Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen has spent 25 years as a coach in the NFL. He has worked with countless coaches, including three who have gotten their team to a Super Bowl. One of those coaches is Sean Payton, who is currently the head coach of the Denver Broncos.
Payton is one of the smartest offensive minds currently in coaching. He has worked in the NFL since 1997 and won Coach of the Year in his first season as the head coach of the New Orleans Saints. In his fourth year with the Saints, Payton got his team to a Super Bowl victory.
Allen worked with Payton for many years and going into his second year working with Bears head coach Ben Johnson, Allen sees some similarities between the two head coaches.
"I mean, I think I see
a lot of the same qualities in terms of how the attacking mindset and not just how we practice offensively, but how we practice in general,” Allen said. "The physicality and the effort level that’s required is very similar to what we did in those years under Sean in New Orleans. So, you know, there’s a lot of similarities as to how they coach and philosophically how they see the game."
Payton finished his time with the Saints with one Super Bowl ring and as the winningest coach in franchise history. Bears fans would certainly love for Johnson to deliver a Super Bowl victory to Chicago, although he would have to win another 310 games to pass George Halas as the winningest coach in Bears history.
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