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Bears injury situation positive despite bleak Kyler Gordon outlook

Two previously injured players would have participated in practice had the Bears not had a walk-through on Wednesday, and it's a good sign for both sides of the football.
Gene Chamberlain|
Rome Odunze was listed as a player who would have participated in practice had the Bars held one.
Rome Odunze was listed as a player who would have participated in practice had the Bars held one. | Mike Dinovo-Imagn Images

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A ray of hope shone through for the Bears on their injury report Wednesday even after coach Ben Johnson made Kyler Gordon's injury status seem bleak.

There was no actual practice as the Bears held a walk-through in preparation for Sunday's Browns game. They're required to put out a projection and both wide receiver Rome Odunze (foot) and cornerback Tyrique Stevenson (hip) were said to be healthy enough to practice on a limited basis.

Thursday's injury report after another practice will be more definitive.

Wide receiver Olamide Zaccheaus also as listed as a partial participant with a hamstring injury.

Gordon (groin) and running back Travis Homer (ankle) would not have practiced.

Linebacker Ruben Hyppolite II was back from a shoulder injury for a full practice.

As for Gordon's groin injury, Johnson had nothing positive to add to inquiries whethe he'll be back anytime soon.

“TBD, but it didn’t look very good," Johnson said.

Getting Odunze back obviously would be a huge boost to the offense as the leading receiver this season. He missed on game with his foot injury, but had been playing injured for a few weeks earlier with Achilles soreness.

Stevenson also gives the Bears something they didn't have and needed last week. He is one of their best tacklers, and when the Packers ran a huge third-and-2 play to what would have been Stevenson's side of the field, Josh Jacobs broke through four would-be tacklers with only one weak tackle attempt made.

If Homer isn’t ready to play, it’s possible they’ll have another practice squad addition available to come up and take his place on special teams.

Former Packers/Lions/ Saints linebacker Ty Summers has signed with the Bears’ practice squad. Summers has been in the league since 2019 as mostly a backup and special teams player.

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Gene Chamberlain
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.