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Bears Injury Report: T.J. Edwards' hamstring now a real problem

The Bears released their first injury report and the veteran linebacker is the only starter who would have missed a full practice Thursday if it hadn't been an off day.
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T.J. Edwards' status for Monday's game is in jeopardy due to a hamstring injury.
T.J. Edwards' status for Monday's game is in jeopardy due to a hamstring injury. | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images

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The first Bears injury report Thursday revealed the nature of Bears injuries and also where they're in trouble heading into Monday night's game with Minnesota.

Linebacker T.J. Edwards had been absent from Wednesday's practice and the report cited a hamstring injury which would have caused him to sit out Thursday, as well, but there was no practice held. It doesn't bode well for Monday's game against running back Aaron Jones and Minnesota's running game.

Linebacker is a position where the backups are not entirely clear even if the team has a depth chart. Rookie Ruben Hyppolite II has been Edwards' backup on the depth chart but they also have Noah Sewell as the strongside linebacker and the No. 3 linebacker in their base defense. They train linebackers in all positions.

Roschon Johnson's foot injury would have had him out if there had been practice while backup cornerback Josh Blackwell would have also missed practice with a groin injury.

Johnson has been out since Aug. 7 and Blackwell since the Buffalo Bills preseason game.

The projection of injuries by the team had cornerback Jaylon Johnson (calf-groin) and running back Kyle Monangai (hamstring) both limited if there had been practice.

Monangai hasn't been a full participant since he played in the preseason opener against Miami while Jaylon Johnson missed all of training camp and has just returned this week to practices.

Return man Devin Duvernay (hamstring) and defensive end Dominique Robinson (oblique) are returning now and would have practiced in full on Thursday.

Robinson had played in the last preseason game but Duvernay was out since the preseason opener.

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GENE CHAMBERLAIN

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.