Chicago Bears legend calls out star defensive player after Week 2

Here is what Briggs had to say about Chicago Bears defensive end Montez Sweat after another disappointing game, this time in Week 2 via Brick By Brick After Dark show on CHGO: 

“However, there’s some money that we paid along that defensive line. There’s some money that we paid and that was for a good reason,” Briggs said. “I know [Montez] Sweat had a sack called back today however, there’s not enough consistency right now with our D-Line creating pressure. And the back seven gets affected by that. Now, Dennis Allen is a guy that likes to dial up blitzes here and there. Whatever it was, he felt a certain type of way about this game. Regardless if we were bringing four, or we were bringing five it wasn’t enough and we weren’t getting enough pressure.

Sometimes in situations like that you have to look in the mirror and say ‘what can I do more? What is my standard? What is Montez Sweat’s standard? Am I premier guy or just a guy?’ Because right now you look like just a guy getting paid premier money.”

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Sweat is too talented not to be a factor on defense. He had an excuse last season when he dealt with an ankle injury. This year, he needs to be better, or the Bears are going to be giving up lots of points via the passing defense. The secondary is unable to cover receivers for long periods of time.