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Bears notebook: Jack Sanborn ‘looked like he belonged’

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Bears linebacker Jack Sanborn (57) trips up Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill (10) in the second half Sunday. Sanborn, a rookie starting for the first time in the NFL, had seven tackles.

It looks like Jack Sanborn passed the audition.

The undrafted rookie linebacker from Wisconsin and Lake Zurich had seven tackles in his first NFL start last week against the Dolphins. When defensive coordinator Alan Williams was asked for a bright spot in the 35-32 loss — in which the defense allowed 28 points — he picked Sanborn.

“He looked like he belonged,” Williams said.