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Several organizations give out NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards. The Associated Press (AP) has been giving the award since 1972; Pro Football Writers of America/Pro Football Weekly since 1970; and Sporting News has announced winners since 2008. The Newspaper Enterprise Association was the originator of the award in 1966. However, it ...
Career defensive records Statistic Record Player Bears career Ref Sacks 124.5 Richard Dent: 1983–93; 1995 Tackles 1,488 Mike Singletary: 1981-1992 [1] Takeaways 50 Gary Fencik: 1976–87 [2] Defensive touchdowns 9 Charles Tillman: 2003–2014 Interceptions 38 Gary Fencik: 1976–87 Interceptions return yards 675 Charles Tillman: 2003–2014
NFL Defensive Player of the Year (2005) NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (2000) 4× First-team All-Pro (2001, 2002, 2005, 2006) Second-team All-Pro ; 8× Pro Bowl (2000–2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011) NFL solo tackles leader (2002) NFL 2000s All-Decade Team; PFWA All-Rookie Team ; 100 greatest Bears of All-Time; Consensus All-American
In 2015, he became the first player in NFL history to be selected first-team All-Pro at two different positions, defensive end and outside linebacker, in the same season. In 2018, Mack was traded to the Chicago Bears for two first-round draft picks and signed a six-year, $141 million extension, becoming the highest-paid defensive player in NFL ...
Butkus has been repeatedly ranked among the top players in NFL history, being named the ninth-best player in NFL history by The Sporting News in 1999, [76] the tenth-best by the NFL Network in its The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players series in 2010, [77] and the eighth-best by the New York Daily News in 2014. [78]
The Bears struggled the rest of the season, finishing with an NFL worst 3–14 record. [17] Eberflus and the Bears extended their losing streak to a franchise record 14 games through the 2023 season. [18] The team broke the streak with a Week 5 win against the Washington Commanders on October 5, 2023. [18]
The following year, he was named Assistant Coach of the Year by the PFWA and helped coach linebacker Brian Urlacher into being named Defensive Player of the Year. In 2006, the Bears made an appearance in Super Bowl XLI. In 2007, he joined the San Diego Chargers coaching linebackers before being promoted to defensive coordinator a year later.
Fred Williams (February 8, 1929 – October 11, 2000) was an American professional football player who was a defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins. Williams played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks and was selected in the fifth round of the 1952 NFL draft.