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Bears Friday Injury Report: Ill Players All Ready to Face Packers

A trio of Bears, including wide receiver Rome Odunze, returned to practice Friday from illness and only two starters are out for the game at Lambeau Field.

Gene Chamberlain

The Bears will have Rome Odunze available to face the Green Bay Packers in Sunday's game at Lambeau Field.
The Bears will have Rome Odunze available to face the Green Bay Packers in Sunday's game at Lambeau Field. / Bob Kupbens-Imagn Images
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Considering their overall injury situation, the Bears will finish off the season in relative good health.

The only starters slated to miss the game Sunday with the Green Bay Packers are guard Teven Jenkins and safety Elijah Hicks.

Jenkins has a calf injury and Hicks an ankle/foot injury. The only other player out of the game is backup running back Travis Homer (hamstring). Again they'll likely start Jake Curhan at left guard for Jenkins as they did last week. Jonathan Owens would replace Hicks.

Left tackle Larry Borom, slot cornerback Kyler Gordon and wide receiver Rome Odunze all were ill this week and had been out of practice until Friday, but all practiced in full on Friday and will play in Sunday's game.

Safety Tarvarius Moore (knee) had a full practice and will be available to back up Owens.


For the Packers, CB Jaire Alexander (knee), S Zayne Anderson (concussion), T Andre Dillard (concussion), LB Quay Walker (ankle) and S Evan Williams (quad) are out. DL Brenton Cox Jr. (foot) and WR Christian Watson (knee) are questionable.

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Gene Chamberlain
GENE CHAMBERLAIN

BearDigest.com publisher Gene Chamberlain has covered the Chicago Bears full time as a beat writer since 1994 and prior to this on a part-time basis for 10 years. He covered the Bears as a beat writer for Suburban Chicago Newspapers, the Daily Southtown, Copley News Service and has been a contributor for the Daily Herald, the Associated Press, Bear Report, CBS Sports.com and The Sporting News. He also has worked a prep sports writer for Tribune Newspapers and Sun-Times newspapers.