Dennis Allen takes blame & Press Taylor is a walking play database (Hour 3)

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In the third hour, Matt Spiegel and Ryan McGuffey listened and reacted to comments from Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen and offensive coordinator Press Taylor at rookie minicamp over the weekend. After that, the guys wondered if White Sox owner-in-waiting Justin Ishbia can inject meaningful resources into the organization while longtime chairman Jerry Reinsdorf is still in charge.

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0:24.6	Well, we're certainly going to coach better than what we did a year ago.
0:27.8	And like I said before, it starts there.
0:30.3	We've made a concerted effort in how we're going to get that done.
0:34.6	We were excited about the guys that ended up finishing the season on IR, the trajectory that they were on, both Dio and Shamar.
0:43.9	When you look at it from the start of the season to the point where they both got injured, we saw growth and we saw them trend in the right direction in terms of what we want to see on game day.
0:54.3	I think I think Sweat had one of his better years in the NFL, whether that shows up in
0:59.0	the sack total or not.
1:00.3	He's a very complete player, both run game and past game.
1:03.9	And I think you saw tremendous growth from Booker when we were finally able to get him
1:07.5	back as well.
1:08.4	So a combination of us being able to coach better and
1:11.9	those guys taking the next step as part of this system. That's Ben Johnson after the draft
1:19.9	talking about working with what they have, perhaps specifically on the defensive line, but across
1:26.5	the roster in general and coaching him up.
1:30.7	It's Spigs and Ryan McGuffey on the Spiegel and Holmes Show on the score.
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