Picture this: An autumn wind cuts through Chicago, whistling past your ears, sending a slight chill down your back. The hairs on your arms stand at attention. The smell of grilled brats fills the parking lots, wafting into the stands, and an ice cold beer in your hand. Soldier Field hums like a live wire, ready to explode with the lyrics of “Bears Down, Chicago Bears”, as another chapter of Bears history teeters on the edge of being written. Week 7 has been home to some of the franchise’s most dramatic storylines, the kind fans still talk about decades later.

Climb aboard the Gridiron Time Machine, a weekly feature where we take a trip back into Bears history as we revisit five unforgettable Week 7 flashbacks.

The 4-1 Chicago Bears traveled to sunny Tampa Bay to take on the 3-2 Tampa Bay

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