I do not have a particular one, but as a kid I thought Erik Kramer was the best QB in the league lol. I even had my parents buy me his jersey.

    • NOLASLAW@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I was at the 49ers game as a kid!

      I explicitly remember they played Diddy’s Bad Boys For Life in the stadium right before it happened

    • the-cream-police@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      The browns game?? That was the game that cemented me as a bears fan, even though my whole family backed the pack. That 2001 team was an all timer

      • pocketchange2247@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Yeah that’s the same for me. We had friends in from out of town who were all Bears fans. Our parents went to the game together and the oldest daughter babysit us.

        I don’t think I really ever watched a Bears game up to that point since the 90s Bears were anemic and 2001 was the first year they were actually good. Also we had the dominant Bulls to watch and I was only 9 in 2001 so don’t remember a whole lot before that.

        But they were all laughing at us because the Browns were killing us. Then we won it in like 2 minutes of game time to end it. One of the kids was an asshole and gave me an atomic wedgie because my brother and I turned the tables and started ripping on them.

        Good times. It’s the reason I started to love the Bears and football.

    • butterfaerts@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Good call! I knew for me it was sometime during the 2001 season but couldn’t think of a specific.

    • Nielas_Aran_76@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I still tell people 2001 was the most FUN Bears season I ever remember. They had no business going 13-3. And possibly the most overachieving squad record-wise in league history.

      They lost to Favre and the Packers twice. Lost to the defending Super Bowl Champs on openeing day. Then just stumbled through 13 wins with a killer defense and hot garbage on offense.

      • dubin01@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        The offense wasn’t complete garbage but it wasn’t super good either lol

    • Traditional_Donut908@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Not my first memory, but one of my most intense. I had tickets for both and after the Browns one, I was shaking so hard it took a while before I was ok to drive home (to Cincinnati at the time).

    • pdockenson@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Not my first, but I remember playing football as a kid outside and checking the score of the game online and seeing 28-7 or something at half and being pissed. Then waking up the next day and turning ESPN on and being like OHH MY GODDD