This was an odd week for Sackwatch because three of the four sacks the Chicago Bears allowed looked to come off of screen passes. There aren’t many options for a quarterback when a screen goes awry, so figuring out where to place blame is tricky.
What made these last two weeks of Sackwatch doubly frustrating is Chicago’s previous two opponents, the Detroit Lions and Atlanta Falcons, have two of the worst pass rushes in the NFL, yet the Bears allowed three to the Lions and then four sacks this week.
Chicago’s pass protection struggled against those two teams, so it may get ugly on Sunday against the Jets and their 32 sacks.