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Jaquan Brisker in Concussion Protocol for Third Straight Year

Bears safety starter being left behind on team's trip to London with two other players because of injury concerns.
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Jaquan Brisker celebrates with defensive teammates after his game-clinching interception against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 4.
Jaquan Brisker celebrates with defensive teammates after his game-clinching interception against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 4. | David Banks-Imagn Images

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Bears safety Jaquan Brisker put a hit on Carolina's Tommy Tremble Sunday that resulted in a fumble and also the tight end leaving the game due to a concussion.

It appears Brisker himself didn't get out of the game unscathed.

After two big games in a row and several big hits, Brisker is in the concussion protocol and is not accompanying the team to London.

Brisker finished the game, so it could have been a case of feeling the effects afterward, but it has been a problem for him in each of his first two seasons in the league.

Brisker had a concussion Nov. 20, 2022 as a rookie and another one last season on Oct. 22 according team injury reports.

In 2022 he missed games against the Jets and Packers before returning in Week 14 against Philadelphia. Last year he missed the game against the Chargers and the one against the Saints. The Bears lost all four games they played without him.

Brisker has 40 tackles, three for loss, a sack an interception, two pass breakups and a forced fumble this season.

The Bears also will not take defensive tackle Zacch Pickens or cornerback Terell Smith to London. Pickens has missed three straight games with a groin injury and has played in only one game this year. Smith has a hip injury and missed last week's game.

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Brisker would have to clear the NFL's concussion protocol before he can play again.

Brisker's replacement is safety Jonathan Owens. So far Owens has been in for only nine plays on defense but has been a key special teams performer with 79 reps.

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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.