The Chicago Bears are coming off their worst loss of the 2026 season and looking to turn the page against the Atlanta Falcons. No question, the offensive failures set up the Chicago defense collapsing, but giving up 31 points in the fashion that Allen's unit did last week is going to invite a clear level of questioning. This led to the defensive coordinator giving an interesting update this week when pressed on what changes were going to be made.
Allen made the comments via NBC Chicago's Natalie Spala, the coordinator kept it simple pointing out that the issues would be cleaned up in practice over the last week. The exact word Allen used when discussing the issues was that they had been "digested" and indicated that moving forward there was a sense of belief that things would get cleaned up.
It is worth noting that with the season on the line and Williams out of the lineup the Chicago defense allowed only 19 points over a two-game winning streak. Allen has proven his unit is capable of shutting down the opposing offense even when the circumstances aren't completely ideal. It will be interesting to watch if that is able to continue this week against Atlanta.
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