For the 10-year anniversary of the 2006 Super Bowl Bears, Jack Silverstein is digging into the history of the best post-'85 Bears team. To start, he's looking at the 5 most important additions that helped boost the 11-win 2005 Bears to the heights of a 14-6 1st quarter lead in Super Bowl XLI, after which he fell asleep and the Bears won right? They probably won.
On April 29, 2006, I was driving up and down Sheridan Road in the north shore suburbs of Chicago listening to the Score's coverage of the NFL Draft, as was my wont.