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It's weeks like this where the Bears feel particularly lucky to have Danny Trevathan.

With 10 full days to separate their week-long loss to the Denver Broncos against the Green Bay Packers, the Bears relied on the culture at Halas Hall to move from the disappointing defeat to the front match. d & # 39; them. Trevathan is not the only voice in the locker room to move this team forward, but it's one of the most important.

Trevathan is not only a vocal leader, but also a productive and reliable presence in the linebackers who had more than 100 tackles in 2018. He also has a Super Bowl ring, which he won with the team that the Bears will play Sunday. And this ring only amplifies his voice.

"He is entering with instant credibility," said defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano. "… He does a great job every day to earn that respect. So that goes a long way because they understand how difficult it is to achieve it and how difficult it is to win it. The sacrifices that everyone has to make are monumental, so it's good that some guys have gone down that road. "

Trevathan was not too interested in talking about his first regular season game in Denver since he had left the Broncos as a free agent after the Super Bowl 50. He had learned from great players , whether it's Von Miller or DeMarcus Ware or Chris Harris or Peyton. Manning, among others. But he wanted to say that this upcoming game was not about him.

"If I focus on myself or think of that sort of thing, it's selfish," Trevathan said. "And I'm not that type of player."

While the problems that led to the Bears defeat the Packers did not involve defense, players on both sides of the ball benefit from the impact of Trevathan. The Bears' locker room is not divided into sections reserved for offensive players or defensive players.

"One of the things he is excited about is just being positive," said cornerback Prince Amukamara, "we only catch the offensive every time. They are injured, defense, special teams, and then when someone plays a game, he is one of the first to congratulate him and letting them know that they did (something ) good.

This positivity is also something that coaches have learned. The Bears, especially following a week 1 also negative, needed that this week.

"Danny is a very positive emotional guy," said Vic Fangio, former coach of the Broncos coordinators turned coach. "He's totally in this team, he wants the team to succeed, he wants to be a leader and he owes it only to his way of playing and his emotional fire, the intensity with which he plays. And he's a contagious guy in this regard, in addition to being a hell of a footballer. "

So, even though this week is not about Trevathan's return to Denver, it's kind of like the kind of leadership the 29-year-old linebacker brings to the Bears. He is one of the favorite types of Matt Nagy, whom the Bears sophomore coach can point to as saying that the culture inside Halas Hall is one of the reasons he thinks the team of the first week will not snowball. 2

"He is not afraid to gather the troops, to bring them in, to tell everyone where we are wrong," Nagy said. "And what's good with Danny is that he's very positive. It's a good model for young people. A guy like me, when you have a loss like the one we just experienced in the first week, you're looking for guys like Danny, the vocal types that can help direct. "