With Sean Desai running the defense in 2021, the Chicago Bears unit was supposed to take a step back into being a dominant unit. They went back to a Vic Fangio coaching tree coordinator and were looking for a similar spark that Fangio gave the group in 2018.
Of course, one game in and that did not happen at all. After giving up 34 points and getting rocked by explosive passes against the Rams, many wondered what Sean Desai was actually doing to improve the unit. Worse than that, Khalil Mack had a quiet game.