The Bears’ defense not only retained its entire coaching staff from 2017, but it also has, for now, only one new player in a significant role (outside linebacker Aaron Lynch). And there’s a benefit to that, as Akiem Hicks explained on Tuesday.
“I like to see the same faces and have that camaraderie already built up with the guys and you just have to bring that together and do it even better,” Hicks said. “But it’s inevitable, there’s going to be change. Guys are going to come in and they have to assimilate and make our defense better.