{"id":431714,"date":"2026-01-27T00:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T00:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/431714\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T00:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T00:04:07","slug":"one-overlooked-surprise-contributor-from-each-nfc-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/431714\/","title":{"rendered":"One overlooked\/surprise contributor from each NFC team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a magical season for the Chicago, most Bears received their just flowers, from a highly-praised offensive line to a turnover-crazed secondary to the young playmakers on defense. Had he played a full season, Booker would have surely garnered more of the spotlight. Thanks to a knee injury, he didn&#8217;t make his 2025 debut until Week 9 &#8212; but even so, Booker finished third on the Bears&#8217; D in both sacks (4.5) and QB pressures (30), generating a 9.9% QB pressure rate over the final 10 regular-season games. In the first seven weeks of the Bears&#8217; season, Chicago generated a 28.7% QB pressure rate (27th in the NFL) with 9.1 pressures per game (31st). After Booker entered the lineup, those numbers went to 33.2 % (21st) and 12.5 pressures per game (14th). I&#8217;m not suggesting Booker gave the Bears a monster pass rush, but his presence undoubtedly got them closer to respectability. The second-year pro is still rough around the edges, and Chicago must add more QB-chasing oomph, but Booker is on the same trajectory as his upward-trending team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a magical season for the Chicago, most Bears received their just flowers, from a highly-praised offensive line&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[22631,31912,4687,1829,1327,69173,141917,3687,8850,92974,1816,204719,171961,1810,204721,176661,1804,87898,149017,117589,68049,1820,96920,8851,1814,977,349,6257,1239,144739,560,8852,99,1824,204720,3851],"class_list":["post-431714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-aj-barner","tag-alex-anzalone","tag-analysis","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-austin-booker","tag-calais-campbell","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-chicago-bears","tag-chris-rodriguez-jr","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-damien-lewis","tag-david-onyemata","tag-detroit-lions","tag-eric-wilson","tag-evan-williams","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-jake-tonges","tag-jermaine-eluemunor","tag-jihaad-campbell","tag-kelvin-banks-jr","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-luke-goedeke","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-ryan-flournoy","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sports","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-warren-mcclendon-jr","tag-washington-commanders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}