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This was the first season under the NFL's new 17-game schedule. The Bears finished 6–11, failing to improve upon their 8–8 record from the previous year , and failed to return to the playoffs. Nagy along with general manager Ryan Pace were fired on January 10, 2022.
The Bears played in four straight NFL Championship Games between 1940 and 1943, winning three of them, including an NFL record 73–0 victory over the Washington Redskins in 1940. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The second period of success was between 1984 and 1991 when the Bears captured six NFC Central Division titles in eight years and won Super Bowl XX .
The league expanded its playoff system from a 12-team to a 14-team tournament, adding a third wild card team for each conference for the first time since the 2001 season, and only awarding each conference's division winner with the best record a first round bye. The Wild Card round was thus extended from two to three games per day.
Beginning with the 1933 season, the NFL featured a championship game, played between the winners of its two divisions.In this era, if there was a tie for first place in the division at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the team that would represent their division in the NFL Championship Game.
The National Football League playoffs for the 2021 season was the first time that the league featured a 17-game regular season schedule, and consequently the start of the playoffs was pushed a week later to January 15, 2022. [1]
Prior to the 2021 season, the Bears traded up in the 2021 NFL draft to select quarterback Justin Fields 11th overall. [145] The team also signed veteran quarterback Andy Dalton in free agency. [146] Dalton was initially declared the Bears starting quarterback, but Fields won the position after Dalton was injured. [147]
Chicago Bears vs Washington Redskins, Dec 8, 1940 (NFL Championship Game) St. Louis Rams vs Green Bay Packers, Jan 20, 2002 (Divisional Round) Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Oakland Raiders, Jan 26, 2003 (Super Bowl XXXVII) Most Touchdowns Returning Interceptions, Both Teams, Game, 3; Chicago Bears (3) vs Washington Redskins (0), Dec 8, 1940 (NFL ...
Bill Belichick is the all-time leader in playoff wins with 31. He gained the top spot with New England's win over the Indianapolis Colts in the 2014 AFC Championship Game. The following table is a list of head coaches in the National Football League (NFL) listed by career playoff record and wins.