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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Patrick Finley

Bears feeling the ‘Tez Factor,’ but they need to sweat a lack of sacks

Bears defensive end Montez Sweat knocks Panthers quarterback Bryce Young to the ground. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images)

Thursday night, defensive end Montez Sweat looked a lot more like the player the Bears envisioned when they gave him the richest per-year salary in franchise history.

“Having the effect of Tez — the ‘Tez Factor’ — is a pretty cool thing to see … ” coach Matt Eberflus said Friday. “You could feel him forcing those incomplete passes, the hits on the quarterback. That certainly has an effect on their passing game.”

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