The Bears will be without their top pass rusher for the next two games due to a PED ban.
Montez Sweat was handed a two-game suspension by the NFL on Tuesday for violating the league’s performance-enhancing substances policy. The league did not disclose what substance Sweat was found to have taken.
Missing the 30-year-old will be a blow for a Bears team that is 3-2 coming off an ugly 31-7 loss to the rival Packers on Sunday, their third straight game without injured starting quarterback Caleb Williams.
Williams, who suffered a hamstring injury during a home loss to the Vikings in Week 2, could return as soon as this Sunday’s game against the Falcons.
Sweat will miss that Week 6 road tilt along with a home “Thursday Night Football” clash with the Patriots in Week 7. He’ll be eligible to return for Chicago’s “Monday Night Football” matchup against the Seahawks in Seattle on Nov. 2.
Sweat has two sacks in five games this season. He had 10 sacks, the second-highest total of his career, last season.
A first-round pick by Washington in 2019, he was a Pro Bowler in 2023 when he registered a career-high 12.5 sacks, the same season he was traded to the Bears.
Sweat is in the third year of a four-year, $98 million contract.
The Bears are tied with the Packers and Lions in the NFC North standings, with the Vikings leading the way at 5-0.
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