The beauty of landing a pass rusher of the caliber Khalil Mack prior to the season is that it allowed the Chicago Bears to blitz even less this year than they did in 2017.
And by no means have the Bears under Vic Fangio been a blitz-heavy team in the past. Last season, the Bears rushed more than four players on only 23.4 percent of their defensive snaps, which was 17th-most in the NFL. They also chose to rush three (or fewer) 15 percent of the time, which was the sixth-highest rate in the league.
This season, Mack has led a Bears pass rush that ranks first in sack percentage (14.