![]() This Fanpost was written by a Windy City Gridiron member and does not necessarily reflect the ideas or opinions of its staff or community. I couldn't have been more fortunate to have such an incredible "favorite player" as a child. The Chiefs clinched a wild card playoff berth, but lost to the New York Jets 3515. It ended with a 106 record, the most wins for the franchise since 1971. My hero was Walter Payton and he was on my television every Sunday when I was growing through those most impressionable years. The 1986 Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchises 17th season in the National Football League and the 27th overall. Your childhood is when dreams are larger than life and heroes are the people that color those dreams. My childhood team has since been the standard against which other defenses are compared. Of course, being 11 years old when the 1985 Bears destroyed the league and won the Super Bowl didn't hurt. It was also enough to solidify the Bears as the beloved. ![]() To have the greatest football player ever on my television every Sunday during my formative years was enough to turn me into the most avid football fan around. Simply put, he was playing on a different level than everyone else on the field. But, he also side-stepped and juked them. Whether the Bears were good or whether they weren't so good, Walter always put on a show. So, just as I could count on the Chicago Bears being on my television every Sunday, I could also count on Walter Payton being on my television every Sunday. Literally, he missed zero games from 1976 through 1986. Among all his amazing feats, you know what one of the most amazing things was about him? He didn't. I began watching football in the late 70s, right as Payton was in his prime. ![]() In my mind, the greatest football player to ever play the game. Much as I love my brother, the person that's actually responsible for me being a Bears fan is Walter Payton. But, it also wouldn't cut to the heart of not only why I'm a Bears fan, but why I'm a huge football fan in general. Now, I could tell you that my older brother is a Bears fan and that's why I chose them. How I chose, though, is what's important here. So, it stands to reason that I chose to be a fan of either the Bears or the Chiefs. The Dolphins? I could basically only see them if they were playing the Bears or the Chiefs, or if they were playing in the Monday Night game. Every Sunday, whether they were at home or on the road, da Bears were showing on my television. (Sidenote: remember when Monday Night Football was THE event? I do.) Typically, two of those games were regionally focused.įor example, I grew up in Des Moines and we would get the Chicago Bears on one channel and the Kansas City Chiefs on the other. There were maybe two early Sunday games, a late afternoon game, and then Monday Night Football. It used to be that you could watch 3 or four games a week. Sunday Ticket and the Red Zone Channel haven't been around that long. I'm young enough that the NFL has always been on TV, but old enough that it wasn't always so easily accessible.
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