
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.”