NFL legend wanted the Bears to completely embarrass the Patriots
Even though Tom Brady is no longer around and the New England Patriots (3-4) are no longer the menace to society they once were, most still enjoy watching them lose. And most especially like to watch them lose on the national stage, just like they did against the Chicago Bears (3-4) on Monday Night Football. […]
Even though Tom Brady is no longer around and the New England Patriots (3-4) are no longer the menace to society they once were, most still enjoy watching them lose.
And most especially like to watch them lose on the national stage, just like they did against the Chicago Bears (3-4) on Monday Night Football.
And, unsurprisingly, one of those aforementioned people is NFL legend and Hall of Famer Peyton Manning.
In case you aren't familiar with the Manning-Patriots rivalry, it extends all the way back to the early 2000s, when Manning and Brady went toe-to-toe nearly every offseason and many a regular season. Manning lost a lot of those matchups -many of them in Foxboro- and a couple of the losses came at a time when Manning was at his best and had his best team(s) around him.
So, it's completely understandable for Manning to have some of that good old-fashioned hate tucked away in a corner of his mind.
And said hate emerged in the final minutes of the Bears' big win over the Patriots.
The Bears were a couple yards away from putting a 40-burger on the Foxboro scoreboard and Manning wanted them to hang 40 on the Patriots more than anything in the world, as you can see below:
Here's a longer clip that shows just how much Manning wanted the Bears to go up four scores on the Patriots. It's the second clip below the one with Vince Vaughn in the caption:
Manning wanted blood. Patriot Blood, albeit.
But, it's fair to say the Bears did enough damage on the night. This was easily their biggest win and their most complete win of the Matt Eberflus era. The Bears played sound football in all three phases of the game and once again, we saw what this team is capable of when everything is clicking.
Just put it this way: If an NFL legend's biggest critique on the night is the fact you decided to take a knee instead of completely embarrassing your opponent – you're in a great spot.
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