Will Injuries Be Bad News for the Bears?

Gonzo — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:35:32 -0000

I was initially going to do the injury reports this morning, but I was having problems getting the tables to format and stuff. I can't help but notice that the Bears have upgraded a bunch of guys from the report that was listed this morning. This morning's report had NO Bears listed as probable, so they must have shown something in practices today or something to get themselves moved from the questionable or doubtful lists. Here's the current report:

Injuries: Chicago Bears

Probable

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Marty Booker	back	10.17.2008
Rashied Davis	knee	10.17.2008
Tommie Harris	knee	10.17.2008
Israel Idonije	ankle	10.17.2008
Brad Maynard	left hamstring	10.17.2008
Marcus Harrison	ankle	10.17.2008

Questionable

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Charles Tillman	shoulder	10.17.2008
Nathan Vasher	wrist	10.17.2008
Nick Roach	shoulder	10.17.2008
Trumaine McBride	shoulder	10.17.2008

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Brandon McGowan	ankle	9.19.2008

The Bears are a pretty banged-up team at the moment, particularly in the secondary. By the end of their game against the Falcons last week, they were down to exactly two healthy cornerbacks. . .Corey Graham, a second-year player, and Marcus Hamilton, who had been claimed off of Tampa Bay's practice squad just three weeks before. That probably played a big part in the Bears' last-second loss.

But, from looking at the Bears' injury report, both of their starting CBs are listed as questionable (and Tillman was listed as doubtful when I tried to do the report this morning), but they're both expected to play. Their nickel back, Trumaine McBride, is also listed as questionable. One of the big keys to Sunday's game will be whether or not the Vikings can take advantage of those injuries.

Speaking of the Vikings, here is their injury report:

Injuries: Minnesota Vikings

Probable

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Benny Sapp	hamstring	10.17.2008
Jim Kleinsasser	foot	10.17.2008

Questionable

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Madieu Williams	neck	10.17.2008
Sidney Rice	knee	10.17.2008
Bernard Berrian	knee	10.17.2008
Erin Henderson	knee	10.17.2008

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Mike Jones	undisclosed	8.11.2008
E.J. Henderson	foot/toes	10.6.2008
Heath Farwell	knee	8.11.2008
Kenderick Allen	wrist	8.19.2008
Drew Radovich	shoulder	10.13.2008
Jayme Mitchell	knee	8.11.2008
Michael Boulware	wrist	8.30.2008

I'm not even going to bother discussing Madieu Williams at this point. Right now, I wouldn't be surprised if the Vikings just decided to wait until after the bye week to (finally) get him into the lineup.

Sidney Rice has said that he "expects to play" this week. Well, some of us have been "expecting him to play" for a few weeks now, and it hasn't happened yet. Bernard Berrian is also listed as questionable again, but that's where he's been the past two weeks, too, and all he's done is catch 11 passes for 241 yards and 2 touchdowns. If you think he's going to miss his first shot against his former team, I think you're pretty sadly mistaken.

All things considered, the Vikings are relatively healthy. Obviously, they're without E.J. Henderson, and with David Herron hobbling around with a hip injury (and he was listed as doubtful on an earlier injury report), I'm not sure what the Beloved Purple are going to do at MLB. I don't know if they can throw Dontarrious Thomas into the fire this soon, and Napoleon Harris sure as heck isn't ready to step in there yet.

That's all for now, folks. . .hopefully there will be more later on tonight, but if there's not, we'll see you back here tomorrow!

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Will Injuries Be Bad News for the Bears?

Injuries: Chicago Bears

Probable

Questionable

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Injuries: Minnesota Vikings

Probable

Questionable

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)