Too bad both of those No. 1s had career ending injuries....but were good when they played.......Davis and Muster......Davis is the only player I know who 'blew-out' BOTH knees on the same play! The astro turf on Philly's Veteran's Stadium.
Sweet memories.......remember every one of those plays as if it were yesterday......the TD to Gault was the 'nail in the coffin' for the Rams, although it was somewhere mid 3rd quarter. Da Bears 'D' was NOT going to give up 3 TDs with roughly a quarter and a half left in the game.
Bill Tobin...enough said...either you know or you don't (not you personally, but general 2nd tense plural use)...whom the McCaskeys' thought wasn't good enough........Lord was I angry over that decision.
Jim Finks was responsible for the '83 draft which included Dent, Covert, Richardson, Duerson, Thayer, Gault and Bortz. He drafted McMahon in '82 I believe. Jerry Vainisi drafted a small portion of that team too including Marshall and Butler. He also had some great pics when he went to Detroit including Spellman and Barry Sanders.
Agreed....I believe that was his last draft with da Bears...however, I believe the question was ......WHEN did the demise start in the drafting process? Finks was gone after '83 ( not 100% sure )..then Vanisi and Tobin were promoted..and after the SB the present owners decided they had a 'better way' of building a football team. Which we now know was disastrous for this franchise. But yes, w/o a doubt Finks was "The Man."
