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Bears Tack on Another Injury in Their Secondary

Bears Wednesday London Injury Report: With Jaquan Brisker staying behind in the U.S. due to a concussion, another injury in their secondary will be closely monitored in practices.

Gene Chamberlain

Jaquan Brisker has a concussion and Wednesday the Bears revealed Kyler Gordon is battling a bruised heel.
Jaquan Brisker has a concussion and Wednesday the Bears revealed Kyler Gordon is battling a bruised heel. / David Banks-Imagn Images
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The Bears tacked on another injury before they began practicing in London.

Slot cornerback Kyler Gordon has a heel bruise and was listed as questionable if there had been an actual practice on Wednesday, but they only scheduled walk-throughs. They'll have actual practice on Thursday.

On the positive side, guard Teven Jenkins would have been listed as practicing on a limited basis. He has an ankle injury suffered in Sunday's win and had to leave the game. He didn't return, but the injury wasn't severe enough to keep him completely sidelined if there had been practice. 

The three players the Bears left in the U.S. due to previous injuries are safety Jaquan Brisker (concussion), cornerback Terell Smith (hip) and defensive tackle Zacch Pickens (groin).

Brisker's third concussion in three years is of concern to the team.

Brisker was involved in a big collision in the game with Carolina tight end Tommy Tremble, who had to leave with a concussion. Brisker had turned his head to the side to avoid the helmet-to-helmet collision but still took a big blow. Nevertheless, he continued in the game and finished it.

"He had reports of symptoms, concussion symptoms, on Monday," Bears GM Ryan Poles told reporters in London. "I thought he did a really good job of actually getting his head out of it and using his shoulder, but unfortunately the offensive player hit the side of his helmet.

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"All of the mechanisms that are put in place by the league and the team were there, spot checks and all of that. He was cleared all the way through but the symptoms popped up on Monday so we wanted to respect that and make sure that he's healthy as we move forward."

This is the third time in 25 games he has played in that he has suffered a concussion.

"There's always the human side and the health side, so we want to make sure he's in a good place and stays healthy," Poles said.

The Bears have no game in Week 7 as it's their bye, so Brisker will get a little extra time to heal before they play the Washington Commanders, if he's able to return for the Oct. 27 road game.

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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.