WATCH: Khalil Mack breaks his sack drought, records safety in 2nd quarter

The Bears defense has had an impressive outing in the first half, including Khalil Mack’s sack of Deshaun Watson in the end zone.

The Chicago Bears defense is on track for quite a rebound game against the Houston Texans following back-to-back disappointing outings.

After allowing the Texans to march down the field and score a touchdown, the defense answered in impressive fashion. Outside linebacker Khalil Mack has been a force this afternoon, and he recorded his first sack since Nov. 1, which just happened to be in the end zone for a safety.

But before Mack’s heroics, it was defensive tackle Bilal Nichols that sacked Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson for a loss of 10 yards, which put Houston back on its own 9-yard line. It was Nichols’ fourth sack of the season.

Then it was Mack coming up big with a sack of his own on Watson, which came in the end zone for a safety that put the Bears up 16-7 in the second quarter.

In the first half, Mack has recorded a sack, a safety, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and a pass deflection.

The Bears lead the Texans 23-7 in the second quarter.

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