couldn’t score on them and they played complimentary football with good offense and special teams. Going into Arizona against the Cardinals on Monday Night Football in week six, most expected them to claim an easy victory. Instead they fell into a classic trap game. The Cardinals came out firing and before they knew it, the Bears were behind 23-3 in the second half.
The offense turned it over six times in that game. By all rights they should’ve lost. Instead things got crazy. The defense scored two touchdowns off two big turnovers to close the gap to 23-17. Then they forced a punt that set up the arrival of a young return man on the national stage. A man named Devin Hester. He took the kick back to the house to make the score 24-23, capping the wildest comeback in NFL history.
Even though the Bears didn’t end up winning the Super Bowl that year, many still look back fondly on that game. How crazy it was and how a true “team” managed to pull it off with zero help from their quarterback. The only thing that could make it better was if it was reenacted through creative means. Say like LEGOs.
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Turns out somebody was listening.
A reminder of better times for sure. The good news is that sooner or later the Chicago Bears will be having wonderful moments like that again. It’s just a matter of time. Until then, let the LEGO people make the memories more fun.
