Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen on talent level.mp4

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Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen, the former Saints head coach, wants to bring an aggressive style to his new group and saw a need for more pass rush.

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00:00Yeah, I think we want to be an attacking, aggressive style of defense.

00:09I think we want to want to take the fight to the offense and

00:11not let the offense dictate the tempo to us.

00:15We're going to be aggressive.

00:16We're going to challenge everything.

00:17We're going to play the game the right way.

00:19We're going to play a tough, physical, you know, brand of football.

00:23And I think the brand of football that you come to expect at the Chicago Bears

00:28is, yeah, I took a look a little bit at the pieces on defense.

00:33I felt like there were some pieces in place.

00:36You know, in particular, I think there's some things that we have to have in

00:39the secondary that I like.

00:41I think there's some pieces at linebacker that I'm encouraged by.

00:44I think there's a couple of spots up front that I feel like we've got some players.

00:48So I think the foundation is there defensively.

00:52And I think, look, when Ben asked me if I would be

00:57interested, there was a couple of places that I felt like had the pieces in

01:03place to potentially be a really good football team.

01:08And Chicago was obviously one of them.

01:11And so I was excited when it came about that this was the job that

01:18he really wanted, and this was the job that he was able to get.

01:21And I was excited when he wanted me to come along with him.

01:24Yeah, look, I think we're always looking for talent acquisition,

01:29player acquisition, guys that we feel like can come in and

01:32fit into our system that can help us grow as a defensive line.

01:37But what our job is as coaches, our job is to develop.

01:43And so we're gonna take the pieces that we have in place.

01:48We're gonna add the necessary ingredients that we need to create what we need to be

01:53able to do from a defensive standpoint.

01:56So

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