Bears DC Dennis Allen calls for more consistency from CB Tyrique Stevenson

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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

Rahimi Harrison 0:01

It's hiring. Stevenson breaks it up.

What play from the Rams playoff game highlights Tyrique Stevenson's limited postseason snaps?

Vinny Rotino 0:28

Mike Florio was correct about that. That is audio from NBC Sports. That was the playoff game against the Rams. And Tyreek Stevenson played in that game. He had a total of five tackles in the postseason. He had stats that I think could have been higher given if he had had more playing time. But unfortunately, that's kind of the tune with Tyreek Stevenson, Marshall.

Marshall Harris 0:53

But he should have a clearer path to way more playing time in theory because... It's not like Nashawn Wright's walking out that tunnel.

Why could Tyrique Stevenson see more playing time this season compared to Nashawn Wright?

Marshall Harris 1:02

So there should be less competition. Also, this is a big year for him. It's a contract year.

Vinny Rotino 1:07

It is a contract year. And we know that what was said last year was just because people became healthy, they were not going to necessarily change anything. going with the hot hand. So Nashawn Wright saw appropriately more playing time because of it, but somebody had to be the odd man out, and I feel like Tyreek Stevenson's fate, we just didn't always know at times. Well, Dennis Allen, the Bears defensive coordinator, spoke this morning about what to do regarding Tyreek Stevenson.

Unknown 1:32

What's your vision for who Tyreek Stevenson can become? Yeah, I don't know if I really have thought about, well, who can he become? I think he can be a starting caliber corner in our league. And I think he can be a starting caliber corner for us. Same thing we just talked about there. It's the same thing with Tyreek. Tyreek needs to... be more consistent. There's plays, I could make you a tape of Tyreek from last season that you would look at and say, whoo, That's pretty freaking good, you know. But it's the lapses in consistency that we have to improve on. And that really, at the end of the day, that runs throughout the vein of the defense. If we're going to improve, okay, as a defense, we've got to become more consistent and more efficient.

Unknown 2:22

And that's really what we're going to focus on during training camp. So we've got a few days to try to get that done.

Vinny Rotino 2:27

Okay. He told the truth here. This was not window dressing. This was Dennis Allen having a very realistic understanding of one of his players. This was not coach him up, Dennis Allen. This was not, I need to coach more fundamentals. This was, this is who this guy is. I think there was an acknowledgement to how the Bears have seen him for the past season with this new staff. I was kind of amazed that that's the candor with which we heard Dennis Allen today speak about him.

Marshall Harris 2:59

But I also think when he talks about the consistency, I think he does point the thumb a little bit, Dennis Allen, at himself saying, I've got to get that consistency out of him.

Vinny Rotino 3:08

Dennis Allen, he is definitely taking a lot of responsibility upon himself. He's done so much of that. I understand that he's going to point the thumb, but at the same time, I also feel like he's definitely pointing a finger as well.

Marshall Harris 3:24

I want to see Tyreek be the guy that he described as, when he said, quote-unquote, can be, can be a starting caliber player, because that tells you they have viewed him as not a starting caliber player in the year that they had with him. And so for him to take that leap... is one of the more compelling, to me, storylines of a team that has all types of compelling storylines on the defensive side of the ball. That's the difference between the defense and the offense as I see this team entering training camp. Offense, you feel pretty good about, and you're just like, what's the limit? How good can they be?

Vinny Rotino 4:01

Yeah, there's a couple questions. Personnel at center, personnel at left tackle.

Marshall Harris 4:05

Sure. And that's going to be year to year. But for defense, it seems like every single position you have these big time questions about how if this happens or if this more importantly, if this doesn't happen, are we going to be looking at a worse defense than we saw last year?

Vinny Rotino 4:23

Yeah, and that's where I think a lot of the talk about the regression comes in. Marshall, for the record, I would hope to hell that center and left tackle are not questions that I have every year, for the record.