Which Chicago Bears players on defense will set the tone this upcoming season and bring back the Monsters of the Midway?

Of course, Mike Ditka is the seminal figure of them all, the only one with strong ties to the '85 Bears (as head coach), the 1963 NFL champion Bears (as bruising tight end) and the present team ...

The Bears, led by head coach Mike Ditka and their legendary defense, had a regular season of just 16 games and no bye weeks, compared to the now 17-game season, with a bye week, where they went 15-1.

CHICAGO -- To some of those who played with him and for him, Mike Ditka's exclusion from the sculpture honoring Chicago Bears founder George Halas is the height of insult and pettiness to a man ...

5 hilarious moments in Chicago Bears history starring Walter Payton, Mike Ditka, Jim McMahon, and more Originally posted on Chicago Bears on SI ...

Ditka’s Gonna Ditka During a majority of the press gaggles throughout his 11-year tenure as Chicago Bears coach, it was always a question as to whether Mike Ditka was naturally funny, or whether ...

5 hilarious moments in Chicago Bears history starring Walter Payton, Mike Ditka, Jim McMahon, and more The NFL generally isn’t a breeding ground for quality humor. Until it is.

NFL fans are praying for th health of Mike Ditka after his wife confirmed that he is not in hospice care despite rumors.

Ditka, 85, was the Bears' head coach from 1982-1992 and led the team to its only Super Bowl win. He played as a tight end for the franchise from 1961 to 1966.

Mike Ditka also lost his touch and his team during the '87 season when he proclaimed the Spare Bears were "the real Bears" during the strike.

Mike Ditka is carried off the field after the ’85 Bears Super Bowl win.

They were also entertaining off the field with head coach Mike Ditka, quarterback Jim McMahon and William “the Refrigerator” Perry. The Super Bowl Shuffle was an iconic 1980s moment.