'85 Bears react to Steve McMichael being named to Pro Football Hall of Fame (2024)

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Former Bears stars Steve McMichael, Devin Hester and Julius Peppers have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as members of the Class of 2024.

McMichael becomes the seventh member of the '85 Bears to be inducted into the Hall of Fame — joining Walter Payton, Mike Singletary, Dan Hampton, Richard Dent, Jim Covert and Mike Dikta. McMichael is the fourth player from the legendary '85 Bears defense, widely considered to be the greatest ever, to be enshrined.

McMichael learned last week that he will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year. He has been battling ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, since 2021.

The NFL's 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game will feature the Chicago Bears and Houston Texans, the Hall announced on Tuesday. Devin Hester, Steve McMichael and Julius Peppers of the Bears and Andre Johnson from the Texans are among the former players who will be enshrined as members of the Class of 2024.

Before Steve lost the ability to speak, Padrino asked him what he could do for him in the future. “Just take care of Macy,” Steve told him. As Steve has been progressively unable to do what a father usually does, Padrino has done more. Macy is a shy girl, but not around Padrino.

The '85 Bears finished with a regular season record of 15-1-0 followed by back-to-back shutout victories over the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams in the playoffs. The team then won the biggest game of their lives on the grandest stage in pro sports with a 46-10 win over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX.

The Chicago Bears are in second place with four Hall-of-Fame quarterbacks.

The Chicago Bears had 64 sacks in 1985.

The rate at which ALS progresses can be quite variable, as well. Although the mean survival time with ALS is two to five years, some people live five years, 10 years or even longer. Symptoms can begin in the muscles that control speech and swallowing or in the hands, arms, legs or feet.

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"We've been big advocates to get the NFL to stop testing for this," McMahon said. "It's not a drug, it's a medicinal herb." Now 64, McMahon's health struggles since the end of his football career are well documented. He says he suffers from CTE, a degenerative brain disease associated with repeated head trauma.

At 6-feet-2 and 270 pounds, McMichael played in a franchise-record 191 consecutive games for the Bears, becoming a starter at defensive tackle during the 1983 campaign. As a full-time starter, McMichael went on to earn two Pro Bowl nods (1986 and 1987) and three consecutive first-team All-Pro selections (1985-87).

The NFL Hall of Fame Class of 2024 was announced tonight, including notable players Steve McMichael, Devin Hester, and Julius Peppers from the Chicago Bears. Andre Johnson was also inducted. Among the inductees are Dwight Freeney, Patrick Willis, and Randy Gradishar, while no coaches or contributors were elected.

If “is” = “will be,” then no. Eli ranks poorly on metrics that matter to the voters: Never All-Pro, only four times Pro Bowl, indicative of the fact that he was never seen as one of the top two or three QBs in the NFL and only occasionally as one of the top five. His career .

Chicago Bears, Houston Texans to play in 2024 Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio.

But there weren't many players in NFL history like Hester either. Hester, arguably the greatest kick return in NFL history, is the first player to get into the Hall of Fame primarily as a kick returner.

He was presented with the ALS Courage Award in a ceremony at Soldier Field that September. His wife, Misty, represented him at the Hall of Fame announcement in Las Vegas on Thursday night.

"We are ecstatic and extremely grateful that both Steve McMichael and Devin Hester have been selected for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame," Bears President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Warren said in a news release.

Steve McMichael, ALS Champion, Elected to NFL Hall of Fame - Les Turner ALS Foundation.