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Good points, they won a SB with a great coach-average QB and a very good defense. Also the 9th best rushing team in the league. If Caleb is the man, Ben the coach , 2nd in the league in rushing. , we arent that far away.

Seattle won the SB last year with the 6th best sack team in the league. Also NE made the SB with the same number of sacks we had. (35) 4 of the top 6 sack leaders didnt make the playoffs Atl-Minn-Browns-Lions Playoff teams 2025: top 10 in sacks Denver-Rams-Seattle-Chargers-Eagles-Texans-Steelers other teams Bears-49ers-NE-GB-Panthers-Bills-Jaguars Seahawks leading sackers L. Williams/7- B Murphy/7-U Nwosu/7-D Lawerence/6 - D Thomas/3.5 They run a 4-3 and 3 are LBers, I DE and 1 DT. Anyone can post stats to try to make a point and that's what this is. As much as pass rush defense is important, its not the end all to making it to a SB, Seattle shows its a consensus of pass rushers and not one top player. A lot with Seahawks success was scheme with speed and athletics players. I think we are building the defense in the same manner. Our top 5 sack leaders Sweat/11-Dexter/6- Booker/4.5 (6.5)-C J Gardner/3 -Jarrett/1.5- I dont think we are as far away from being a decent pass rush team

As we know by the history of the NFL speed alone doesnt make you a good NFL player. We have an excellent coaching staff and a good scouting dept. so if they bring someone in, I think at least they have a chance to become a better player. Of course that doesnt make every prospect succeeds but I trust the staff(2025 draft) until they give me reason not too. I judge Poles differently with BJ and an upgraded coaching staff over before last year. They all have an input and it applies to their picks.

Next year we have a more cap friendly situation to add a difference maker and will be a SB contender. The outlier is if Caleb Williams is what we think he is with BJs offense , our offense could be good enough to overcome any defense deficiencies. We did just win 12 games with a bad defense.

By actions of the Bear's brass, they are going to go with current assets as far as adding to the pass rush. DA, to my understanding, does a lot of stunts and blitz's. As we all know the sacks come from the DTs, LBers, and DBs, and with the added speed, I can see a lot more from the back seven . As much as Dexter was bad against the run he was 9th in sacks as a DT. He was 19th out of 134 in pressures. Grady Jarrett is on his last legs and was hurt most of the year. He appeared to play better towards the end of the year. He had 21 pressures and 3 sacks. If healthy, maybe he can get a few more sacks. Another DT that was bad against the run. K Street had 2 sacks and 6 pressures in limited snaps (109) pass rush . Not sure you could expect much out of him. James Lynch had 1 sack and 10 pressures in 179 pass rush snaps. Not sure he stays on the 53 man roster. Neville Gallimore had 4 sacks (25th out of 134) and 17 pressures in 279 snaps. He is the one addition that could add to the pass rush. Jordan van der Berg had 3 sacks and 29 pressures in 291 pass rush snaps. Hard to say what you get from a rookie but he has the upside to make a contribution. Dayo got injured but did nothing to encourage his ability to add the pass rush. In 2024 he had 3 sacks and 19 pressures. Not sure if moving him inside can boost his numbers but I am skeptical. Montez Sweat had 11 sacks (13th out of 115) and 54 pressures (19th) He is not a top ED in the NFL but at the top of the 2nd tier. He has the 16th highest paid, probably close to his value. Austin Booker had 5 sacks and 29 pressures. By the numbers he had 2 more sacks taken away due to penalty. In 8 games, I can see him reaching dd sacks this year. Shemar Turner being injured only having 34 pass rush snaps its hard to grade him. In 2023 he had 6 sacks in college. Not sure what to expect but he does have some upside. 6'3" 293 33.5 arms and 4.8 40 time. He has the length and relentless energy that the bears look for. A nasty attitude. Jonathan Garvin In college 2018 he had 60 Ts, 5.5 sacks, 17 TFL, 2 FF, 5 PDs. Doubt he ever makes the roster. 4.82 40 with 36" V and 125" BJ. Jamree Kromah has 4.77 40 had 10 sacks, 59 Ts and 17.5 TFL at a small school college. Probably will never be a rostered ED Jeremiah Martin 4.9 40 college year 41 Ts, 11 TFL and 8.5 sacks, Probably nothing Daniel Hardy 4.64 40 college year small school had 66 Ts, 24 TFL, 16.5 sacks. He is a great ST player , maybe he can add something to the pass rush Summary; I looked at this to boost my optimism that we might have some rostered players that could give us some pass rush, but it was kind of depressing. Its Sweat-Booker-Dexter with some upside with Turner . Maybe van der Berg could surprise but this doesnt have a good look to it. Go get Cam Jordan. Now I do think DAs scheme with more speed could boost the pass rush with the back 7 and faster DTs but this was kind of depressing.

When I look at anything Bears, I am always optimistic. The more I read about Muhammad, the more I think he could threaten Stevenson for the #2 CB spot. Probably not at the start of the season but he has a lot of good tape.

Its a record guarantee for a UDFA for the Bears. Not referring to NFL money in general.

Jordan made 6 mil Bosa made 12 mil Von Miller 6 mil Dante Fowler 6 mil A J Esprenza 6 mil Clowney only making 3.5 mil would be fine with me, I was thinking more likely Cam Jordan.

That's a great idea, fans buy anything that's cool.

Whoever the 6th WR may be. Rome-Burden-Raymond-Walker-Thomas and ? They kept 6 last year. I said they may have a chance, probably the PS. They gave cash to all three, not your normal UDFA. Bennett was a record amount for the bears. 300,000.

I think he might make the practice squad but was more pointing to he has speed. This year he run a 4.63 of which you pointed out he was coming off and injury. He has run a 4.28 previously. You are right, he doesnt have wiggle but if any coach can find some plays for a 4.28 guy, its BJ. I cant wait to see a play with Loveland, Raymond, Rome, Burden with Thomas at RB. That will cause a DC a heart attack. . 4.70-4.34-4.45-4.42-4.28

This is last years rookie sack leaders. Only James Pearce had an impact. Jalon Walker (DT) was second with 5.5. Pearce was drafted 26th, 4 others were 1st round picks. 5 second round and 5 3rd round. Fans want to chase Dexter out of town and he had 6 sacks last year. How would everyone like if we drafted Faulk and he got us 3 sacks? NAME SCK SEASON TM GP TKL AST COMB SCKY INT INT YDS INT TD FF FR FR TD 1 James Pearce Jr. 10.5 2025 ATL 17 17 9 26 94.5 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 Jalon Walker 5.5 2025 ATL 15 24 12 36 44 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 Nic Scourton 5.0 2025 CAR 17 20 27 47 31.5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 Abdul Carter 4.0 2025 NYG 17 25 18 43 22.5 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 Tonka Hemingway 4.0 2025 LV 9 8 1 9 30 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 Elijah Ponder 4.0 2025 NE 15 14 10 24 16 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 Mike Green 3.5 2025 BAL 17 17 24 41 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 Darius Alexander 3.5 2025 NYG 16 9 11 20 26.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Derrick Harmon 3.0 2025 PIT 12 11 16 27 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 Demetrius Knight Jr. 3.0 2025 CIN 17 58 48 106 14 2 39 0 1 0 0 11 Josaiah Stewart 3.0 2025 LAR 17 13 9 22 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 Carson Schwesinger 2.5 2025 CLE 16 67 89 156 25 2 16 0 0 0 0 13 Nick Emmanwori 2.5 2025 SEA 14 56 25 81 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 Kenneth Grant 2.0 2025 MIA 17 15 18 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Walter Nolen III 2.0 2025 ARI 6 8 3 11 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 Donovan Ezeiruaku 2.0 2025 DAL 17 20 20 40 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 Jacob Parrish 2.0 2025 TB 17 50 26 76 18 2 3 0 0 1 0 18 Elijah Roberts 2.0 2025 TB 17 10 4 14 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 B.J. Green II 2.0 2025 JAX 14 6 9 15 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 Ashton Gillotte 1.5 2025 KC 17 14 24 38 2 1 14 0 0 0 0 21 Princely Umanmielen 1.5 2025 CAR 16 13 11 24 12.5 0 0 0 Player Team Sacks Games Played Total Tackles James Pearce Jr. Atlanta Falcons 10.5 17 26 Jalon Walker Atlanta Falcons 5.5 15 36 Nic Scourton Carolina Panthers 5.0 17 47 Abdul Carter New York Giants 4.0 17 43 T. Hemingway Las Vegas Raiders 4.0 9 9 Elijah Ponder New England Patriots 4.0 15 24 Mike Green Baltimore Ravens 3.5 17 41 D. Alexander New York Giants 3.5 16 20 Player Team Sacks Games Played Total Tackles James Pearce Jr. Atlanta Falcons 10.5 17 26 Jalon Walker Atlanta Falcons 5.5 15 36 Nic Scourton Carolina Panthers 5.0 17 47 Abdul Carter New York Giants 4.0 17 43 T. Hemingway Las Vegas Raiders 4.0 9 9 Elijah Ponder New England Patriots 4.0 15 24 Mike Green Baltimore Ravens 3.5 17 41 D. Alexander New York Giants 3.5 16 20

First time I watched highlights, this dude is a stud. Even if we dont get another pass rusher, our defense is going to be better just because of the speed.

He looks like he has speed to.

This is the Squirrel White, he doesnt look slow to me.