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Rookie Austin Booker comes up big for Bears' defense

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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — It remains to be seen what the Bears’ eight sacks against the Bills in a preseason game on Saturday means in December.

All eight came against the Bills’ backup quarterbacks — Mitch Trubisky (two) and Shane Buechele (six). All eight came from backup players with a combined three starts in the NFL. More often than not with rookies and backups in the NFL, what happens in August stays in August.

But rookie defensive end Austin Booker’s 2 1/2 sacks in the Bears’ 33-6 victory over the Bills at Highmark Stadium were big enough for safety Kevin Byard to quibble over the total.