Week 1 1987: Bears vs Giants on MNF

Unannounced Fart · Oct 22, 2014

IIRC, Dierdorf, or whoever the color guy was, crowned Tomczak's ass at the end of the game. I'd be interested to know if my memory held up after all these years. Will watch when I'm by a computer.

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FirstTimer · Oct 22, 2014

Unannounced Fart said:
IIRC, Dierdorf, or whoever the color guy was, crowned Tomczak's ass at the end of the game. I'd be interested to know if my memory held up after all these years. Will watch when I'm by a computer.

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I'll be posting the vids and commentary of the second half tomorrow. Will be interesting to see.

policeman · Oct 22, 2014

If I recall correctly- Tomczak's nickname- given by his teammates- was "Lotto"- as in pick six. I'm Mike Tomczak- my friends call me Lotto- throw the ball anywhere- that's my motto.

bearmick · Oct 22, 2014

nwfisch said:
Awesome. Thanks for the great memories.

Too bad I wasn't alive then .

I was 10. i'm amazed how much of this I remember.

bearmick · Oct 22, 2014

FirstTimer said:
-(3:30) Neal Anderson with a big catch on a 3rd down conversion. Tomczak of course gets him killed on the play by staring him down.

Very Forte-like cut on the draw play.

bearmick · Oct 22, 2014

FirstTimer said:
-Pretty interesting as we close out this Part how little Payton has been used. By my count he only has three touches to this point in the game

His last year. The first that Anderson really came into his own as a big time palyer. IIRC he was still Payton's de facto FB cfor much of it, but made a name for himself in his own right.

nwfisch · Oct 22, 2014

bearmick said:
I was 10. i'm amazed how much of this I remember.

I recall seeing this game as part of a Walter Payton special?

Like there was a 30 minute show about Walter Payton and then this game was on the DVD as well, so I recall a bit of the game already.

mecha · Oct 22, 2014

Neal Anderson was awesome. I have a highlight video of his that I think I got from someone at CBMB.

Unannounced Fart · Oct 22, 2014

mecha said:
Neal Anderson was awesome. I have a highlight video of his that I think I got from someone at CBMB.

Yeah, I forgot just how fast he was. He was able to turn the corner on a sweep play in a flash.

Penny Traitor · Oct 22, 2014

I remember this game because I spent the offseason preaching that Tomczak would lead us to another Super Bowl and no one would ever remember the name McMahon.

By the end of this game, I must have ingested twenty pounds of crow.

mecha · Oct 22, 2014

I was too little and had my brain focused on video games back then to really understand those 80s and early 90s teams. Anderson was pretty much Matt Forte back then though, minus the shoestring tackles.

Madden himself said Anderson was the best in the game during a broadcast. when you consider Emmitt Smith, Barry Sanders, and Thurmon Thomas were around in those times, that's pretty impressive.

Aquineas · Oct 22, 2014

Man thanks for this; I lived in NYC when this game was played and I was pretty pumped for this game and the next day at work. I wish this were available at decent resolution. The Giants had just won the Super Bowl and the Giants (and their fans) were really confident.

FirstTimer · Oct 23, 2014

Part 9

[video=youtube;YkXI1doBcDA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkXI1doBcDA[/video]

-(0:45) Tomczak threw the ball 22 times in the first half. MIKE TOMCZAK WAS ALLOWED TO THROW THE BALL 22 TIMES IN ONE HALF

-(1:45) Tomczak actually looks off a throw here and makes a great pass to the sideline.

-(4:40) Not sure how rare or common it was for the day but pretty interesting to see Jay Hilgenburg long snapping. They may have been discussing it while zoomed in on him but I couldn't hear the audio.

-(7:25) Landeta always seemed to suck at Soldier Field

-(8:15) Nice baseball info. Ripkin's consecutive inning streak ends and the Blue Jays hit 10 HR's in one game. Here is the boxscore of that game
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR198709140.shtml

FirstTimer · Oct 23, 2014

Part 10

[video=youtube;9TkzDiUATHs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TkzDiUATHs[/video]

-(1:30) If you look up "wing and a prayer" in a dictionary this play would define it. Tomczak's prayer results in Ron Morris' first career touchdown.

-(3:00) Al Harris on kickoff coverage celebrating a pretty basic tackle like it just won the game.

-(4:45) Richard Dent sacks Phil Simms with one hand. Looks like he just swatted him to the ground.
On the next play the Bears get in on Simms again. Just really always neat to see how this Bears defense seemed to be a "gathering force" and how the constant blitzes would just wear down offenses.

-(6:40) Tomczak hits Gault deep down the sideline for a TD on the first play after the punt. Shades of the Berrian play against New Orleans in the NFCG from after the 2006 season.

onebud34 · Oct 23, 2014

If I remember correctly Dennis McKinnon returned a punt for a TD in this one.

And I didn't think we stood a chance because Tcrap was going to start. How that guy managed to keep a job in the league is one of the wonders of the world.

FirstTimer · Oct 23, 2014

Part 11

[video=youtube;iKsCBA-8-v8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKsCBA-8-v8[/video]

-(0:00) Exactly where you don't want to be against this Bears defense...forced to pass the ball.

policeman · Oct 23, 2014

I forgot how friggin fast Willie Gault was. He was pulling away from the defenders when he had to slow down to catch the pass.

FirstTimer · Oct 23, 2014

Part 12
[video=youtube;1cG1gfJVtPk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cG1gfJVtPk[/video]

-(1:30) T-Suck with a Cutler-esque throw off his back foot into coverage that results in a 70 yard INT return for a TD.

-(4:43) Big BC vs USC game on Saturday. USC would win 23-17 enroute to a Rose Bowl season where they would lose to Michigan State.

-(6:40) REVERSE! To Dennis Gentry

FirstTimer · Oct 23, 2014

Part 13

[video=youtube;hw0gcrn62PQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw0gcrn62PQ[/video]

-(0:00) One of the funnier bungled plays. I'm sure this ended up on football follies at some point.

-(1:00) Why Simms is talking shit to Otis Wilson I will never know. Wilson will want to kill him. Ferncik also flashed on this play on defense for the first time all game.

-(1:50) Onebud, here is that punt return for a score. 94 yards. A mix of a spectacular return and just horrid tackling. McKinnon would leave the NFL in Punt Return TD's this year. He'd also be out of football by the 1991 season.

-(4:45) At this point the Bears had won 26 straight games when going in the 4th quarter with a lead.

-(7:20) The Danimal flashes on a 3rd and 2 for a nice stop.

FirstTimer · Oct 23, 2014

Part 14

[video=youtube;ipAtnYyqxGk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipAtnYyqxGk[/video]

-(9:15) Payton's famous "club" forearm.

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