Bears coordinators Dennis Allen (defense), Declan Doyle (offense) and Richard Hightower (special teams) spoke to the media Thursday at Halas Hall. Here are five things we learned from those sessions:

(1) Doyle was pleased that the Bears did not commit any pre-snap penalties in last Sunday's win over the Cowboys.

"I was encouraged," he said. "That's the expectation. That's a credit to our guys coming into work and handling Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. That stuff gets cleaned up during the week and we go have good days, and then you go out on Sunday and you're thinking less at the line of scrimmage. You're just going and playing, you're in flow. That causes a lot less of those to be at the line of scrimmage where you're trying to think through things and your mind is in two different spots and you end up jumping."

The offense produced four touchdowns versus Dallas—all on Caleb Williams passes—while not committing a turnover or allowing a sack. The unit's final points came on a methodical 19-play, 76-drive that burned 9:54 off the clock in the third quarter.

Asked to assess how the offensive line played, Doyle said: "The line played good enough for us to get it done. Every aspect of our offense, we need to continue to grow, and that includes the line. It was awesome to come out of the half and be able to hammer through a 19-play drive. Any time you do that, that can be demoralizing to an opponent just because you're possessing the ball, you're moving it.

"I do think we left some yards on the table in the run game. That's an area that is a point of emphasis to go make more. That's the O-line, that's the running backs, that's blocking on the perimeter. We all can improve there."

(2) Doyle's heart may have skipped a beat when running back D'Andre Swift's pitch back to Williams on a flea-flicker was more like a popup than a line drive.

"When that thing was in the air, I was a little worried," Doyle said.

After the game, Swift likened his toss to a free throw. Nevertheless, Williams caught the pitch and immediately heaved a career-long 65-yard touchdown pass to rookie receiver Luther Burden III. It's tied for the longest pass in the NFL this season.

"We had practiced that quite a bit, so you always have confidence in the guys going out and executing it," Doyle said. "We felt good calling it."

When Doyle heard the play call, he was on the edge of his seat.

"It's a really cool thing when you're up in the box," Doyle said. "You're sitting there and coach calls that play and you're like, 'All right, if this hits, this stadium is about to explode.' That's always a really cool feeling. Certainly, we'd like to be cleaner with the pitch back to Caleb. [But] he delivered a great ball, and Luther did a great job of catching it."

(3) While Burden had a breakout performance with three catches for 101 yards including his first NFL TD, he was not pleased with his 15-yard kickoff return.

"I like that Luther is fearless," Hightower said. "He's fearless and he's never satisfied. Even after that game that he had, he was texting the night of really upset about the kickoff return that he had and seeing how he could have been better with that. He's hungry and he has really good vision and we all know that he's dangerous with the ball in his hands."

Burden ranks third in the NFL with a 29.5-yard average on six kickoff returns with a long of 44 yards. The 15-yarder was his only return against the Cowboys.

(4) With injuries continuing to impact their defense, the Bears will keep relying on linebacker Tremaine Edmunds to be a difference-maker.

In last Sunday's win, the eighth-year pro registered two interceptions for the first time in his career and compiled a team-leading 15 tackles.

"He's a guy that we're going to need to count on to play at a very high level," Allen said. "Anytime you have injuries—wherever it may occur within your defense—not only do those replacements have to step up and perform at a high level, but you need some of your other playmakers to step up and even play better.

"I was proud of the way that he played last week. We need him to play at a Pro Bowl level, which I think he's got that capability."

Edmunds' interceptions came on back-to-back fourth-quarter possessions. He now has seven picks since he joined the Bears in 2023, the most by an NFL linebacker in that span.

(5) Asked about the Raiders coverage teams, Hightower repeated an iconic line from comedian Eddie Murphy in the movie "Beverly Hills Cop."

Las Vegas ranks 29th in punt coverage (18.8 yards per return) and 32nd in kickoff coverage (30.9). But Hightower believes that Las Vegas is much better than those rankings would seem to indicate.

"We're not going to fall for the banana in the tailpipe on any of that kind of stuff, where you say they're not playing well," Hightower said.

"When I look at the tape, I see guys playing hard, playing to the whistle and finishing. I mean, I see one play (a 90-yard punt return TD) that happened that can skew that. But this team is going to be ready to go. I've been in the division with [Raiders coach] Pete Carroll before. They're always good on (special) teams."