Bears DE Montez Sweat put on Non-Football Illness List
<p>The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears" target="_blank" >Bears</a> will open <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2026/07/28/bears-coach-ben-johnson-eager-to-see-qb-caleb-williams-turn-potential-into-consistency-in-training-camp" target="_blank" >training camp</a> Wednesday without their best defensive end.</p><p>The team put Montez Sweat on the Active/Non-Football Illness list Tuesday with a short-term illness that is expected to cost him a few days of camp.</p><p>Sweat had perhaps his best season with the Bears last season, totaling 10 regular season sacks and 18 quarterback hits. He combined for one sack and four quarterback hits in the Bears' two playoff games.
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<p>The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears" target="_blank" >Bears</a> will open <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2026/07/28/bears-coach-ben-johnson-eager-to-see-qb-caleb-williams-turn-potential-into-consistency-in-training-camp" target="_blank" >training camp</a> Wednesday without their best defensive end.</p><p>The team put Montez Sweat on the Active/Non-Football Illness list Tuesday with a short-term illness that is expected to cost him a few days of camp.</p><p>Sweat had perhaps his best season with the Bears last season, totaling 10 regular season sacks and 18 quarterback hits. He combined for one sack and four quarterback hits in the Bears' two playoff games. He was ranked 91st on the NFL Top 100 this month. </p><p>"I'd like to see him continue to improve and take what he did last year and add to that," Bears general manager Ryan Poles said Tuesday, the day Bears veterans reported to training camp.
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- <p>The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears" target="_blank" >Bears</a> will open <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2026/07/28/bears-coach-ben-johnson-eager-to-see-qb-caleb-williams-turn-potential-into-consistency-in-training-camp" target="_blank" >training camp</a> Wednesday without their best defensive end.</p><p>The team put Montez Sweat on the Active/Non-Football Illness list Tuesday with a short-term illness that is expected to cost him a few days of camp.</p><p>Sweat had perhaps his best season with the Bears last season, totaling 10 regular season sacks and 18 quarterback hits. He combined for one sack and four quarterback hits in the Bears' two playoff games.
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Bears DE Montez Sweat put on Non-Football Illness List
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