Layla Rahimi

That is Ryan Poles.

This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score.

And we're asking the question whether or not you think the Bears have done enough so far in free agency to replace some guys who really made some big plays for this team.

And that's the hard part.

Now, Mark, I did think about this.

I know we want to talk offense, but I wanted to think about the defensive side of the ball.

Two of the main playmakers for this team, two of the other highest paid dudes, were largely unavailable for much of the season in Jalen Johnson and Kyler Gordon.

Kyler Gordon was slightly more available, but not by much.

So can they make up some of this ground?

I'm assuming the Bears are betting that happens.

But when you consider what happened last year, it's hard to kind of understand how they fit in the Dennis Allen defense, how you visualize it, when we didn't get to see a lot of it last year.

It's a

There were times where, especially in that first game back against the Packers, the playoff game, man, he just, he looked slow.

Yes, yes.

He looked slow.

And the body language where, you know how it is when you're slightly hunched over and you're running because you're trying to make up ground and you need to be closer to who you're defending.

There were times where the pursuit just was not as effective.

And I think...

The Rams game, he looked faster.

He looked a bit more where he was supposed to be also in the defensive formation.