After two historically poor seasons and a slow start this year, the Bears defense has shown steady improvement the last two games and intends to keep getting better.
The unit has permitted three touchdowns and compiled six sacks the past two weeks in a loss to the Seahawks and win over the Raiders after allowing nine TDs without recording a sack in back-to-back defeats to the Packers and Cardinals.
"Our defense has been progressing each and every week," said veteran defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. "We've been getting better and better and had some solid play in there in spite of the three losses.