As it stands now, it would be surprising if they made a move for additional help in a hurry, and here’s why.

1. Shortlist of candidates

The names of Cleveland’s Myles Garrett and Vegas’ Maxx Crosby have been thrown around for a while as prospects for needy teams like the Lions. But reports since then then say no team even wants to talk about trading their star. CBS Sports’ Jordan Dajani he considered Azeez Ojulari of the Giants, Za’Darius Smith of the Browns and Preston Smith of the Packers as possibly the best rushers on the market.

Since the Bears have tried unsuccessfully to trade for Matthew Judon, it’s believed that they could be interested in whoever is available, but really, the truth is that they wouldn’t benefit much. They don’t give up big picks for someone like either of the Smiths, who both used to terrorize them in Green Bay. Both are over 30 years old, but the Packers likely would have little interest in sharing Preston Smith with a division team. Ojulari has skill, but with just 43 games played, he has always had injury problems over four seasons. He has 22 sacks in four seasons, but is more of an asset to a 3-4 than a single-gap pass rusher like the Bears use at tight end.

2. They already rush well

They moved up from last in the league last year to 12th in sacks last year with 20, the same number they had in the last nine games last year, once Sweat arrived on the scene. It goes way beyond bags, though.

The Bears rank 10th in rushing at 9.6 percent, according to Stathead/Pro Football Reference. A rush forces the QB to throw before he wants to or out of the pocket. They are in eighth place in terms of pressure at 27.6%.

For the Bears, it’s all about pressure and forcing.

3. The big picture looks good

The whole point of the pass rush for the Bears is rush and coverage. It is a two-part system that complements each other. How much better can they get when they lead the NFL in passer rating, as they do, and are No. 1 in red zone scoring and red zone touchdown percentage? They held a top-four offense to four field goals until a lucky break on the final play, forcing them to kick field goals.

“Guys did a tremendous job on that side of the field of understanding the urgency you need and understanding that our goals are field goals and scores,” defensive coordinator Eric Washington said. “We want to get the ball or force field goals. Their urgency went up. We had to do things to defend the run. We had to do things in terms of affecting the quarterback. And everything was exactly what you wanted .”

More interceptions could come if they get some pressure, but then again, more could come when they get their two vital, injured members back in the secondary in Kyler Gordon and Jaquan Brisker.

They don’t keep statistics on the percentage of Hail Mary’s stopped. He might benefit if he had a strong pass rush on that one play, but Sweat has been sidelined with a shin injury and looks on track to bounce back this week after playing just 50 percent of the games last week. Without sweat, the full rush seems to look weaker. They have three more pass rushers in the top 20 inches ESPN Fast Pass Win Rate largely due to Sweat’s presence.

“The other benefit of having a guy, a player like Montez, is, as you probably know, some of the rush production is spread among the other guys on the defensive line,” Washington said. “We are the sum of our parts, if you will. If you’re going to focus on Montez, then the person out of his lineup has to be productive.”

4. They may already have their answer

The younger rushers haven’t really made much of an impact, but Darrell Taylor has been in the top 15 in pass rush all year and they just got Jake Martin back on Sunday after he was on IR all season. He played only 15 plays.

“The energy was obvious, his energy, his speed, his quickness, his toughness,” Washington said. “I thought he did some really nice things as an edge rusher. I thought he was in position a few times to not only affect the quarterback but also hit him and I’m looking forward to him making quite a leap important this week.”

If he doesn’t, or Sweat has an unforeseen issue with his injury, then the urgency seems a little more severe. But the help they get at tackle, with Andrew Billings fifth among interior linemen in pass rush win rate and Gervon Dexter 11th, has balanced the run and could continue to do so, provided they don’t lose Sweat in the long run.

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If that happened, then it’s essentially every man for himself up front, and the Bears are pretty much back to where they were in the 2022 pass rush.

And then a trade wouldn’t look bad. But there’s only one game for all of these scenarios to play out, and then, after that, the Bears’ defense will be what it is.

Right now, it’s pretty good when you can hold a high-scoring team to 18 points, or four field goals and a chance. If they do something similar with Kyler Murray and a potentially explosive Cardinals offense, expect the deadline to come and go without their names being mentioned in relation to pass rushers.

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