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Bears Friday Week 8 Injury Report: Reserve DBs Counted on Again

Jaquan Brisker and Kyler Gordon, the top two 2022 Bears draft picks, will again miss a game with injuries against Washington so their backups will have critical roles.

Gene Chamberlain

Josh Blackwell celebrates his interception with teammates in London during the Week 6 win. Blackwell will start again Sunday.
Josh Blackwell celebrates his interception with teammates in London during the Week 6 win. Blackwell will start again Sunday. / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
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Again it will be up to the Bears reserves in the secondary to control a passing attack, although this time there is a chance they'll be trying to stop an elite QB.

Both starting safety Jaquan Brisker and slot cornerback Jaquan Brisker are out for Sunday's game against the Washington Commanders.

Brisker missed the last game with a concussion suffered in Week 5 against Carolina and Gordon suffered a hamstring injury in the Week 6 win over Jacksonville in London. Neither player practiced this week.

The Bears will have Josh Blackwell at slot cornerback and Elijah Hicks playing safety. Both players came up with takeaways in the win over Jacksonville, Hicks a fumble recovery in the second half and Blackwell an interception of Trevor Lawrence.

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The Bears have three players questionable for the game and all are on injured reserve. Edge rusher Jake Martin (toe), tackle Larry Borom (ankle) and running back Travis Homer (finger) are all on IR and hoping to be brought onto the 53-man roster.

The good news for the Bears on their injury report is no other player is in question.

Starting cornerback Tyrique Stevenson missed the Week 6 win with a calf injury but he went through a full practice on Friday after limited practices Wednesday and Thursday and has been removed from the injury report. He'll start.

Also back are backup cornerback Terell Smith (hip) and defensive tackle Zacch Pickens (groin). Both had full practices on Thursday and Friday after a limited practice Wednesday and they'll be available.

The other really big question was long snapper Scott Daly and he will be available after three full practices this week. Daly had a knee injury in London and it led to tight end Cole Kmet doing the long-snapping. But Daly's return means Kmet can focus on being a tight end again.

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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.