5 things we learned from Bears coaches

(2) The offense is preparing in practice to play in what’s arguably the NFL’s loudest stadium Sunday, the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

“Whether you’re in a walkthrough, whether you’re in practice reps,” Getsy said, “you’ve got to create that noise so that you can continue to work on your hand signals and all that stuff like that and make sure everyone’s on the same page with the cadences and when we’re getting to it, when we make adjustments and all that stuff.

“It’s just repetition, and you’ve got to make sure that every single rep—walkthrough rep or live rep—has got to be in that type of mentality, that type of environment and that kind of process for you through the week so by the time you get to Saturday, you feel really good with your process.”

(3) Hoke has seen continued improvement from rookie cornerback Tyrique Stevenson.

The second-round pick from Miami has started all eight games this season, registering 49 tackles and five pass breakups. He also has been assessed five penalties—most on the defense—including three for pass interference.

“He’s learned already,” Hoke said. “He’s improved. The one thing he hasn’t done lately in the last few weeks, he hasn’t given up explosive plays. [Raiders receiver] Davante Adams had [seven] catches for [57] yards. As long as you’re not giving up explosives and you’re in position and then you make the plays that you need to make … I thought the Vegas game was a really good game because he had two key third-down stops in that game and one of them was the first third down of the game on Davante Adams when he made the play on the slant.

“It’s going to be good play/bad play, and you just hope he learns from all those plays. But you can see him progressing. Yes, he’s going to get targeted because he’s a rookie, and yes, he’s going to get targeted because Jaylon Johnson is playing at such a high level on the other side. All those things factor in. At the end of the day, he’s going to learn from all of it. As any football player in the National Football League that plays a long time, you’re going to have good and bad, and as long as you continue to learn from that, you will improve.”

(4) Hoke explained why the Bears haven’t had Johnson, their top cornerback, shadow their opponents’ top receivers this season.

“That happened a lot more back when nobody motioned,” Hoke said. “All they have to do is put him over here and motion…