One guy fixes this defense

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(10-30-2024, 08:50 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: One guy fixes nothing. Need to secure the interior, and then the ends can do their thing.

Just go look at the bears last year. This was after the season.

The Bears defense has improved dramatically with Sweat's addition. They went from 28th to 20th in points allowed, 23rd to 12th in yards allowed and from 22nd to third in takeaways, per the Chicago Sun-Times. The Bears were 2-6 without Sweat, and they're 5-3 with him.

Outside of Sweat's individual production -- which includes a career-high 12.5 sacks, leading both the Bears (6.0) and Commanders (6.5), 13 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, four pass breakups and 25 QB hits this season -- his presence has opened up opportunities for those around him.

Guys like defensive tackle Justin Jones, rookie defensive tackle Gervon Dexter and defensive end DeMarcus Walker have benefited from Sweat's addition, which has reinvigorated the defense.

"Just a big contributing factor," said cornerback Jaylon Johnson. "Him just coming in, bringing a different energy. Kind of indescribable. We didn’t necessarily know that we needed it until he came, and it’s like, 'Yeah, this is somebody that we needed.'"

That said, I don’t think the bengals make a change.