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McMahon's relationship with Ditka recalls Halas' trials 30 years ago with Doug Atkins, the prototype of the freethinking Bear as well as the only player who ever outcussed the old man. "He was undoubtedly the greatest defensive end in football," Halas explained later. "You're not going to throw...
The other Bears think he handles himself like a defensive player, a high compliment in Chicago, for this is eternally a defensive team. Ditka's shutout department is run independently by a straight-talking old ramrod named Buddy Ryan, an Oklahoman partial to cowboy boots and farm hats that say...
Next to the fact that 23 different Bears have scored touchdowns this year, the most outlandish statistic is that ten of them were playing defense. Considering that no team had ever marched unscored upon through the playoffs before, it takes some nerve for the Bears to insist that they were...
Among them, of course, William Perry, 23, the least accomplished member the defense, the least essential attachment to the offense, the most famous football player in the world. "I thought I'd just come in and play behind the All-Pros," flects the Bears' 6-ft. 2-in., 304-lb...
Off the field, the Patriots' postseason has not been peaceful. In Los Angeles, General Manager Pat Sullivan, 33, Billy's boy, watched the game from the sidelines while bullyragging Raider Defensive End Howie Long. Next, curiouser and curiouser, Sullivan confronted Long in the milling aftermath. Linebacker Matt Millen dusted him...