The Chicago Bears allowed just one sack against the Detroit Lions on Sunday, bringing the season total to 24. That’s the lowest they’ve had since I’ve been doing Sackwatch, and it’s also the eleventh fewest
for the team all time. So before I break down the sack allowed, let’s take a look at a few historical numbers.
Chicago’s fewest sacks allowed in a season was 15, which occurred in 1995, and that also was the year that Erik Kramer set the old franchise record of 3,838 passing yards and the current franchise record of 29 touchdown passes. Kramer was sacked at a 2.8% clip that year, which is the fifth-lowest sack percentage for a Bears quarterback in a season. Kramer also has the tenth-lowest sack percentage in a single season in team history, with 3.8% in 1998.
The least sacked QB in a qualified season [average 10 attempts per team game] in Bears history was Brian Hoyer in 2016, who was sacked just 4 times in 200 passing attempts (2.0%). That same season, Matt Barkley threw 216 passes for the Bears, and his sack percentage of 2.7% is the third-best mark in team history. Between them, they were sacked just 10 times, while Jay Cutler in the same season was sacked 17 times in 138 attempts (11.04%).
This season, Caleb Williams was sacked on just 4.1% of his passes, which is the twelfth-lowest in Bears history, and, in a statistical coincidence, last season his 10.8 sack percentage was the twelfth-highest mark.
Now for the final sack breakdown of the 2025 regular season.
Sack 24 – 2nd Quarter 1o:38 – Aidan Hutchinson
This was a third-and-three, and it looks like Caleb may have been working around right to left for running back Kyle Monangai in the flat, but Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson got to him before he could throw it. Right tackle Darnell Wright has had a fantastic year, but this was a bad rep.
Not sure if Wright was expecting Hutchinson to attack the edge more than he did, but when Hutchinson engaged, Wright lunged. Once Wright got too far in front of his feet, he lost all leverage, and Hutchinson gave him a quick pull, and he rushed on by.
While Colston Loveland, who was split wide right, looked open, the safety over the top was lurking, and he only drifted off after Caleb looked away. If Caleb’s progressions had started left, I have a feeling he could have come back and rifled a pass to Loveland with the safety squeezing middle first.
Here’s the Sackwatch tally after all 17 games.
Caleb Williams – 8
Sacks Happen – 3.5
Jonah Jackson – 2.5
Darnell Wright – 2.5
Braxton Jones – 2
Drew Dalman – 2
Ozzy Trapillo – 2
Theo Benedet – 1.5
As I’ve often said, the breakdowns are based on my best guesses about each play. Only the Bears know the specifics and where the blame truly lies for each sack allowed.
Here are Chicago’s season-end sacks allowed in the Sackwatch era, with offensive play caller, plus sack percentage.
2010 – 56 Mike Martz (10.7%)
2011 – 49 Mike Martz (9.4%)
2012 – 45 Mike Tice (8.3%)
2013 – 30 Marc Trestman (4.9%)
2014 – 41 Marc Trestman (6.3%)
2015 – 33 Adam Gase (5.9%)
2016 – 27 Dowell Loggains (4.8%)
2017 – 39 Dowell Loggains (7.6%)
2018 – 33 Matt Nagy (6.1%)
2019 – 45 Matt Nagy (7.2%)
2020 – 36 Matt Nagy (5.5%)
2021 – 58 Nagy/Lazor (9.7%)
2022 – 58 Luke Getsy (13.3%)
2023 – 50 Luke Getsy (8.9%)
2024 – 68 Total (Waldron 38 in 9 games / Brown 30 in 8 games) (10.73%)
2025 – 24 Johnson (4.01%)
Thanks to all of you guys who check out Sackwatch each week!
