Defense
-Khalil Mack is an animal. In his first game back he has 2 sacks, both in dominant fashion, and a number of tackles behind the line. The sack where he knocks Decker on his ass and then jumps off of his corpse like Wolverine before swallowing Matt Stafford whole was one of my favorite plays of the season. That is complete and utter dominance and disrespect to a 1st round LT.
-Leonard Floyd had his best day rushing the passer and it is no surprise that it came with Mack on the field. It is pretty obvious at this point that he is a complimentary pass rusher, which is fine. His spin move sack was a good move and we need to see more of it, do not be afraid to sell out on the spin pre snap. The 3rd down disruption where he hit Stafford was another example of being athletic and moving towards the QB on the stunt. When he doesn't hesitate and dance he is a different player.
-Aaron Lynch continues to make solid contributions. His roughing the passer call was a tough one as Decker kind of dumped him into the QB late. He is a better run defender than I was anticipating.
-Bilal Nichols continues to show more pass rush than I think his tape from last season showed. His quick swim sack against the Lions 1st round pick was a thing of beauty. Powerful hands, quick feet, and a rush plan.
-RRH continues to be really good depth and I loved the rotation we saw from Fangio and Rogers. RRH-25, Nichols-25, Bullard-20.
-Hicks' snap count has gone down to about 75%, I would like to see it come down to around 60% as you still see plays where he is clearly tired. If he does not make the Pro Bowl there is something ridiculously wrong with the process.
-Goldman had another good game against the run. He is a guy who has hidden value as he gets double teamed the entire game.
-Roquan continues to grow. He misses a tackle a game, which is frustrating, but the rest of the time I am really loving what I am seeing. His ability to close is something special.
-Trevathan continues to be a steady presence for the defense. I think he may be nicked up because I do not see the second gear right now. Maybe the hip injury earlier in the season where he got bent back on a tackle is lingering.
-I thought the secondary as a whole was just okay. They gave up way too many long 3rd and 4th downs despite a solid pass rush. Callahan continues to be a straight baller and Fuller and Prince were solid, but a little sloppy late. Fuller got spun around on the TD and Prince was beat for 2-3 big conversions.
-Hard to say anything about the safeties as the Bears got up big and the safeties went deeper and deeper. Eddie Jackson had his 1 maddening missed tackle against Riddick.
