The Bears remain without two of their best three receivers, Rome Odunze and Luther Burden.
Neither participated in the Bears’ first full practice of the week Wednesday. They were ruled out, too, from the Bears’ estimated injury report following Tuesday’s walk-through.
The Bears have one final injury report Thursday before Saturday’s Packers game.
Burden hurt his ankle after catching a screen pass Sunday and is considered day-to-day. Odunze is trying to return from a chronic foot injury that he’s tried to manage for most of the season. He sat out of the Bears’ first game against he Packers and was slated to return Sunday, only to feel pain during warmups.
Receivers coach Antwaan Randle El said he’s tried to encourage Odunze, who had never missed an NFL game until two weeks ago.
“To miss one game is tough enough, but it’s a tough deal,” he said. “You have to keep encouraging him — ‘Hey, we can’t wait to get [you] back … This too shall pass. It’s just a bump in the road.’”
He’s been impressed by Burden, the rookie who was putting together a career game before leaving early in the third quarter Sunday.
“The more reps he gets under his belt, the more games he gets under his belt, it’s just going to prove even more what we thought about this kid in terms of his ability to go out and play … ” Randle El said. “I’m excited, when he gets back, to see him go out there and continue to do it.”
Linebacker Amen Ogbongbemiga remains out with a hamstring injury. The Bears also added running back D’Andre Swift to the injury report with a groin injury. He was limited.
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