In a potential blow to the Chicago Bears defense for the season opener, middle linebacker T.J. Edwards was listed as a nonparticipant in Thursday\u2019s estimated practice report.<\/p>\n
Running back Roschon Johnson also was listed as a did not participate.<\/p>\n
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Depth at both positions are stressed. Linebacker Amen Ogbongbemiga and running back Travis Homer are both on injured reserve.<\/p>\n
Edwards, 29, was second on the Bears last season with 129 tackles and added four sacks and an interception.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, cornerback Jaylon Johnson and running back Kyle Monangai were listed as limited participants. The Bears didn\u2019t practice Thursday, but the report was an estimation of players\u2019 readiness.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the full listing.<\/p>\n
Full participants: WR Devin Duvernay (hamstring), DE Dominique Robinson (oblique)<\/p>\n
Limited participants: RB Kyle Monangai (hamstring), CB Jaylon Johnson (groin, calf)<\/p>\n
Did not participate: RB Roschon Johnson (foot), CB Josh Blackwell (groin), LB T.J. Edwards (hamstring)<\/p>\n
The news is reason for some measured optimism. Monangai appears closer to being ready for Monday night\u2019s season opener against the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field.<\/p>\n
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The rookie seventh-round pick out of Rutgers told the Tribune on Wednesday that the team\u2019s heavy usage of starting running back D\u2019Andre Swift during training camp \u201chad me taking it easy, not wanting to rush me back to it too soon. But I\u2019m making good progress and I feel good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Monangai\u2019s availability to back up Swift would be critical. Roschon Johnson is the only other back on the active roster. When asked whether his foot might be healed enough from him to play in the opener, Roschon Johnson told the Tribune on Tuesday: \u201cIt\u2019s progressing, getting better. Just taking it a day at a time. Let\u2019s make sure we don\u2019t rush anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Jaylon Johnson\u2019s readiness will be just as critical. A two-time Pro Bowl selection, he is the Bears\u2019 top cover man, with Vikings star wideout Justin Jefferson coming to town.<\/p>\n
\u201cI definitely want to see (No.) 1 back for sure,\u201d safety Jaquan Brisker told reporters Wednesday. \u201cI know he\u2019s itching to get back, I\u2019m itching to see him get back because we left out with a good note during the summer, so I know what the fall\u2019s going to come. I\u2019ve already seen him put in the body of work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a potential blow to the Chicago Bears defense for the season opener, middle linebacker T.J. Edwards was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2070],"tags":[14396,374,692,391,2493,4692,27164,7,4423,16149,15097,2780,2526,259,6,23745,4077,3958,7402,24480],"class_list":{"0":"post-342096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bears","8":"tag-amen-ogbongbemiga","9":"tag-bears","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-bears","12":"tag-chicagobears","13":"tag-devin-duvernay","14":"tag-dominique-robinson","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-jaquan-brisker","17":"tag-jaylon-johnson","18":"tag-josh-blackwell","19":"tag-justin-jefferson","20":"tag-kyle-monangai","21":"tag-minnesota-vikings","22":"tag-nfl","23":"tag-practice-report","24":"tag-roschon-johnson","25":"tag-season-opener","26":"tag-t-j-edwards","27":"tag-travis-homer"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115148426102848172","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}