The latest Bears Banter Podcast has dropped!
The Chicago Bears have won four straight games as they prepare to go for five in a row on Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens.
To talk about where the Bears are at right now, we sat down with 670 The Score’s (and Big Ten Network’s) Anthony Herron.
We had a really in-depth discussion on the defense, discussing Dennis Allen, the players’ understanding of their roles in the defense, the improvement of Montez Sweat, and the turnovers the team is forcing. We also
talked about the success of the Bears’ running game, Ben Johnson, and of course, Caleb Williams.
Herron says that the takeaways are becoming part of the defense’s identity.
“[Byard] is one example of a number of guys who I think now mentally have a real feel of how Dennis Allen wants them to operate,” Herron explained. “A lot of folks say turnovers, takeaways as we like to call them on defense, aren’t sustainable, but I do think when people reference them coming in bunches, there’s an explainable reason for that. Because when you see your teammates getting into the flow of punching the football out or undercutting routes and making plays on the ball like Nahshon Wright has done a couple of times this season, that becomes contagious. That enhances the confidence and the willingness that other defenders have… We’re seeing this now that these Bears defenders are just in this mode of feeling like they’re almost offensive players, so that does become contagious… This is just who we are; it becomes a part of your DNA as a defense once you get this thing rolling.”
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