The Chicago Bears have made it a behavior to rewrite historical past books this season, they usually actually did loads of that on Saturday evening.
The Bears erased an 18-point deficit to defeat their hated rivals at Soldier Subject, they usually superior to the Divisional Spherical of the NFL playoffs for the primary time because the 2011 postseason.
This is a recap of a number of the historical past the Bears made on Saturday evening.
A victory that was a very long time coming
Bears followers have been downright delirious after the sport, and it’s not exhausting to think about why, contemplating simply how lengthy it had been since that they had final seen their crew seize a playoff victory.
Actually, it had been almost 15 years because the Bears had gained a playoff recreation, final doing so on January 16, 2011 in opposition to the Seattle Seahawks at Soldier Subject.
A uncommon triumph in a storied rivalry
The Bears and Packers have performed greater than 200 occasions of their collective historical past, however Saturday’s recreation marked solely the third time that the groups had ever performed in a postseason recreation.
It had been 84 years because the Bears had crushed the Packers within the playoffs, and that went away in a 31-27 victory.
Look away, Falcons followers
Getting into play on Saturday, NFL groups have been 3-158 once they trailed by 15 or extra factors getting into the fourth quarter of a playoff recreation.
In successful the sport in opposition to the Packers, the Bears turned the primary crew to erase a deficit of that dimension because the New England Patriots stormed again in opposition to the Atlanta Falcons, successful Tremendous Bowl LI in an additional time thriller.
What didn’t Caleb Williams obtain on Saturday?
For starters, the Bears’ quarterback turned the youngest in crew historical past to win a playoff recreation.
Not surprisingly, his 361 passing yards within the recreation set a Bears report for many passing yards in a single postseason recreation.
He additionally turned simply the seventh Bears quarterback to throw for 300 or extra yards in postseason play for the crew, and he did so in only one recreation, passing Jay Cutler’s profession complete with the crew.
The present Bears report holder for postseason passing yards is Jim McMahon, who threw for 967 yards in six postseason video games with Chicago.
One other milestone for a proficient rookie
Bears tight finish Colston Loveland has set quite a few crew data in his rookie season with the Bears, and he added one other one to his assortment on Saturday.
Loveland ended the sport with eight catches for 137 yards, and he turned simply the ninth Bears participant to rack up 100 or extra receiving yards in a recreation.
The 137 yards have been probably the most ever by a Bears rookie in a playoff recreation, and left him simply shy of Allen Robinson for probably the most of any Bears participant in a postseason contest. Robinson had 143 yards within the 2019 NFC Wild Card matchup in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles at Soldier Subject.
