FOXBOROUGH – Bill Belichick had a chance to pass George “Papa Bear” Halas and move into second place in all-time coaching wins in NFL history. Standing in his way was the team Halas founded as the Decatur Staleys in 1920 and coached for four decades into the 1960s.
Da Bears looked like they won this one for Papa Bear.
The Bears excelled in all phases of the game, and took advantage of a flat Patriot team who started the wrong quarterback and never really overcame their awful start. The Patriots did erase an early 10-0 deficit, but that turned out to be a mirage as Chicago scored the final 23 points of the game.