WACO, Texas — The way Bravvion Roy and his fellow Baylor defensive linemen describe it, their bond is damn near telepathic. When they’re out there rushing the passer, they don’t need to say much. All it takes sometimes is a subtle glance, a quick look or a nod in the heat of the moment for the nose tackle to send a message to defensive ends James Lynch and James Lockhart.



“If we’re running a stunt, I can make a face at Lynch and he knows what I’m talking about,” Roy said. “Even just a wink.”



“We just feed off each other,” Lockhart adds.



When it’s really clicking, when the Bears’ big men are locked in and playing off each other on that same wavelength, they become one destructive trio. Their routes will differ, but the directive doesn’t change: Meet at the quarterback. Lynch describes their attack as trying to “swarm everything.” And this season, everything’s...