Coby Bryant hit the field at Halas Hall on Wednesday, July 29, and the Bears' $40 million free-agent safety wasted no time setting a tone.

Bryant, who signed a three-year deal in March after helping Seattle win Super Bowl LX, completed the defense's 40 up-downs drill alongside his new teammates and then quipped he'd go up to defensive coordinator Dennis Allen's office and tell him "that was pretty easy."

Allen wasn't joking when he assessed his new safety afterward.

"I love his play style. I think it epitomizes the way that we want to play the game," Allen told reporters at Halas Hall. "He plays fast. He plays violent. He's smart. He's instinctive."

Bryant, 27, arrived in Lake Forest after four seasons with the Seahawks, where he appeared in 58 games with 34 starts. Over his final two years in Seattle, after transitioning from cornerback to safety, he totaled 139 tackles, 13 passes defensed, and seven interceptions. He started all three of Seattle's playoff games during last season's Super Bowl run, recording 10 tackles and two passes defensed.

"That's why I'm here — to bring guys along," Bryant said. "We want to create our name as far as turnovers, play style, mentality. That's something we want to bring to this team."

Allen, speaking with The Athletic, described specific plays he recalled from Bryant's tape: a safety flying downhill from a middle-of-the-field position and making tackles two to three yards down the field. "We're not looking to run up there and get on the side of somebody and then try to drag him down," Allen said. "We're trying to knock him backwards."

The Jim Thorpe Award winner out of Cincinnati said his goals for 2026 include earning a captain's patch and winning another championship. He writes those goals out every year and posts them on his mirror.

Head coach Ben Johnson, in a training camp preview session on July 23, framed Bryant's arrival in blunt terms: "The best defenses usually have two or three trained killers. You usually don't have 11 of them, OK, but you've got two or three that are tone-setters that can really elevate the play of everyone around him."

Bryant is one of 18 new faces on a Bears defense that led the NFL with 33 takeaways last season but ranked 23rd in scoring defense and 29th in total yards allowed. Allen made clear the takeaway culture starts in practice: "You get the things you emphasize. That has to be the mindset."

Bryant echoed that message, telling reporters the biggest thing is taking it one day at a time and helping teammates along the way. He called the opening drill a buy-in moment: "No one was on their own out there. We were all together."

Fans can see Bryant and the rest of the Bears defense starting Friday, July 31, when Halas Hall opens for the first of 10 free public practices running through August 25. Parking is available at Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills with shuttle service to the facility.