As per NFL.com
13) Will the Packers unseat the Bears as the NFL's all-time winningest team?
The Bears and Packers comprise the NFL's oldest rivalry, and the Packers have a chance to finally unseat the Bears as the NFL's winningest team in 2022. The Bears franchise has concluded each of the first 102 seasons of NFL football as the all-time leader in regular-season wins by any team. The 1920 Decatur Staleys won a league-best 10 games, relocated to Chicago for a championship-winning season in 1921, then were renamed the Bears in 1922.
Seventy years later, Chicago entered the 1992 season with 85 more wins (561) than the Packers and Giants (tied for second with 476 wins each). However, 30 seasons of Hall of Fame quarterback play have allowed the Packers (782) to close the gap on the Bears (783) to one win entering the 2022 season.
With a win (at Vikings) and Bears loss (vs. 49ers) in Week 1, the Packers could tie their division rivals and add a compelling subplot to the Week 2 Sunday Night Football Bears at Packers matchup.
So I don't think there is any doubt the Packers will take over as the NFLs winningest team but one thing I found very interesting is that for the first time ever in the history of the NFL that team won't be the Bears. I know the details and how they haven't been good recently and the most wins were piled on early and how they are one of the founding members (longevity and all that) all that but its still amazing to me. I mean the Packers were only a year behind and by 1992 the Bears had earned 85 more wins and even more than that over the Cardinals.
I also find it interesting, and little funny that it has only taken the Packers 30 years to erase an 85 game deficit.
13) Will the Packers unseat the Bears as the NFL's all-time winningest team?
The Bears and Packers comprise the NFL's oldest rivalry, and the Packers have a chance to finally unseat the Bears as the NFL's winningest team in 2022. The Bears franchise has concluded each of the first 102 seasons of NFL football as the all-time leader in regular-season wins by any team. The 1920 Decatur Staleys won a league-best 10 games, relocated to Chicago for a championship-winning season in 1921, then were renamed the Bears in 1922.
Seventy years later, Chicago entered the 1992 season with 85 more wins (561) than the Packers and Giants (tied for second with 476 wins each). However, 30 seasons of Hall of Fame quarterback play have allowed the Packers (782) to close the gap on the Bears (783) to one win entering the 2022 season.
With a win (at Vikings) and Bears loss (vs. 49ers) in Week 1, the Packers could tie their division rivals and add a compelling subplot to the Week 2 Sunday Night Football Bears at Packers matchup.
So I don't think there is any doubt the Packers will take over as the NFLs winningest team but one thing I found very interesting is that for the first time ever in the history of the NFL that team won't be the Bears. I know the details and how they haven't been good recently and the most wins were piled on early and how they are one of the founding members (longevity and all that) all that but its still amazing to me. I mean the Packers were only a year behind and by 1992 the Bears had earned 85 more wins and even more than that over the Cardinals.
I also find it interesting, and little funny that it has only taken the Packers 30 years to erase an 85 game deficit.