Bears CB Tyrique Stevenson shares impression of new DB coach Al Harris

The Chicago Bears roster and staff makeover was a big one this offseason, and the new coaching staff will be tasked with getting some of the team's most important players back on track. One of the most intriguing coach-player tandems to watch this year is new defensive backs coach Al Harris and cornerback Tyrique Stevenson.

Harris, the long-time Green Bay Packers cornerback, has established himself as one of the top defensive back coaches in the NFL, most recently with the Dallas Cowboys (since 2020). Now, he gets a chance to work with Chicago's talented defensive back group, including Stevenson, who was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons in a miserable season for the Bears last year.

Stevenson has been considered one of the most entertaining and dynamic defensive backs on the Bears defense, and there's hope that working with Harris will elevate his game to another level. During minicamp, Stevenson shared his first impressions of his new secondary coach.

"Yeah, just by some of his little pointers with how you line up, how to look at the stance and how to look at the splits and just pretty much understanding the system more than the player," Stevenson said. "And I feel like he's teaching all of that and it’s kind of rubbing off, you know, understanding that certain players run certain routes and certain ones run certain concepts. So instead of playing the man you play the concept."

If Stevenson can elevate his game -- and get back on track to where he was before the Hail Mary fiasco -- he can create one of the best secondary duos across the NFL opposite of Jaylon Johnson. Focusing more on learning Harris' system, along with new defensive coordinator Dennis Allen's philosophy, could help Stevenson take the next step and turn Chicago's defense into one of the top units in the league.