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Rest in Peace.

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That sucks. I'm glad I was alive for his Bears era. It will never happen again.


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Ryan’s letter, which was featured as part of ESPN’s “30 for 30″ film “The ’85 Bears,” reads as follows:

To my guys,

In 1981, many of you signed a letter to George Halas that saved my job. Now I’m writing a letter to all of you to say thanks. I wish I could be there to say it in person, but this will have to do.

Thank you to the Super Bowl champion 1985 Chicago Bears, the greatest team in NFL history. You gave me the best memories of my coaching life.

I’ll love every one of you until the day I die. I told you this a long time ago, and it’s still true.

You guys will always be my heroes.

Coach Buddy Ryan, 46

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Ryan’s letter, which was featured as part of ESPN’s “30 for 30″ film “The ’85 Bears,” reads as follows:

To my guys,

In 1981, many of you signed a letter to George Halas that saved my job. Now I’m writing a letter to all of you to say thanks. I wish I could be there to say it in person, but this will have to do.

Thank you to the Super Bowl champion 1985 Chicago Bears, the greatest team in NFL history. You gave me the best memories of my coaching life.

I’ll love every one of you until the day I die. I told you this a long time ago, and it’s still true.

You guys will always be my heroes.

Coach Buddy Ryan, 46

Awesome letter - even better documentary. A must see for any Bears fan.

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 Post subject: Re: Buddy Ryan
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agreed on all accounts. best football year ever.

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Awesome letter - even better documentary. A must see for any Bears fan.


Definitely.


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I'm glad they did that documentary before any more of the players/coaches had passed.

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 Post subject: Re: Buddy Ryan
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One of the greatest coaches and personalities ever in the NFL. RIP

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He also had HOFers all over the damn field. That certainly doesnt hurt.

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:lol: :lol: I had to look it up to find out to whom he was referring. In doing so stumbled across some more funny nfl quotes here: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/3048 ... nfl-quotes

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"You want a messenger boy, call Western Union."

-Soon to be ex Detroit Lion running back Joe Don Looney said to head coach Harry Gilmer, who wanted him to carry a play into the quarterback

"Never was man more aptly named."

-New York Jet wide receiver on Joe Don Looney

"Vicodin and vodka the breakfast of champion's."

-Washington Redskin Head Coach George Allen on cutting defense tackle John "The Tooz" Matuszak

"If the Super Bowl is really the ultimate game, why do they play it again next year?"

-Dallas Cowboys running back Duane Thomas about the Super Bowl

"A plastic man really, actually no man at all."

-Duane Thomas on his head coach Tom Landry

"He runs like a camel. A really pissed off camel."

-Baltimore Colt defensive tackle Art "Fatso" Donovan on quarterback Johnny Unita's running ability

"The best way to die is to sit under a tree, eats lots of bologna and salami, drink a case of beer and blow up."

-Art Donovan on life

"Well the frog men finally got Rosie."

-Donovan on death. Specifically Donovan informing Gino Marchetti of the mysterious drowning death of Baltimore Colt/Los Angles Ram owner Carroll Rosenblum.

"Trade him for a six pack; it doesn't even have to be cold."

-Philadelphia Eagles Head Coach Buddy Ryan on running back earnest Jackson

"Cap Boso? How could I cut a guy with a name like that?"

-Chicago Bears Coach Mike Ditka, slurring on booze a bit, about his back up tight end

"George Halas throws nickels around like man hole covers."

-Chicago Bears tight end Mike Ditka on Bears owner George Halas

"Terry Bradshaw couldn't spell cat if you spotted him the c and the t."

-Dallas Cowboy linebacker Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson on Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw

"I'd run over Russ Grimm's mother to win the Super Bowl, too."

-Oakland's LB Matt Millen, after learning Washington's Russ Grimm said he would run over his own mother to win

"I'm broke and I'm back."

-Washington Redskins running back John Riggins, morning beer in hand, telling Coach Joe Gibbs his year long hold out was over

"Come on Sandy, baby, loosen up, your too tight."

-John Riggins—inebriated and laying on the floor at a Washington Press club dinner—to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

"I'm all in favor of it."

-Tampa Bay Buccaneer Coach John McKay responding to a question about his team's execution

"Three or four plane crashes and we're in the playoffs."

-John McKay after his Buccaneers broke a 26-game losing streak

"That's unfortunate as I plan on attending all the games."

-John McKay when informed his kicker, Pete Rajecki, was nervous about McKay watching him in the preseason

"Capece is kaput."

-McKay on cutting kicker Bill Capece after he missed a field goal and an extra point

"He's not twins."

-McKay on the weaknesses of linebacker Hugh Green

"Let me know if Cain is able."

-McKay on injured Atlanta Falcon running back Lynn Cain

"It’s shattering when a player loses interest in camp. When you lost your interest in standing around eating steaks you lose everything."

-McKay on training camp

"We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking."

-McKay in a post game review

"Emotion is highly overrated in football. My wife Corky is emotional as hell but can't play football worth a damn."

-McKay on emotion in football

"We stunk. We blocked bad; we were terrible on defense and our kicking game made up for it by being absolutely horrible. I saw nothing that delighted me, we ran on the field fairly well."

-McKay after a game against the Minnesota Vikings

"He's just jealous. You know what they say. Empty tin cans make the most noise, and he's an empty tin can. This game is between the Bears and the Eagles, not Ditka and Ryan. We all know who would win that one. Ditka, hands down."

-Mike Ditka on Buddy Ryan

"That old fat man been talking a lotta stuff in Philadelphia, hasn't he?"

-Chicago Bear defensive tackle Steve McMichael on Buddy Ryan

"Ten thousand bucks if ya knock him outta the game. I don't care if ya hit him with a whiskey bottle when he gets off the bus."

Steve McMichael on his offer to his teammates if they could remove San Francisco 49er quarterback Joe Montana from the 1988 NFC Championship game

"When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately—unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something."

-Dick Butkus on hurting other players

"I wouldn’t walk across the street to piss down Don Shula's throat if he was on fire."

-Colts quarterback Johnny Unitas on ex coach Don Shula

"I don't know if I prefer Astroturf to grass. I never smoked Astroturf."

-Joe Namath on Astroturf

"I wanna kiss you. I couldn't care less about the team struggling. What we know is we can improve. Chad Pennington, our quarterback, missed the first part of the season, and we struggled. We're looking to next season, we're looking to make a noise now and ... I wanna kiss you!"

-Joe Namath on the New York Jets and Suzy Kobler

“If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey.”

-Oakland Raider defensive end Lyle Alzado on King Kong

"No. But I know I'm not gonna ask him for a ride to the airport."

-NFL announcer Tom Brookshier on being asked if he had any specific questions for 1980 presidential candidate Teddy Kennedy who was to appear for a half time interview. Brookshier thought he was off air but the live feed was constantly running in Senator Kennedy's box.

"He knew who I was, at that time, because I had a reputation as a writer. I knew he was part of the Bush dynasty. But he was nothing, he offered nothing, and he promised nothing. He had no humor. He was insignificant in every way and consequently I didn't pay much attention to him. But when he passed out in my bathtub, then I noticed him. I'd been in another room, talking to the bright people. I had to have him taken away."

-Hunter Thompson on meeting George Bush at Super Bowl VII in Houston, Texas in 1974

"It's like my ex-wife. 21 different personalities and seven of them hated me."

-Coach Jack Rose on his ex-wife

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"I'm all in favor of it."

-Tampa Bay Buccaneer Coach John McKay responding to a question about his team's execution

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He also had HOFers all over the damn field. That certainly doesnt hurt.

True, but so did the next D coord for the Bears and we all know how that worked out...

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Would love to experience that for the first time again. When I hear all this stuff about Cleveland, I think about how I knew their pain. Then the Bulls ripped off six and even one of our baseball teams won it all (which I still don't believe), followed by the Hawks...if you weren't alive to experience the utter mediocrity, I don't think people can understand how much the Bears meant. And with a defense that kicked ass in style....RIP indeed.

Some of his Philly teams had great Ds, but just couldn't win in the playoffs.

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The Bear's defense alone outscored the Giants, Rams and Patriots 16-10 in the 85 playoffs.


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Damn I wish he had connected. REAL HARD. I hated Kevin Gilbride's idiot ass.

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Damn I wish he had connected. REAL HARD. I hated Kevin Gilbride's idiot ass.

The old dude tried. He just came up a bit short.

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Damn I wish he had connected. REAL HARD. I hated Kevin Gilbride's idiot ass.

The old dude tried. He just came up a bit short.


He was no Woody Hayes.

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Damn I wish he had connected. REAL HARD. I hated Kevin Gilbride's idiot ass.

The old dude tried. He just came up a bit short.


He was no Woody Hayes.

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He also had HOFers all over the damn field. That certainly doesnt hurt.


One could argue those players are HOFers because of Buddy Ryan.

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He used to have a phone-in segment with the Heavy Fuel Crew (Boers/Mac) in the early years. Not sure if this was a regular feature or a random thing. He obviously did not come prepared for the segment on most occasions, but made up for it with outrageous off-the-cuff statements which were funny.

Mac/Boers didn't really care for him.

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He also had HOFers all over the damn field. That certainly doesnt hurt.

True, but so did the next D coord for the Bears and we all know how that worked out...


I am guessing you meant no additional Super Bowls. They were better statistically the year after he left though.

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He used to have a phone-in segment with the Heavy Fuel Crew (Boers/Mac) in the early years. Not sure if this was a regular feature or a random thing. He obviously did not come prepared for the segment on most occasions, but made up for it with outrageous off-the-cuff statements which were funny.

Mac/Boers didn't really care for him.

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He used to have a phone-in segment with the Heavy Fuel Crew (Boers/Mac) in the early years. Not sure if this was a regular feature or a random thing. He obviously did not come prepared for the segment on most occasions, but made up for it with outrageous off-the-cuff statements which were funny.

Mac/Boers didn't really care for him.

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Didn't they do a "Puddy Ryan" bit where, I'm assuming, McNeil imitated Ryan?


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