A Day Which Shall Live in Infamy (At Least with Bears Fans)

Since i live in brazil and real exposure to the sport only began in the early 2000’s.
So i kind of missed the 10 year period of disgrace for Bears fans. Having to choose who to hate between Sanders, Favre and Carter must’ve been gut wrenching.

I dislike favre, but he’s a guy of mild demeanor. I never saw him as an IN YOUR FACE kind of dude that i looooooooooooove to hate.

Like Philip Rivers for an example.
And like you said it yourself, Jared Allen nowadays. God i HAAAATE his redneck persona real bad.

But one dude i REALLY loathe these days is Adrian Peterson.
Specially because he fits what we’ve been seeking FOR SO LONG since sweetness retired. Punishing freak athlete running back. Viking’s have never been a running team and i think it’s a SHAME he landed there.
I hate him more out of SPITE and jealousy than out his personality. There’s no way around it, he’s damn good football player and will be one ofthe greats that’s for sure.

But man, i wish he was Chicago Bear N.28.

Now that we got peppers on board, one of my formely hated guys (yup i hated him for how he always meant trouble for us Bears) is on our side.

I also dislike Ray Lewis. Again out of Spite haha.
But i think Singletary will coach the bears someday and the lucky MLB that gets drafted by him and trained by him will be the next Singletary/Lewis/Willis.
Singletary has Midas’ touch with MLBs.

I’ve been following the bears since 2003.

It was just posted on CB.com. The Bears longest losing streak against one team in the entire history of the franchise?

Favre’s GB Packers in the 90’s—10 straight games he beat us. Without a doubt he is the arch nemesis of the Bears.

So I’ll just go with Farve. Lots of other guys are annoying or qualify as mildly hateable, but the annual drama-fest has really cemented it for me.

I was 9 years old at the time and was still riding high off of the Super Bowl Shuffle. I was just starting to embrace the game of professional football and following the Chicago Bears.

I remember sitting in the living room with my uncle and watching that game and cheering the Bears on. Then, I remember seeing some chippy-ness between the offensive line man of the Bears and the D-line of the Packers. The next play, I saw J-Mac scramble and get a pass off and then see (what seemed like minutes AFTER the play) Martin grab McMahon and SLAM him into the ground while JMac was uuaware.

That was disturbing to my new found interest in the Bears and always something I will remember.

I think if McMahon remained somewhat healthy, the Bears could have made several more Super Bowl runs after the ’85 one.

Can our own coaches be considered a nemisis?

Who gets got you all riled up and ready to throw a random object at your TV every time they make called a play?

Because since DA COACH, I have not been too impressed

then who? 10 staight wins speaks for itself. I don’t even want to know his career record against them.

Those 10 straight losses occurred during the formative years of my young Bears fandom. Watching Favre now is like watching the high school jock who steals your girlfriend, smashes your car, locks you up in your own locker, then becomes your boss and fires you. I don’t like the fellow very much.

The Bears management and coaching in the 90’s had as much or more to do with Favre’s luck against Chicago as Favre did.

Even considering everything Favre has leveled at Chicago, he will never surpass Curly Lambeau or Vince Lombardi as the most hated and biggest nemesis in my mind.

Favre never cost the Bears a Super Bowl. If you want to blame someone for the team’s failures during the Favre era, blame the McCaskey family.

But there is a Packer who did cost the team a SB, and his name is Charles Martin. That single dirty play kept the Bears from winning a back-to-back Super Bowl and being a legit dynasty. Everything about the 86 team was as good as, or better than, the 85 team until McMahon separated his shoulder. Losing McMahon made them beatable, and that only happened because a D-Lineman who came into the game with a “hit list” took it upon himself to grab McMahon from behind, lift him off the ground, and body slam him long after the whistle had blown. Separated shoulder, dynasty cut short before its time.

I’m sure the guy did wonderful things as well in his life, and its a pity that anyone would be remembered for this kind of thing. But he made himself a villain with an act that even Brett Favre can’t top.