Jump into the Chicago Bears time machine with me. Let’s go back to the summer of 2007 where the defense wasn’t porous and the run game mattered. To a time before smokin’ Jay, a time where Lovie and Urlacher lead the way. You remember those days, right?
Fresh off their 1st Super Bowl appearance in over 30 years, the Bears were in a good place despite a loss to Peyton Manning and the Colts. The Bears had one of the more stout defenses of the decade, built by Head Coach Lovie Smith and Defensive Coordinator Ron Rivera. They found enough scoring pounding the rock with a Thomas Jones/Cedric Benson combo at running back.