The 2016 Chicago Bears may have gone 3-13, but they won Sackwatch!
With only 27 sacks allowed on the season, the Bears have not only allowed their fewest sacks since I started tracking sacks on WCG, but they’ve allowed their fewest sacks since the Super Bowl season of 2006. That year they allowed only 25 sacks on their way to the NFC Championship.
Pass protection is much more than the offensive line, it’s running backs chipping and picking up blitzes, it’s the o-line sliding the correct way in unison, it’s tight ends staying to help or chip, it’s the quarterback getting the ball out on time, it’s the setting of the protection pre-snap and it’s the receivers getting open.