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Bears with Only Two on Injury Report for Lions Game

Compared to some recent Bears injury reports, the list of those limited or out for this short work week is extremely small.

Gene Chamberlain

Jonathan Owens can't break up a TD pass to Jordan Addison last Sunday. Owens looks like a probable starter again this week.
Jonathan Owens can't break up a TD pass to Jordan Addison last Sunday. Owens looks like a probable starter again this week. / Mike Dinovo-Imagn Images
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At least the Bears got through the game with Minnesota virtually free of injuries.

They go into Wednesday, a day before the Thanksgiving Day game with the Lions, with only two players on the injury list and both missed last week’s game.

Safety Elijah Hicks has an ankle injury and although there was no practice on Tuesday and only a walk-through, he would not have been able to practice.

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Without Hicks, the Bears last week used Jonathan Owens at safety for the full game.

The Bears also had a bit of positive news as guard Ryan Bates, who had a concussion, was said to have been limited if there had been practice. This is a step toward getting out of the concussion protocol.

The Lions listed three players as being unable to practice if a practice had been held. Cornerback Carlton Davis III (knee/thumb), tackle Taylor Decker (knee) and receiver/return man Kalif Raymond (foot) would have been unable to practice.

Running back David Montgomery (shoulder) and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (knee) would have been limited.

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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.