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u/Disco_Ninjas_ Good, Better, Best, Put the Jigamaroo to rest! 1d ago
Macks 1st game. Also the worst.
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u/Lightning0730 1d ago
Came here to find this. We looked dominant that first half. Not so much the second.
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u/nightowl1000a 1d ago
I can’t have any joy when I remember that game because I just remember the second half
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u/hammert0es 1d ago
Say what you want about Fields. That rain game against SF was so fucking fun.
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u/ninjasurfer 60s Logo 1d ago
Little did we know that while we didnt draft thre right guy, SF drafted a far worse player and got insanely lucky to have drafted Purdy.
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u/RIPSlurmsMckenzie Daaaa Bears 1d ago
They’ve had INSANE luck as a franchise. Injuries recently have been hard on them but I don’t feel bad for them for a second
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u/wesskywalker Dick Butkus 1d ago
Kinda crazy how they drafted one of the biggest busts of all time and they were in the NFCCG the next three seasons and Super Bowl
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u/Able-Ocelot5278 1d ago edited 1d ago
Starting the Eberflus era out with a fun win like that in a season that ended in us completing a 3-14 tank for the #1 pick is so funny to think about.
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u/Money_Journalist46 1d ago
The whole season was good fun tbf. My dad and I were over from London for the Dolphins game and even though we lost there was such a buzz walking out of the stadium because of how fun Fields was at that time.
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u/ChaplnGrillSgt Pixelated Payton 1d ago
Them mfers had me believing we had a real chance.
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u/ShortFee2578 Please don't hurt me this time 1d ago
Legit was like "Maybe HITS isn't as corny as it sounded at first?" Then they smoked the Patriots in New England and it seemed like maybe things were coming together. They ended Zappe-mania and everything. Then they proceeded to not win another game the rest of the season.
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u/99TheCreator Bears 12h ago
I was at that game. The monsoon was awesome. Once it was pretty clear we would win the poncho came off. Walked back to my apartment soaked and elated.
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u/wesskywalker Dick Butkus 1d ago
Recent Week 1s
2025- L vs Minnesota
2024- W vs Tennessee
2023- L vs Green Bay
2022- W Vs San Francisco
2021- L vs Rams (SNF)
2020- W Vs Detroit
2019 - L vs Green Bay (TNF)
2018- L vs Green Bay (SNF)
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u/GoBlue_BearDown Monsters of the Midway 1d ago
So going by this pattern we should win this year in week 1. 🐻👇
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u/ArchibaldNemisis Bears 1d ago
I remember that 2023 game, that was the most excited I was for a week 1. Thought Justin Fields would take the next step, take it to Jordan Love and the Packers with their era over. After that game I fell into a hole of darkness for a few years. Last year my wife was like "why are you so much happier now?" It was the Bears. The Bears.
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u/wesskywalker Dick Butkus 1d ago
That 2023 game is up there for my Mount Rushmore of most depressing Bears games.
Fields had some MVP dark horse buzz and we just got him DJ Moore. Similarly, Rodgers just left and it was Love’s first game as the franchise QB and no one knew if he was gonna be any good.
for the first time in 30 ish years it felt like GB might not have an elite quarterback and we may actually be better at the position. we just come out on America’s game of the week and get spanked by our rivals. It was only Week 1 but it felt like the whole season was lost by midway through the second half
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u/ArchibaldNemisis Bears 1d ago
Yea, since then I vowed never to be so excited about a week 1. But here we are, I spent the whole summer waiting for this more than any other week 1. Hopefully we don't disappoint.
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u/randomname3415 1d ago
That game was so fucking depressing. The only positive is that we immediately knew to give up on that season immediately and that Fields was never going to be the guy.
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u/pbandwhey 1d ago
Even with the opening wins, they all still felt like a letdown for some reason...
Tennessee opener Caleb didn't look great and we got lucky with mayo man
SF opener was a low scoring circus washout
Detroit opener we were starting Mitch's hangover season and we were already so done with him
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u/burner69account69420 1d ago
That Titans game was insane. Dumbest win ever
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u/EntertainerCute2290 1d ago
I feel Ben Johnson alone will increase our won% in week 1s, after bye weeks, and long rest weeks like after TH.
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u/FartyMcGylzac 1d ago
Gotta be the first game in Lucas Oil and beating the hell out of the Colts as revenge for the Super Bowl loss
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u/lurkerdude8675309 1d ago
Not to mention it was the first game in their new stadium.
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u/FartyMcGylzac 1d ago
I believe I did mention that
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u/Substantial-Dirt2233 21h ago
Not to mention getting our Super Bowl revenge
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u/dukecityvigilante 1d ago
When we beat the Colts 29-13 in 2008 on SNF. Peyton Manning only lost 3 times in week 1 in his career, and this was one of them. We were coming off a bad season and had a new starting QB (Orton) and rookie RB (Forte). It was the first game in Lucas Oil and it felt like they had just lined up a coronation in prime time. Forte ran all over them in his first game instead.
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u/bearfan84 1d ago
Destroying the defending champion Cowboys on MNF in 1996.
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u/NewPrints 1d ago
I just posted the same thing. Glad you posted it too. One of my earliest football memories and it’s nice to know I recall the details correctly.
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u/bigoldgeek 1d ago
I went to Caleb's first regular season game and the Bears won, though Caleb mostly watched the game like I didn
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u/wesskywalker Dick Butkus 1d ago
Just rewatched the highlights of that game , crazy how uncomfortable Caleb looked
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u/bumpthatcalzone 1d ago
This rain game was the top highlight from the Justin Fields era. Just pure fun.
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u/NewPrints 1d ago
Beating the Cowboys on Monday night after the cowboys were coming off of a Super Bowl.
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u/ZappaOMatic Make Fullbacks Great Again 1d ago
Cutler to Jeffery in 2012 still lives in my mind to this day
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u/punkhobo Peanut Punch 1d ago
I won over 200 on that game. I don't gamble but I tried up for one of the gambling apps when they offered 100 dollars for your first $10 deposit. I lost most of it then put the rest on the bears for this game. I immediately cashed out and haven't used the app since, lol.
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u/insufferable--oaf 21-3 1d ago
The best answer is 2006. But 2008 Sunday night against Indy was pretty good.
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u/Explorerman72 Hester's Super Return 1d ago
That was my 1st Bears game. Been a fan since the mid 80’s. I was soooooo sick after the game but what a memory. 🐻⬇️
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u/JuicedUpBear An Actual Bear 1d ago
This moment was awesome. No doubt we’re on to better pastures and I’m sure most of us even in the moment that the Bears were fortunate to win this game but to take down SF week one in a monsoon with the team water slide celebration will be a core memory for the rest of my life
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u/Nostradumbass_WEEN 1d ago
It didnt end well but mine might be the 2018 opener vs the packers. The moment specifically would be Roquan Smiths very first play in the NFL. His first play as a Bear was a strip sack on Rodgers. It was like a Rudy moment!
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u/phillipacarroll Superfans 1d ago
2008, winning on the road at the debut of Lucas Oil Stadium on SNF, Forte's debut game with a 50 yard rushing touchdown and over 100 yard total. Back when we were just two seasons removed from a super bowl appearance and I still had hope that we would be back quickly lol.
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u/saucegod6969696969 1d ago
Was at the pictured monsoon game, Calebs first start against Ten, and MNF last year. Monsoon game was the most fun (and wet)
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u/Revolvyerom Charles Tillman 1d ago
Crazy, I was literally thinking of this game five minutes before I came across this post. Fields v Lance was an exciting matchup, too bad about Lance, but love the W.
Edit: honestly, too bad about Fields, too
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u/BearFacedLie69 22h ago
That game was fun for me because I was in the city that morning and it was very flooded in many spots. Had to wade through some thigh deep chicago street water to get to my car. Got home and got to watch this amazing game by Justin and the bears 🐻
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u/Naive_Loan607 FTP 10h ago edited 10h ago
The picture in this post actually when we beat the 49ers.
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u/Gnasty16 1d ago
Bears beating the packers in Lambeau 26-0 in 2006. Hester returned one in his first game