Ryan Pace, when asked about his vision for the Bears, said that he wanted playmakers. In Chicago, traditionally, there is a fondness for playmakers on one side of the ball in particular. The city of Butkus, Singletary, and Urlacher wants to see other teams get suffocated by defense, and that is one reason why Football Outsiders is the home to my favorite stat in football, the “Defeat.” As they explain:
We have lots of statistics to measure quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, even kickers, but our numbers for individual defensive players are a lot more limited.