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Defenses have predictably struggled to slow the onslaught of offenses to start the 2020 season. The Chicago Bears, however, are one of the few units that have been a force thus far.Thursday, over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers marked the third time this season Chicago has held an opponent to 20 points or fewer."It's a special group, man," Mack said after the W, . "They love that pre sure, man. It clicked tonight -- like I knew it would. It clicked at the right time. It was a [url=https://www.clindiansshop.com/hoodie]Cleveland Indians Hoodie[/url] beautiful thing to see going up against one of the best ever."The Bears swarmed Brady, sacking him three times and generating a season-high 19 pre sures, per NextGen Stats. Mack himself sacked Brady twice -- his first two-sack game since Week 3, 2019, snapping a 17 games streak without two-plus sacks, the longest period of his career -- and singlehandedly generated six pre sures."I just know that we smelled a little blood in the water," Mack said.The Bears' front-four did the damage, with 16 of the 19 pre sures on Brady coming with four or fewer pa s-rushers. Not needing [url=https://www.clindiansshop.com/cleveland-indians/edwin-encarnacion-jersey]Edwin Encarnacion Jersey[/url] to blitz to discombobulate the Bucs allowed Chicago to play coverage on the back end.The pre sure got to Brady. He completed just 9 of 16 pa ses under pre sure for 78 yards and a 69.3 pa ser rating. When TB12 had time, he went 16 of 25 for 175 yards, a TD and a 97.9 rating. The Bears' D-line got so far into Brady's head that it could have been the reason the thought he had an extra down at the end of the game.While Chicago's defensive front beat [url=https://www.clindiansshop.com/t-shirts]Cleveland Indians T-Shirts[/url] up Brady, it was corner Kyle Fuller who changed the tenor of the tilt with a bone-crushing, very legal, hit on Bucs rookie running back [url=https://www.clindiansshop.com/cleveland-indians/roberto-perez-jersey]Roberto Perez Jersey[/url] Ke'Shawn Vaughn that resulted in a fumble. Fuller's blowup play helped Chicago take a halftime lead in a game in which they looked overmatched for the first 25 minutes."Kyle, man, he finally got a call that went his way," Mack said. "He always plays hard. He had that same hit probably like three weeks, four weeks ago, maybe (when) it kind of went the other way. It was the same play. This guy is an All-Pro player, and you see the profe sionalism in the way he put his shoulder into him. It was [url=https://www.clindiansshop.com/]Cleveland Indians Jersey[/url] an impactful play. It was a beautiful play. It was a beautiful football play."While he's always a disruptor, entering Thursday, we hadn't seen vintage Mack through the first four weeks. Thursday night, Mack reminded us he's still one of the best pa s rushers who can destroy any blocker.His biggest highlight came on a second-half sack of Brady, as he to sed rookie left tackle -- listed at 320 pounds -- to the ground after the play.

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If you look at it based on the concerns as of today (June), that's one of the red flags, if someone's been traveling via airplane or traveling a great deal, that's viewed as higher risk," said Veatch, whose school has had 11 players selected in the past six drafts, including four on the event's first two days. "So that would have to be considered. Now, what that looks like in a couple months, it could change. But as of now, that's a concern we'd have to consider."At the University of Alabama, Director of Athletics Greg Byrne said the question of whether scouts will require tougher screening hasn't yet been discu sed."We haven't talked about it in that manner," Byrne said. "That makes sense, but we just haven't talked about it at this point."Given the fluid nature of policymaking during a pandemic, acce s for scouts could look different from month to month, if not week to week. The health of student-athletes is rightly the primary concern for athletic directors, and the resumption of voluntary workouts already has been problematic for schools. Last week, the University of Houston suspended workouts following a spike in cases in the Houston area and six positive tests among student-athletes. Kansas State announced a pause on its voluntary workouts Saturday after 14 student-athletes tested positive for COVID-19.That makes a policy on NFL scouts, at this point, highly speculative -- but they are bracing for changes."There is no way they are going to let us in like it's always been before. It's bound to be different in some ways," said an AFC scout who is unauthorized to speak on his club's behalf and [url=https://www.mwbrewersshop.com/milwaukee-brewers/robin-yount-jersey]Robin Yount Jersey[/url] therefore requested anonymity. "People are talking about how this year's draft was unprecedented, but in terms of evaluations, next year's could be unprecedented, too. 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