The Chicago Bears in the 1940’s pushed the league into the future with their offensive innovation of the T-Formation with man in motion. The new scheme led to four championships over the course of a seven year stretch from 1940 to 1946, interrupted by World War II.
Pigskin Dispatch is running a series of all NFL Championship games before the league merged with the AFL to create the Super Bowl. The Bears feature prominently in this era overall, highlighted by this historic run starting with the 73-0 obliteration of Washington in 1940.
I shared the highlights of the build-up to that game with Pigskin Dispatch host Darin Hayes in the video below.
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The 1941 episode will drop early next week, which I also covered. The 1943 and 1946 episodes will drop later in April, featuring Jack Silverstein.