Chicago Bears edge rusher Jamree Kromah showed out in the Chicago Bears' 34-10 preseason win over the Cleveland Browns. Find out what head coach Ben Johnson said about the former undrafted free agent.
The preseason provides opportunities for players to make their case to stay on an NFL roster.
Defensive end Jamree Kromah maximized his playing time in the Chicago Bears' 34-10 win over the Cleveland Browns at Soldier Field on Saturday, showing why he could become a part of the Bears' plans to help out the team's pass rush.
Early in the second quarter, Kromah beat the Browns' right tackle around the edge, displaying good bend and balance, and hit quarterback Deshaun Watson before he threw the football. The 6-foot-3, 268-pound defensive end finished the play by recovering the football.
The Bears capitalized on Kromah's takeaway with the team's first touchdown four plays later. Head coach Ben Johnson spoke about Kromah's during his postgame press conference.
"You see it in the springtime, the new techniques that we're coaching with and he's flashing, and yet, like, 'is this the time that he's going to turn it on?' And you don't know, and then you go into a game like this and you see the get-off, you see the relentlessness," Johnson said. "I mean you can feel his presence every single snap. I'm standing close to the D-linemen and they're just hooting and hollering and cheering for him because they are as excited as he is cause they're seeing him go out there and making plays and making an impact like that. He's such a hard worker. I know he's been in the program now for a minute. To see him have some success on the field like that, that's huge."
The formed undrafted free agent from James Madison finished second on the team with six total tackles, three for loss, two sacks, two quarterback hits and a forced fumble that he recovered. Kromah also had two productive pass rushes at the end of the first half and one helped caused an incomplete pass on second down.
The Bears' defensive end spoke to reporters after the game and discussed how he transformed his body in the offseason, dropping 20 pounds while adding more lean muscle. Kromah credited himself and the coaching staff for executing the plan.
"This is the best that I've felt," Kromah said. "So, I took advantage of a lot of things and made some changes, but I had, like, you know, look at the man in the mirror, be true to myself and come up with a real plan."
The Bears need all the pass rush help they can get. It's early in the preseason, but Kromah showed he can get after the quarterback and generate impact plays, exactly what this defense needs to elevate the edge rusher position.
