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What jumped out at me watching the reair of that game was that the Bears' D wasn't that good against kick returns (Stefan Starring kept making good returns) and looked shaky against the pass - Grogan was throwing the ball pretty well but no one was catching it. The 2007 Patriots would shred that 46 defense of the Bears.
Here's a telling stat - the Patriots have won five of the subsequent six meetings with the Bears after Superbowl XX, including a 33-30 comeback win in 2002 after being down 27-6 in the third as well as that back-and-forth shootout in Gillette Stadium's debut of Fieldturf.
It's also interesting that in that 1974 season a players strike hit during preseason before being settled for the regular season. For the Patriots a lot of new names got in a lot of training camp work as Chuck Fairbanks installed what was then called the Oklahoma defense but which is now known as the 3-4.
PATRIOTS - 49
BEARS - 46
PATRIOTS - 24
BEARS - 20
Seems the best way to beat the Pats is to play tough defense, keep Brady off the field, pressure brady, run the ball and keep time of possession. This is what the 1985 bears did very well. Add Walter Payton, one of the best running backs ever, and Tom can't do much looking from the sidelines.
History proved again, defense wins the big one.
18-1 baby.
Bears 35, Patriots 7