Al Harris had a profound impact on the Chicago Bears long before being hired as defensive backs coach/passing game coordinator.

A two-time Pro Bowl cornerback for the Green Bay Packers, Harris is the assistant who was tasked with piecing things together while Jaylon Johnson and Kyler Gordon missed much of the season. He’s the guy who vouched for Nahshon Wright before the Bears signed him in April — seven months before he was named NFC Defensive Player of the Month for November.

Defensive coordinator Dennis Allen put a wire cage — the kind you see in a physical education class — in the unit’s meeting room to fill with footballs as the defense collected takeaways this season. With five games remaining, there isn’t a lot of room left. The Bears have 26 takeaways and 17 interceptions — tops

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