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Jaquan Brisker 50-50 to play against Vikings with back injury

Bears injury report: The Bears had their starting safety back at practice Friday after two missed days, but he was limited and is questionable to play.
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Jaquan Brisker's back injury shouldn't keep him from playing against the Vikings on Sunday.
Jaquan Brisker's back injury shouldn't keep him from playing against the Vikings on Sunday. | Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

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While the Bears secondary looks like it will regain lost cornerbacks in the near future, they'll go into Sunday's game at Minnesota with the possibility of another absence.

Safety Jaquan Brisker returned to practice on Friday after two missed days of work but was limited and will go into the game with the Minnesota Vikings as questionable with a back injury.

While coach Ben Johnson announced Friday they had opened a 21-day window for cornerback Jaylon Johnson to return and slot corner Kyler Gordon is on pace to be back possibly by next week, they won't know until gametime Sunday if they have Brisker available this week.

At last he is trending up with the return to Friday's practice.

Without Brisker, they would likely bring in Jonathan Owens or Elijah Hicks or use both of them situationally.

They would also have the option of putting C.J. Gardner-Johnson there because Josh Blackwell has gone through full practices and could be available to play slot after he had a concussion but appears to be ready to play. He was removed from the injury report.

Brisker suffered the back injury breaking up a pass in the end zone on fourth down to Giants tight end Daniel Bellinger, yet he went on to finish the game.

The Bears will be without tight end T.J. Edwards a second straight game due to a hamstring injury. He missed every practice for the second straight week and likely will be replaced in the middle by linebacker Noah Sewell.

The other player ruled out for the Bears is wide receiver Jahdae Walker, who has a concussion.

Every other player on the Bears roster was removed from the injury report after full practices Friday and is available. This includes edge rusher Dominique Robinson, wo is returning from an ankle injury. He went through full practices Thursday and Friday.

The Bears pass rush was so short-handed last week they had to convert defensive tackle Chris Williams to defensive end.

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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.