Starting Safety Duo Questionable

It's a completely mixed Friday injury report for the Bears where each bit of good news seemed to be countered by bad news.

The best news is right tackle Darnell Wright has been removed from the injury report entirely and will start. He is battling through a left shoulder injury and will need as much in his favor as possible considering he faces Chargers edge rusher Khalil Mack.

Wright had missed Wednesday's practice after struggling to get through Sunday's win, then was limited in his Thursday practice before going in full on Friday.

However, the left tackle spot will remain in Larry Borom's hands this week because injured Braxton Jones hasn't advanced enough in recovery to be activated from injured reserve. Jones' 21-day window began this week and he only went through limited practices each day this week.

"He’s going to be working through his window right now," Eberflus said. "So he’s been working with the trainers, all that. So we’re just getting him going through his 21-day window. So right now, we’ll see where it is for next week.”

There remains concern about the status of safety Jaquan Brisker, who is listed as questionable with an illness. He has been out of practice all week, and when a player misses this much time with an illness there must be concern about whether he'd be in condition to even play Sunday, if he's over the immediate illness by then.

"Yeah, if we feel that we can get him into the game and get him in there, we’ll see what capacity that may be based on how he’s feeling," Eberflus said. "But we’re going to give him every chance we can to get to the game for sure.”

If Brisker can't play, at least they might have Eddie Jackson back. He went through a full practice Friday after two limited practices, and is listed questionable because of a foot injury that took him out of last week's game and had cost him time earlier in the season.

"He’s getting close," Eberflus said. "Again, we got some time but he is trending in the direction. Looked a lot better this week than he did last week and we like where he is, too."

Justin Fields (thumb) did not practice again, as expected, and has been ruled out for the game. Also out are guard Nate Davis (ankle) and cornerback Terell Smtih (illness). Also questionable is offensive lineman Dan Feeney due to a knee injury).

Eberflus did characterize Fields' situation as looking positive but he is still working with trainers and not throwing the ball in practice. So Tyson Bagent is officially starting at quarterback again.

Running back Roschon Johnson on Thursday had gone through consecutive full practices and said he was coming out of the NFL concussion protocol, and he had a third straight full practice Friday. He has been removed from the injury report. Defensive end Khalid Kareem is in the same status as Jones except he has gone through three straight complete practices rather than limited ones, and his window remains open to return from IR.

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