Today’s Chicago Bears Injury News Is GOOD & BAD Before The Eagles Game

Today’s Chicago Bears Injury News Is GOOD & BAD Before The Eagles Game

The first Bears injury report of the week dropped and there’s some good and bad news to dive into on that front. Plus, who gets to start at left tackle this week, assuming Theo Benedict is healthy and ready to go. Is it him or Azie Trapillo? We’ll dive into that as well. My name is Harrison Graham. Let’s dive into Chicago Bears now. Uh we’ll start with the good injury news as both Jaylen Johnson and Kyler Gordon were listed as full participants once again today. Now important note, today’s injury report were estimation. So they did not go through a physical practice. They did a walkthrough. Tomorrow is going to be their only full practice of the week with it being a short week and playing on Black Friday. So tomorrow’s injury report will matter the most, but did just want to mention that. I still think there’s breadcrumbs to take away from today’s injury designations. Um, so that’s the question for Jaylen and Kyler. Do they play this week? You know, last week it sounds like they were close. Jaylen had was full on both Thursday and Friday. Kyler was full on Friday. They opted to hold them out. I think part of that decision was the short week coming up to play Sunday and have the quick turnaround after neither has played in a while. It’s a big ask, but since you missed the Steelers game, does one or both of these players return? would certainly be a big lift, right? Uh if you can get one of these guys back uh against Philadelphia, who’s having some issues offensively, but still a lot of talent, right? Kyler Gordon could help in run support, especially with how thin you are at linebacker. Jaylen Johnson could help against AJ Brown and Devonte Smith. So, we will certainly see uh if one or both of these guys can return. They were both full participants. And remember, they are still technically on short-term IR. So if they are activated, they will have to make a roster move or two to free up spots on the 53. Theo Bedet full participant as well. Missed last week with that quad injury. Travis Homer a full participant. I expect him back this week. Uh and then Kyle Manunga, I guess he got slightly dinged up on Sunday, but he was listed as a full participant with a knee injury. Now stay tuned here in a little bit. We’re going to dive into this left tackle discussion. Theo Benedict, Azie Trapillo. Does Trapillo get the nod for a second straight week? Do they go back to Benedict? How do they kind of feel about that? Uh, I think that’s a worthwhile discussion to have. But I want to ask you guys, who is more likely to play in this ball game on Friday? If it’s one or the other, do you think Jaylen Johnson’s more likely to play? If so, type JJ. If you think it’s Kyler Gordon, type KG. Curious what you guys think. Okay, let’s get to the bad injury news. TJ Edwards DNP uh was his designation estimation today. Uh that feels pretty likely that he’s not going to play on Friday, so it’ll be his fourth straight game miss, which is a bummer. Brad Biggs uh tweeting out that with TJ Edwards being estimated as a DNP by the Bears, it’s difficult to see a path for him to be available on Friday in Philadelphia. He’s been sidelined uh for too long since November 2nd. uh in terms of like if he wasn’t going to be able to practice today like is one practice tomorrow even if he was limited like is that going to be enough to play in a game on Friday? Probably not. Uh Big says the player to watch is Noah Sul. Could he potentially get back in this game which would provide a lift because they are very very thin at linebacker right now. Tyreek Stevenson was also listed as a DNP. Again, there wasn’t a literal physical practice but if there was, he would not have been out there. He left Sunday’s game with a hip injury and with the quick turnaround could be in trouble for playing on Friday. How does his status impact the decision to activate one of Jaylen or Kyler that that could be part of the math as well? Because if you don’t activate Jaylen or Kyler and Tyreek can’t go that means you’re going Nhan Wright, Nick Mloud as your outside corners uh with uh Jaylen Jones as your top uh outside backup. That’s that’s not ideal. Like one of Jaylen or Tyreek needs to play in this game. So, uh, we’ll see which one or both it ends up being. Other guys who did not practice in addition to TJ Edwards and Tyreek Stevenson, Luke Newman, who played 22 snaps on Sunday, uh, dealing with the foot injury. We’ll see if that’s a big deal or not. Thought he did some good things out there. Noah Suh with that elbow injury, who Bigs thinks maybe there’s a chance he could go. Ruben Hiplight with that shoulder. We’ll see on him. And then Dominique Robinson in the concussion protocol. I’d say his chances of playing are close to nil. Short week. It’s already nowadays with the new concussion protocols. Um there’s various steps you have to pass uh to completely clear and on a short week that that feels almost impossible. It it rarely happens from Sunday to Sunday if you’re in the protocol that you play the next game. It does sometimes. Cole KT had a concussion played the next week, but Sunday to Friday, uh I would be surprised if Robinson is available. Uh which thins you out a little bit at defensive end as well. And as far as linebacker goes, four of your top five could be out again. Tmaine’s on IR. Doesn’t look like TJ Edwards is playing. Maybe Noah Su, but was DNP estimation today. Um, and Ruben Hiplight DNP with the shoulder. So, DeMarco Jackson, a Bob Bamiga, they combined for 29 tackles the other day. Uh, could be those two again here on Sunday. More to discuss, but got to tell you guys about today’s show sponsor. That is Prize Picks. The best daily fantasy uh fantasy sports app is prize picks. 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So, and really since midway through that Raiders game. So, I I think it’s it’s easy for us to be, oh, you start Aussie clearly, and I did have a source tell me that it’s probably going to be Aussie for another week, but I don’t know if it’s as simple as you and I are making it. Now, this is a guy he drafted in the second round. I think in one game, he showed he is a better uh pass protector than Theo Benedict. I still think Theo’s probably a little better in the run game, though. Uh overall, I thought Aussie played really well in his debut at left tackle, but it is one game. Theo’s played in 10 games and he started six or seven, so he’s been out there quite a bit. Clearly, they’ve been fairly comfortable with him. Otherwise, they would have maybe considered a switch sooner because it’s not like he’s played awesome by any means. He’s done some good things, especially given what the expectations are. Uh I hope we get to see Azie uh out there. The good news here is if you start Aussie and he’s just overwhelmed or not playing well or whatever, you could always just plug in Theo, right? I mean, you could always put him into the game. You feel good about him at least as a run blocker. Uh it’s not like you’re stuck. So, ideally, both these guys are healthy and ready to go. But I said this the other day and I’ll say it again. I would basically flip what their roles were before last week. Theo had been the starting left tackle. Aussie Trapillo had been playing, you know, 8 to 12 snaps per game as a sixth offensive lineman, especially in running situations. Flip those roles. Aussie starts, Theo’s the sixth guy that has a role uh on a handful of plays, you know, 5, 10, 12 plays, whatever it is. And I think that makes more sense anyway because Aussy’s better in pass protection and Theo is better as a run blocker. And when you’re bringing in a sixth offensive lineman, it’s not going to be 100% of the time, but more often than not, you’re probably running the football. So that is what Theo’s role should be. Come in as an extra run blocker. Get out in space, be athletic, uh, and help push the pile. So, uh, that is what I would like to see. Have Theo ready to go. Like, hey, if Aussiey’s struggling, you know, be ready to go into the game. Uh, that’s the that’s the value there of having them both active. But I want to see more from Azie Trapillo. You drafted this guy in the second round. This is a big test against a good defensive line. Again, I thought he passed his first test against the Pittsburgh Steelers. See if he can do it again. If he can go out there and play well against Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Philly’s defensive line, back-to-back weeks, that that’d be pretty impressive for Aussie Trapillo. And again, if you get to the end of this season, you feel good about Aussie on the left side, you got a lot of flexibility in what you want to do in the draft, free agency, trademark it in terms of talent acquisition because you’re not necessarily forced to attack that left tackle position. Now, who should start? What say you? You know where I stand. I want to see Azie out there. Type Oz for or OT. Oz is Amade Zakius. I don’t think he’s starting at left tackle. OT for Azie Trapillo. TB for Theo Benedict. Let me know in the comments section below. And before we get out of here, uh just a few names to keep in mind for Philadelphia. Lane Johnson, Andrew Makuba are not going to play. Uh Lane Johnson, one of the best right tackles in the game. He’s not ready. Still injured. Uh Andrew Mak Makuba suffered a fracture in his leg uh this past week. He’s not going to play either. So that’s two starters for Philadelphia who are out. Adori Jackson, I’ll label him doubtful. He’s also in the concussion protocol. Kind of like Dominique Robinson. With with it being a short week, there’s just almost no chance he plays. I’d put it at less than 10%. Uh and then Reed Blankenship is questionable. And that’s a big one because with Makuba already out, if Blankenship couldn’t go, they’d be down their two starting safeties. Cydney Brown expected to fill in uh for Makuba. Now, Vic Fangio spoke to the media today. He and the Eagles expect Blankenship to play. So, uh, we’ll see, uh, what that looks like when the Eagles injury reports drop over the next couple of days. Uh, but that is a name to watch because you’re already thin on the back end with Adori Jackson likely out at corner and with Makuba out at safety. So, if Blanketship is out, three of your top five DBs uh, would be on the shelf this week. Now, their two best ones are going to be playing for sure and Quan Mitchell and Cooper Deene. Uh, but if Blankenship’s out, I think that’s a pretty big deal. Doesn’t sound like he will be, but I’ll label him questionable for now. All right, that’s going to do it for Chicago Bears. Now, appreciate everybody for tuning in to this episode. We will continue to keep you guys up to date throughout the week. Plus, uh, my guy Chase Senior and I filmed a joint preview. He’s our Eagles Now host, so we’ll be dropping that on the channel, uh, sometime in the next couple of days. So, be on the lookout for that. Hit that subscribe button and as always, bear down.

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Bears Injury Report: DNP
– OG/C Luke Newman (foot)
– LB TJ Edwards (hand/hamstring)
– LB Noah Sewell (elbow)
– LB Ruben Hyppolite II (shoulder)
– CB Tyrique Stevenson (hip)
– DE Dominique Robinson (concussion)

Bears Injury Report: FP
– CB Jaylon Johnson (IR)
– CB Kyler Gordon (IR)
– OT Theo Benedet (Quad)
– RB Travis Homer (Knee/Hamstring)
– RB Kyle Monangai (Knee)

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