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Dennis Allen DC, Declan Doyle OC , Richard Hightower STC + other Bears hires
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ot who tf names their kid press? Even his brother's name is weird...Zac, like doesn't every Zac on earth have a silent H or K on the end of their name, these guys are like...no..no Zack, no Zach or even Zak...we wan't to go w/ the c...Zac...that's the ending.
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He actually goes by his middle name , Press,for some odd reason. Why not just be normal and go by his first name that his parents gave him, Sherwood?
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I know fluff, but still:
Jason Lieser
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MOBILE, Ala. — While many around the NFL were surprised to see Bears coach Ben Johnson hire Declan Doyle, 28, as his offensive coordinator — he’s the youngest coordinator in the league — some who worked with him, such as Saints assistants Kevin Petry and Jordan Traylor, saw it coming
Petry thought Doyle, most recently the Broncos’ tight ends coach, could’ve handled the role two years ago. Traylor saw that potential in Doyle when the Saints first hired him in 2019.
“He deserves everything he’s getting,” said Traylor, who, like Petry, is coaching in the Senior Bowl this week. “The guy is a stud. I met him when he was 22 and knew he was going to be a superstar. He was sharp, detailed, related well to the players. Everything about him is what you want.”
Several coaches on the Senior Bowl staffs worked with Doyle and new Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen, who were hired this week to join returning special-teams coordinator Richard Hightower under Johnson. Allen gives Johnson a veteran resource who has been an NFL head coach twice. Doyle is looking to ignite his young career.
Allen, 52, spent the last decade with the Saints, first as defensive coordinator from 2015 to 2021, then as head coach the last three seasons. Over two stints with the team, Allen spent 15 seasons there and overlapped with Doyle for four.
They fired him this season after a 2-7 start, which dropped his record to 18-25.
But all experience can be helpful and informative for Johnson, who is relatively early in his own career. He was an offensive coordinator for only three seasons before the Bears hired him as their head coach.
Allen is especially valuable when it comes to his expertise. He inherited a disastrous Saints defense when he started and had it in the top 10 in the league in his third season. For seven consecutive seasons leading up to 2024, the Saints were 14th or better in points allowed per game.
They slipped to 19th this season as injuries piled up and their season spun out of control, but several Saints assistants said Allen still maximized the talent he had and got buy-in from players.
“He’s just done it such a long time at a high level that he can answer any question from the D-line back to the secondary,” Saints defensive assistant Adam Gristick said. “It’s a player’s defense, and he’s going to let his guys do their thing. . . . Guys love playing in his defense.”
Broncos assistant Favian Upshaw worked under Doyle the last two seasons and noted the way he worked on the game plan “as if he was an OC” and paid obsessive attention to detail. He also worked well with players even though he wasn’t a football player — he played baseball in college — and wasn’t much older than them.
“It actually helps him because he’s around that same age and can relate to those guys,” Upshaw said. “He can be in the locker room and connect with them.”
One common thread for Allen and Doyle has been the influence of future Hall of Fame coach Sean Payton, who hired Allen as a low-level assistant in 2006 and gave Doyle his entry to the NFL in ’19.
“When you have Sean Payton as your coach, you just observe and learn,” Petry said.
That’s about as good of an NFL education as an aspiring young coach can get.
Assistant coaches at Senior Bowl say Bears nailed it with hires of OC Declan Doyle, DC Dennis Allen - Chicago Sun-Times
Jason Lieser
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MOBILE, Ala. — While many around the NFL were surprised to see Bears coach Ben Johnson hire Declan Doyle, 28, as his offensive coordinator — he’s the youngest coordinator in the league — some who worked with him, such as Saints assistants Kevin Petry and Jordan Traylor, saw it coming
Petry thought Doyle, most recently the Broncos’ tight ends coach, could’ve handled the role two years ago. Traylor saw that potential in Doyle when the Saints first hired him in 2019.
“He deserves everything he’s getting,” said Traylor, who, like Petry, is coaching in the Senior Bowl this week. “The guy is a stud. I met him when he was 22 and knew he was going to be a superstar. He was sharp, detailed, related well to the players. Everything about him is what you want.”
Several coaches on the Senior Bowl staffs worked with Doyle and new Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen, who were hired this week to join returning special-teams coordinator Richard Hightower under Johnson. Allen gives Johnson a veteran resource who has been an NFL head coach twice. Doyle is looking to ignite his young career.
Allen, 52, spent the last decade with the Saints, first as defensive coordinator from 2015 to 2021, then as head coach the last three seasons. Over two stints with the team, Allen spent 15 seasons there and overlapped with Doyle for four.
They fired him this season after a 2-7 start, which dropped his record to 18-25.
But all experience can be helpful and informative for Johnson, who is relatively early in his own career. He was an offensive coordinator for only three seasons before the Bears hired him as their head coach.
Allen is especially valuable when it comes to his expertise. He inherited a disastrous Saints defense when he started and had it in the top 10 in the league in his third season. For seven consecutive seasons leading up to 2024, the Saints were 14th or better in points allowed per game.
They slipped to 19th this season as injuries piled up and their season spun out of control, but several Saints assistants said Allen still maximized the talent he had and got buy-in from players.
“He’s just done it such a long time at a high level that he can answer any question from the D-line back to the secondary,” Saints defensive assistant Adam Gristick said. “It’s a player’s defense, and he’s going to let his guys do their thing. . . . Guys love playing in his defense.”
Broncos assistant Favian Upshaw worked under Doyle the last two seasons and noted the way he worked on the game plan “as if he was an OC” and paid obsessive attention to detail. He also worked well with players even though he wasn’t a football player — he played baseball in college — and wasn’t much older than them.
“It actually helps him because he’s around that same age and can relate to those guys,” Upshaw said. “He can be in the locker room and connect with them.”
One common thread for Allen and Doyle has been the influence of future Hall of Fame coach Sean Payton, who hired Allen as a low-level assistant in 2006 and gave Doyle his entry to the NFL in ’19.
“When you have Sean Payton as your coach, you just observe and learn,” Petry said.
That’s about as good of an NFL education as an aspiring young coach can get.
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Dennis Allen name checks Kyler Gordon and how he loves him as a player, this coming after Ben Johnson said Gordon was one of the players he always game planned around
@DanielCCSBears weeps.
@DanielCCSBears weeps.
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Kyler probably gets an extension soon right?
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Definitely. Use him in more blitz packages as well please. He's definitely a quiet playmaker. You gotta get him help though in the safety position so I expect Bears to do that probably in free agency with the unknown status of Brisker.
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Doyle didn’t sound like an idiot in his press conference. Obviously means nothing but he didn’t set off any warning bells or anything
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Where can I watch it?
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It was on the Bears app. Probably will be on their YouTube channel too
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I would imagine, and I hope.
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Would have rather done this than the Press guy. But Shaw may have preferred the Lions. So who knows.
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wrong person I’m an idiot lol
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Preferred to be a passing game coordinator instead of Offensive Coordinator? Doubt it. Lions are getting Bears leftovers. The irony.
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I think he preferred to go somewhere where he can have more say and control vs here where it’s all about what Ben Johnson wants.
Also it’s really clear these guys all work together on these staffs. Payton people rarely leave the nest. This includes Glenn it’s almost like they say you go here, you go there etc.
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Preferred to be passing coordinators there vs passing coordinator in Chicago.
I don’t know as I said
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Oh that's my bad, I was confusing Dolye with Pres Taylor. Oops.
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I gotta say this not having an oline coach has me the most nervous. That should have been automatic like Allen was. That along with this dline here are the most important ones.