Anthony Heron

You factor in that Noah Sewell is likely to miss significant time.

He's popping Achilles, and you don't expect a guy like that to be back too soon.

But Jack Sanborn, he's capable of being that core special teamer.

But I think especially from a run defense perspective, that's where a couple of these moves in the front seven

stand out to me.

Neville Gallimore, James Lynch, those are viewed as guys who are quality run defenders on the D line.

Jack Sanborn, we've seen here in Chicago.

Do you want him to be an every down linebacker?

Do you want him covering folks in space?

That's not his strong suit.

But a guy who can step into some run situations and give you quality football, Jack Sanborn's capable of that.

So I think this is another body that can shore up the Bears' run defense and hopefully just enhance how they operate in that phase of the game and then get opponents into some predictable downs and distances, whether it's the blitz package or whether it's just your D-line, having more certainty.

that they don't have to worry about the run because there's some long yardage scenarios.

Jack Sanborn can be the type of guy who you can put out there to help stuff the run.

And then if he's going to be out there, he can be a part of your blitz package because he is a quality blitzer with some snap anticipation.

But you don't want him out there covering folks in the past too often.

You don't want him necessarily operating against the toss sweep because he's got to run sideline to sideline.

But I like the re-signing of Jack Sanborn.

Happy for him to return to his hometown, to be a part of the Bears, but also just the team itself.

There's certainly a role where I expect to see Jack Sanborn playing a lot of football here, not only on teams but on rundowns for this defense because that was a big weakness, as you both know, for the Bears last season.