When Kevin Byard and the rest of the Bears secondary met Thursday night to discuss their plans for Friday’s joint practice with the Miami Dolphins at Halas Hall, they quickly realized what they had to do for practice to go how they wanted.

The defense needed to go out there and set the tone early.

The group did just that. The Bears defense stymied the Dolphins’ first team offense right from the first drill and dominated the practice by forcing turnovers, breaking up passes and sacking the quarterback.

“I always believe that defense obviously, everything is set from the front,” Byard said. “So, obviously boys like Grady [Jarrett], [ Gervon Dexter ], [ Montez Sweat ], Dayo [Odeyingbo], they’re going to set the tone. But on the back end we want to be able to hold our own too and [Jaq

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