Bears 2024 defense: What stats tell us about the drop-off and who ascended
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on January 25, 2025
When Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson referred to his new team as a “sleeping giant” ahead of the 2024 season, he remembered a defense that had previously stifled the Lions.
“Personally, we struggled with that defense here for both games that we played them in 2023,” he said at his introductory news conference Wednesday. “That was a huge deal, knowing that as much as I struggled staying up at night trying to attack this defense, I knew what that was capable of.”
In the first seven games of the season, the Chicago Bears had . . .
