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Bears tackle Braxton Jones a healthy inactive for Rams playoff game

After being activated this week from IR, reserve left tackle Braxton Jones was left off the active list of players for this week's game.
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Braxton Jones (70) was a key player in last year's win over the Rams by the Bears but is inactive for Sunday's playoff game.
Braxton Jones (70) was a key player in last year's win over the Rams by the Bears but is inactive for Sunday's playoff game. | Daniel Bartel-Imagn Images

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Theo Benedet will be the only backup to Thuney at left tackle for Sunday night's divisional playoff game with the Rams as former Bears starter Braxton Jones is inactive.

Jones is a healthy scratch after coming off IR on Tuesday. He started at left tackle in last year's 24-18 Bears win over the Rams at Soldier Field and was their starter at the position from 2022-24 before being taken out of the starting lineup after Week 4 this season.

Jones had been on IR since Oct. 25 with a knee injury.

No other surprises were found on the Chicago or L.A. inactive lists.

Wide receiver Rome Odunze was questionable but had been expected to play and will. He had gone through a full practice Friday despite a foot injury. Also, linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin is playing after being listed questionable with a back injury.

Bears cornerback Nick McCloud has a groin injury and was ruled out for the game on the injury report, so he is inactive.

Joining McCloud on the inactive list are third QB Case Keenum, defensive end Joe Tryon-Shoyinka, linebacker Ruben Hyppolite II, and wide receiver Jahdae Walker. The Bears spent a sixth-round draft pick to acquire Tryon-Shoyinka and a seventh-round pick. They drafted Hyppolite in the fourth round this year.

Inactives for the Rams are wide receiver Tutu Atwell, cornerback Derion Kendrick, running back Jarquez Hunter, safety Tanner Ingle, tight end Nick Vannett, offensive lineman D.J. Humphries and third quarterback Stetson Bennett IV.

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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.