Bears report: Dennis Allen talks Rams star Puka Nacua
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What updates did Mark Grody provide from Halas Hall?
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That's Mark Brody's music. He joins us via the Circus Sports Illinois hotline. Download the Circus Sports app today. He is live from Hallis Hall. And you can catch our show on Twitch, twitch.tv slash Chicago 670. The score, Henry Melton, the former Bears defensive lineman, the pro bowler, hanging out with us for this hour on Rahimi Harrison Brody on the score. Let's go live to Hallis Hall and Mark Brody. Mark, what's going on?
Guys, love hearing the Metallica coming into this segment because the Bears are having a real practice today outdoors in the cold.
How did the Bears practice in cold weather impact their performance?
Sunshine, though, so that kind of quells some of the cold or takes some of the edge off, I would say. But... As I walked out there, full blast Metallica. Seek and destroy being played on the Bears practice field today. So I thought that was really nice. The Bears will have a real injury report today. Everything was just estimated yesterday. We know that the headliner of that group yesterday was C.J. Gardner-Johnson. So we'll hopefully continue to get good full practice health reports from him.
What notable performance did Puka Nacua have against the Bears?
I'm also going to get into the locker room a little bit later on. But first... The coordinators and Dennis Allen, the Bears defensive coordinator, who once was the head coach in New Orleans and in a game in 2023 against his Saints, Pukanukua had nine catches for 164 yards and a touchdown. It's not always pleasant having to ask those kind of questions, but here's how it went down with Dennis Allen.
Okay, guys, go ahead.
against your Saints back in 2023. Thank you. Yeah, sorry. What do you remember about that game, if you'd like to, if the trauma's not too much? And what are a couple of traits about him that stand out?
Yeah, well, it was my first time playing against him. And, you know, obviously, you come away from there thoroughly impressed. I mean, he runs as fast as he needs to to get the job done. He's big. He's physical. you know, he catches everything that's remotely close to him. So he's got great ball skills, um, and he's tremendous, you know, with the run after the catch. Um, and so, uh, I just think he, he does, he does everything, uh, that you want a receiver to be able to do. Um, he runs good routes, he gets open, makes contested catches, really good run after the catch. Um,
What traits make Puka Nacua a standout player?
So he's an outstanding player.
When you say he runs as fast as he needs to, does that mean he's good at varying his speed?
Well, I just think if you go back to whatever his 40 time comes out as, it may not look all that impressive in terms of what his time speed is. You watch the guy play, he plays extremely fast. And so don't let that fool you.
Yeah, Mark, sounds like a problem, and I'm glad you just got right into the teeth of the matter with Dennis Allen.
Hey, he doesn't like talking about the previous games. He's one of those guys who gets up there and is like, let's talk about what's in front of us. So I brought what's in front of them, using 2023, of course, to talk about what's in front of them.
Well, I mean, but that's it. We're trying to figure out how much of that defense from 2023 is going to have looks against a known commodity in Matt Stafford, an understood commodity in Puka Nakua, and then that running game, and everybody knows Devontae Adams here. So I feel like that's a fair question. I think it probably starts with the biggest weapon being outside of Stafford being Nakua. I don't know. Henry, I don't know. You may have a different thought on it too, but let us know what you think.
yeah no i mean puka's a weapon what was he what he come in first second third second in yards like he's he's gonna eat him up like that's that's encouraging i mean he's gonna get his it is what it is we have that that's been our defense all year dude like we have we are very bend bendy like about as bend as you can get before like that bench
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What updates did Mark Grody provide from Halas Hall?
0:00–1:10
2
How did the Bears practice in cold weather impact their performance?
1:10–1:41
3
What notable performance did Puka Nacua have against the Bears?
1:41–3:12
4
What traits make Puka Nacua a standout player?
3:12–4:55
5
How does Dennis Allen view the Bears' defensive capabilities against Puka Nacua?
4:55–5:51
6
What are the challenges the Bears face with Devontae Adams?
5:51–7:47
7
How do the Bears plan to handle the upcoming playoff atmosphere?
7:47–9:00
8
What final thoughts were shared about the Bears' playoff readiness?
9:00–15:35
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