16 Facts About The Bears

1. The Bears can walk short distances on their hind legs, some Native Americans called them "the beast that walks like a man.

2. The Bears can walk short distances on their hind legs, some Native Americans called them "the beast that walks like a man.

3. The Bears are among the most massive and powerful animals on earth.

4. The Bears are large dog like mammals found all around the world.

5. The Bears have been hunted for sport, food, and folk medicine.

6. The Bears can stand on their hind feet and sit up straight with remarkable balance.

7. The Bears are generally bulky and robust animals with short tails.

8. The Bears are found on the continents of North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.

9. The Bears are known as ursines, a word that has ancient roots in Proto-Indo-European languages that were spoken as far back as 3500 BC.

10. The Bears got the Eagles into a third and nine in the red zone, but a well-designed and well-executed route by Alshon Jeffery and perfectly timed throw by Nick Foles converted it.

11. The Bears started the clock on making a run at a championship when they traded for Khalil Mack and this season had to exceed expectations.

12. The Bears were considered to be one of the teams in the mix for Peters when the Bills traded him in 2009.

13. The Bears needed to dominate that phase and they did not.

14. The Bears made him active for the game but he didn't play a snap, replaced again by Deon Bush.

15. The Bears kept sending him down there for the final three home games, and again this past week, with morning trips on Wednesday and Thursday that allowed them to return to Halas Hall in time for practice.

16. The Bears saved one of their most incomplete performances of the season for the playoffs.