{"id":859747,"date":"2026-04-07T22:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/859747\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T22:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:03:48","slug":"who-will-lead-the-chicago-bears-in-sacks-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/859747\/","title":{"rendered":"Who will lead the Chicago Bears in sacks in 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in Bears fans and fans across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/EFIUQ7\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here<\/a> to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It feels like there\u2019s another piece or two coming on the Chicago Bears\u2019 defensive line. After all, last year, Chicago\u2019s defense finished with just 35 sacks as a team, which was tied for the seventh fewest in the NFL. Their 84 QB hits were tied for the eighth-worst. Pro Football Reference tracks QB knockdowns, which is just as you\u2019d expect: how many times a quarterback was hit and taken to the ground after passing, and the Bears were tied for seventh worst with 40.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A second year in Dennis Allen\u2019s scheme will help the returning players feel more comfortable and play faster, but the Bears need more talent up front. They could use another (or two or three) pass rushers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In 2025, Montez Sweat led the Bears with 10 sacks in 17 games, with Gervon Dexter Sr. next with 6 sacks in 17 games, and Austin Booker\u2019s 4.5 sacks in 10 games were third on the team. In QB hits, it was Sweat (18), Booker (12), and Dexter (11).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Do you think one of these three will lead the Bears in sacks in 2026, or will a new contender emerge?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Vote in this week\u2019s Reacts poll, and we\u2019ll share your results in a few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year, we ask questions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2070],"tags":[374,692,391,85235,741,2493,7,6,12015],"class_list":{"0":"post-859747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bears","8":"tag-bears","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-bears","11":"tag-chicago-bears-discussion","12":"tag-chicago-bears-news","13":"tag-chicagobears","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-poll"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116365694862456373","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}