Cal Football Defensive Film Review: Coverage Sack or a Real Sack?

After a season of pass rush troubles, the Bears brought down Cam Ward six times. Where did it come from?

Nov 15, 2023

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Six whole sacks! Most of which directly contributed to ending a Wazzu drive! After just three sacks in Cal’s previous six Pac-12 games!

Watching in person, they mostly felt like coverage sacks, but I wanted to do my best to check my own assumptions to see how Cal managed to bring down Cam Ward 6 times. I’ll be going a little quick hitter in this one, so let’s dive in:

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