Chicago Bears Accomplishing Something For the First Time In 7 Years

Remember those grainy highlights of the ’85 Bears that your dad won’t stop showing you? Yeah, this defense is starting to give off those same vibes, and it’s absolutely terrifying for opposing quarterbacks. The Bears defense didn’t just show up – they showed out. We are talking about a unit that held the Saints to a measly 13 yards and four first downs through most of the first half. That’s not football; that’s artistic domination with shoulder pads.

Poor Spencer Rattler looked like he was trying to solve a Rubik’s cube blindfolded while riding a unicycle. “They were junking up the front,” Rattler said after the game, which is football-speak for “I had no idea what was happening out there.”

Montez Sweat Is Absolutely Terrorizing Quarterbacks

Let’s talk about Montez Sweat for a hot minute. This man has been an absolute menace over the last three games – 10 total tackles, 10 pressures, 2 forced fumbles, 1 pass deflection, and 1 sack. Those aren’t just numbers; they’re a recipe for opposing offensive coordinators to lose sleep. Sweat’s strip-sack that led to the game’s first score was chef’s kiss perfection. Gervon Dexter was right there to scoop it up like he was collecting his Amazon package from the front porch. Easy money.

The Secondary Is Making Plays When It Matters

Kevin Byard and Tremaine Edmunds decided to play catch with Saints passes in the second half, each grabbing interceptions that basically sealed the deal. Meanwhile, Nahshon Wright’s pick and return in the first half had Saints fans reaching for the remote faster than you can say “change the channel.”

But here’s where it gets spicy – Jaquan Brisker and Kyler Gordon both got home on blitzes for sacks. When your safeties and corners are rushing the passer and actually getting there, you know the Bears defense is firing on all cylinders.

Dennis Allen Gets His Revenge Game

Plot twist of the century: Dennis Allen, the former Saints head coach who got the axe earlier this season, received a game ball from Bears HC Ben Johnson. Talk about the ultimate “thanks for firing me” moment. Allen’s defensive schemes had the Saints offense looking like they were playing with mittens on. The Saints managed to rack up almost 3½ times more yards through penalties on the Bears than they did actually moving the ball themselves. That’s not a typo – that’s just painful mathematics.

What This Means For the Bears Moving Forward

This Bears defense has recorded 15 takeaways in four games, which is the kind of ball-hawking that makes defensive coordinators write love letters to their playbooks. They held the Saints to just 44 rushing yards, proving their run defense improvements aren’t just smoke and mirrors.

When you’ve got a defense playing like this, suddenly those playoff conversations don’t seem so crazy anymore. The Bears are looking like a team that could genuinely make some noise, and honestly, Chicago deserves something to cheer about besides deep-dish pizza and architectural tours. Four straight wins with this kind of defensive dominance? Yeah, this might actually be happening.