Courtney Cronin, ESPN Personnel Scribbler
CHICAGO — Bears quarterback Justin Fields has a dislocated proper thumb and is unsure to play games in opposition to the Las Vegas Raiders in Past 7, lecturer Matt Eberflus stated Monday.
Boxes suffered the trauma within the 3rd quarter of the Bears’ 19-13 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. X-rays were negative, however he had an MRI on Monday.
“There’s no timetable right now,” Eberflus stated. “It’s really going to come down to grip strength. There’s natural swelling that occurs with this injury, so we should know more at the end of this week.”
Eberflus stated the Bears watch for realizing whether or not Boxes will want surgical procedure on his thumb in a couple of days. The Bears lecturer stated he didn’t get any comments on what the MRI evident and reiterated that Boxes’ skill to embrace the ball will probably be paramount in figuring out upcoming steps.
Boxes was once operating with running shoes at Halas Corridor on Monday, and Eberflus stated he simply desires to “give it time” for the swelling to walk unwell.
“It doesn’t look like it’s a negative thing,” Eberflus stated when requested if Boxes had any torn ligaments, “but we’ll see where it is.”
Boxes injured the thumb nearest touchdown on his proper arm presen being sacked by means of Vikings defensive finish Danielle Hunter on Chicago’s first pressure of the 3rd quarter. As Boxes was once falling to the garden, he attempted to turn the ball within the route of working again Darrynton Evans.
Upcoming a discuss with to the trauma tent, Boxes walked again to the storehouse room with a towel over his proper hand. He was once to begin with indexed as questionable to go back and dominated out in a while thereafter.
Rookie QB Tyson Bagent made his NFL debut in playground of Boxes on Sunday and finished 10 of 14 passes for 83 yards and interception an had a 1-yard QB sneak to cap Chicago’s simplest landing pressure.
“I thought he really worked through it,” Eberflus stated of Bagent. “Obviously the first series or so wasn’t ideal. I think that you give him credit. He’s a backup quarterback, a young guy, I think he came in there and had poise.
“… He confirmed that all the way through that landing pressure. There have been a accumulation of fine issues that pop out from Tyson in that recreation.”
Bagent, an undrafted free agent from Shepherd University, holds the NCAA record for all-time touchdown passes (159) and is the Division II record-holder for all-time passing yards (17,034) and total touchdowns (171). He signed with Chicago in May and beat out current Browns quarterback PJ Walker, who was with the Bears this offseason, for a spot on the initial 53-man roster.
Eberflus said he did not believe the Bears would need to simplify their playbook for Bagent if he starts in place of Fields on Oct. 22.
“We’re all the time ready for that, needless to say,” Eberflus said. “It’s one play games away. You’re one play games clear of being in there, and Tyson’s earned that spot along with his alternative that he’s created himself. And we’re surely gonna do this in the future needless to say.”
The Bears coach provided two additional injury updates on Monday. Eberflus said right guard Nate Davis suffered a high ankle sprain against the Vikings and will not play against the Raiders. Cornerback Terell Smith, who was downgraded to out last Friday with an illness, will be sidelined “3 to 4 weeks” with mononucleosis, Eberflus stated.
