The Chicago Bears has always been, and will always be about the defense.
The Defense is what holds any team in the NFL together, but the Bears defense always stands out from the rest.
It goes all the way back to the 85 Bears.
The most feared defense in any sport.
The first defensive player I would like to mention off the 85 Bears is Mike Singletary.
Singletary was the starting middle linebacker for the Bears.
He was nicknamed Samurai Mike because of his intensity on the football field.
After the Bears won the super bowl that year he was named the NFL defensive player of the year, and later in 95 he was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame.
In my mind, Brian Urlacher is the Modern day Singletary.
In college he attended the University of New Mexico and was considered for the Jim Thorpe and Heisman Trophy award his senior year.
With these types of numbers there was no doubt that the Bears organization wanted him right away.
So Chicago picked him up in the 2000 NFL Draft.
He was the 9th selection overall.
With the Bears high expectations of him came high rewards.
He won the rookie of the year award in 2000 and became a 7 time pro-bowler.
He his everything Chicago wants in a middle linebacker right now.
Present day, he is considered a veteran and it seems like he pretty much runs the defense.
He calls most of the audibles and all the players consider him like a second coach.
The first game of the season he came off firing.
He recorded 10 tackles, his fourth career touchdown from a recovered fumble, and a diving interception.
He showed the NFL world that day that the Bears defense is as ready as ever.
Comparing him to Singletary is a hard thing to do, considering the league offense's and defense's have changed dramatically, but you can absolutely put him up there with some of the greatest middle linebackers of all time.
Even though Urlacher is a great, it also helps when you have a great supporting cast with players like Lance Briggs, Julius Peppers, and Israel Idonije.
I would say the second biggest star that the Bears have on defense would come from Peppers.
He is a defensive end that Chicago picked up on the free agency list for quite a bit of money.
But sometimes you need to pay that much for an all-star.
Peppers was signed to a six-year contract worth $91.
5 million, with a $42 million guaranteed in the first three years.
He is an all around athlete.
He played basketball for UNC in college as well as football.
He and Donovan Mcnabb are the only people to ever play in both the NCAA men's basketball Final Four and the NFL's Super Bowl.
This is probably one of the reasons that his nickname is "The Freak of Nature".
In 2002 he was the NFL's defensive Rookie of the Year and he is a 6 time pro-bowler.
Signing Julius Peppers makes it clear that the Bears are focusing on the defensive pursuits.
We also have a very defense oriented coach in Lovie Smith.
Smith has been to the super bowl twice.
Once as a defensive coordinator for the 2001 St.
Louis Rams (Greatest Show on Turf), and the other was in Chicago's 2006 season when he was also the defensive coordinator as well as the head coach.
Smith has a lot more experience in big games than most of the present coaches in the NFL.
Smith still wins a lot of his games with Chicago of defensive stands.
In the 1st week of this season (2012).
He proved that the Bears Defense is not going away.
In the season opener at the new soldier Field the Bears hosted the Atlanta Falcons which ended up with a 13-3 record their previous year.
The Falcons had such a great record solely because of their offense in their quarterback Matt Ryan, and their receivers like Roddy White, and Tony Gonzalez.
Needless to say the Bears had their work cut out for them.
The Bears held Atlanta to just 12 points in the 30-12 victory.
Chicago sacked Ryan 5 times for 43 yards.
There was a fumble caused by Julius Peppers, and returned for a touchdown by Brian Urlacher which I mentioned earlier.
Also the Falcons had a 0% touchdown efficiency in the red zone, and were 4-13 on third down conversions.
These stats alone show how the Bears defense deeply impacted the game.
This is Chicago usually wins, with brute strength and unstoppable defense.
Now this was the first game of the season.
The Bears do not always have the best defense year in and year out.
That would just be unrealistic to say, especially because after the Atlanta game, Chicago has been struggling on the defensive end.
The Bears just suffered a loss to the Detroit Lions (5-0) this last Monday.
It was a highly showcased game that they really wanted to win, but just fell short.
According to the stats the bears gave up 44 passes and 13 runs of 20 or more yards in 2011, which is a very solid year.
In 2012 they are on pace to give up 73 plays of 20 or more yards and they already allowed 3 touchdowns of 70 or more yards, which 2 of those came from the Detroit Lions on Sunday.
The Bears defense has always tried to build their team around the motto "don't give up the big play", but lately that seems hard to believe.
They could just be unlucky at the moment, or there could be something wrong with the play calls.
Only time will tell.
But disregarding the latest news on Chicago, they have consistently been a solid defensive minded team throughout the years.
From the 85 bears with Mike Singletary, to the Present day Brian Urlacher the Bears have always strived for defensive greatness.
I don't know about the fans reading this, but I am very excited about future in our defense.
The Defense is what holds any team in the NFL together, but the Bears defense always stands out from the rest.
It goes all the way back to the 85 Bears.
The most feared defense in any sport.
The first defensive player I would like to mention off the 85 Bears is Mike Singletary.
Singletary was the starting middle linebacker for the Bears.
He was nicknamed Samurai Mike because of his intensity on the football field.
After the Bears won the super bowl that year he was named the NFL defensive player of the year, and later in 95 he was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame.
In my mind, Brian Urlacher is the Modern day Singletary.
In college he attended the University of New Mexico and was considered for the Jim Thorpe and Heisman Trophy award his senior year.
With these types of numbers there was no doubt that the Bears organization wanted him right away.
So Chicago picked him up in the 2000 NFL Draft.
He was the 9th selection overall.
With the Bears high expectations of him came high rewards.
He won the rookie of the year award in 2000 and became a 7 time pro-bowler.
He his everything Chicago wants in a middle linebacker right now.
Present day, he is considered a veteran and it seems like he pretty much runs the defense.
He calls most of the audibles and all the players consider him like a second coach.
The first game of the season he came off firing.
He recorded 10 tackles, his fourth career touchdown from a recovered fumble, and a diving interception.
He showed the NFL world that day that the Bears defense is as ready as ever.
Comparing him to Singletary is a hard thing to do, considering the league offense's and defense's have changed dramatically, but you can absolutely put him up there with some of the greatest middle linebackers of all time.
Even though Urlacher is a great, it also helps when you have a great supporting cast with players like Lance Briggs, Julius Peppers, and Israel Idonije.
I would say the second biggest star that the Bears have on defense would come from Peppers.
He is a defensive end that Chicago picked up on the free agency list for quite a bit of money.
But sometimes you need to pay that much for an all-star.
Peppers was signed to a six-year contract worth $91.
5 million, with a $42 million guaranteed in the first three years.
He is an all around athlete.
He played basketball for UNC in college as well as football.
He and Donovan Mcnabb are the only people to ever play in both the NCAA men's basketball Final Four and the NFL's Super Bowl.
This is probably one of the reasons that his nickname is "The Freak of Nature".
In 2002 he was the NFL's defensive Rookie of the Year and he is a 6 time pro-bowler.
Signing Julius Peppers makes it clear that the Bears are focusing on the defensive pursuits.
We also have a very defense oriented coach in Lovie Smith.
Smith has been to the super bowl twice.
Once as a defensive coordinator for the 2001 St.
Louis Rams (Greatest Show on Turf), and the other was in Chicago's 2006 season when he was also the defensive coordinator as well as the head coach.
Smith has a lot more experience in big games than most of the present coaches in the NFL.
Smith still wins a lot of his games with Chicago of defensive stands.
In the 1st week of this season (2012).
He proved that the Bears Defense is not going away.
In the season opener at the new soldier Field the Bears hosted the Atlanta Falcons which ended up with a 13-3 record their previous year.
The Falcons had such a great record solely because of their offense in their quarterback Matt Ryan, and their receivers like Roddy White, and Tony Gonzalez.
Needless to say the Bears had their work cut out for them.
The Bears held Atlanta to just 12 points in the 30-12 victory.
Chicago sacked Ryan 5 times for 43 yards.
There was a fumble caused by Julius Peppers, and returned for a touchdown by Brian Urlacher which I mentioned earlier.
Also the Falcons had a 0% touchdown efficiency in the red zone, and were 4-13 on third down conversions.
These stats alone show how the Bears defense deeply impacted the game.
This is Chicago usually wins, with brute strength and unstoppable defense.
Now this was the first game of the season.
The Bears do not always have the best defense year in and year out.
That would just be unrealistic to say, especially because after the Atlanta game, Chicago has been struggling on the defensive end.
The Bears just suffered a loss to the Detroit Lions (5-0) this last Monday.
It was a highly showcased game that they really wanted to win, but just fell short.
According to the stats the bears gave up 44 passes and 13 runs of 20 or more yards in 2011, which is a very solid year.
In 2012 they are on pace to give up 73 plays of 20 or more yards and they already allowed 3 touchdowns of 70 or more yards, which 2 of those came from the Detroit Lions on Sunday.
The Bears defense has always tried to build their team around the motto "don't give up the big play", but lately that seems hard to believe.
They could just be unlucky at the moment, or there could be something wrong with the play calls.
Only time will tell.
But disregarding the latest news on Chicago, they have consistently been a solid defensive minded team throughout the years.
From the 85 bears with Mike Singletary, to the Present day Brian Urlacher the Bears have always strived for defensive greatness.
I don't know about the fans reading this, but I am very excited about future in our defense.
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