The Chicago Bears pulled out a 24-20 win over the New York Giants on Sunday in front of their home crowd, but before they did, they provided a grim update on the injury status of fourth-round rookie linebacker Ruben Hyppolite II.
Hyppolite exited in the third quarter of Week 10’s win — his first game active since September — with a knee injury, receiving a “questionable” designation from the team. After 40 minutes, though, the Bears updated his status to out for the rest of the game.
“#Bears LB Ruben Hyppolite II (Knee) has been downgraded to OUT,” the Bears’ communications team wrote on X during Sunday’s game.
Bears head coach Ben Johnson opened his postgame press conference acknowledging Hyppolite’s knee injury, but he provided no additional details about the extent of the injury (and received no questions from the press about Hyppolite’s current status).
In any case, Hyppolite’s knee injury is a tough break for the rookie. He had played 18 defensive snaps and 62 special teams snaps in the first four games of the season, but the return of veteran T.J. Edwards after Week 5’s bye led to Hyppolite riding the bench as a healthy scratch in four consecutive games before he played Sunday against the Giants.
The Bears could share more details about Hyppolite’s injury on Monday when Johnson speaks with the media again. Otherwise, Wednesday’s injury report for their road game with the Minnesota Vikings in Week 11 will have the next update on Hyppolite’s status.
The Bears (6-3) will have a rematch with the Vikings (4-5) at 1 p.m. ET next Sunday.
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