Elite edge rushers excited about potential of playing alongside Montez Sweat for Bears

Elite edge rushers excited about potential of playing alongside Montez Sweat for Bears originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

INDIANAPOLIS — While all the focus at the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine is on the Bears and the No. 1 overall pick, Chicago has many other needs to address outside of quarterback.

Head coach Matt Eberflus noted Tuesday that high atop that list is finding an edge rusher to place opposite Montez Sweat.

“We have several priorities for sure,” Eberflus told the assembled media Tuesday in Indianapolis. “So ordering them is really not, we are not there yet. Certainly pass rusher is one of them. We got to make sure that we have somebody opposite of Sweat. We can never have enough of those guys because they affect the game the most.”

The Bears also own the No. 9 overall pick in April’s draft, a selection that could very well be used on one of the top edge rushers.

Florida State’s Jared Verse, UCLA’s Laiatu Latu, and Alabama’s Dallas Turner headline the 2024 class of edge rushers. All three perked up at the thought of landing in Chicago and starting their career opposite Sweat.

“I mean, you land you with a veteran guy, you know, I think at the end of the day I think, he knows I’m a young guy, I’m still going to need help, I’m going to need to get the understanding, to get the bearings right,” Verse said of potentially playing with Sweat. “He’ll be able to direct me in the right path, fix a couple things that I might need help with that I didn’t see in college, that won’t work in the NFL. These guys are All-Pros, these guys are vets and stuff so I hope he’ll give the guidance I need.”

Latu lit up when broached with the idea of teaming with Sweat.

“Playing with him, I mean, I can never learn enough about pass rushing,” Latu said. “It would be a great opportunity for me to get better and level up.”

Both Latu and Verse met with the Bears on Tuesday.

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Publish date : 2024-02-28 19:21:38

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