Robert Quinn was the worst free agent signing in Chicago Bears history coming out of 2020. A $70 million contract for just two sacks. GM Ryan Pace was blasted from all directions for that misfire. Coming into 2021, the veteran pass rusher felt he had something to prove. He had to get the awful taste of that season out of his mouth. Nobody, not even him, could've predicted what followed.
Despite injuries all around him and dealing with a COVID outbreak on top of it, the 31-year old made history with 18 sacks in 15 games, breaking the long-standing Bears single-season sack record held by Richard Dent. His big moment arrived on a cold afternoon at Soldier Field where he dropped former Bears QB Mike Glennon to seal the deal. In an otherwise difficult year for the franchise, Quinn was an undeniable bright spot.
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It somehow gets better though.
This is the second franchise single-season sack record that Robert Quinn now owns. The first was when he was with the St. Louis Rams. He had 19.5 that year. The quarterback he sacked to get that record? Mike Glennon. Almost a decade later when he got the magic 18th in Chicago, the quarterback he sacked? Glennon. The NFL is a crazy league sometimes. If all that weren't poetic enough, the record-breaker also happened to be his 100th sack overall.
Not a lot of players in NFL history can make that brag. Usually, when a player crosses into the triple digits for such a stat, that is when the conversations start about him entering the Hall of Fame. The fact Quinn now had two seasons of at least 18 sacks and did it so many years apart should only help his case. It would be great if he could find some success in the postseason but either way. The man deserves all the praise in the world for what he's done this year.
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