Nate Davis Returns: Fully Participates in Friday's Bears Practice.
Because they've set it as a goal for the season, they've been diligently trying to avoid stressing over the weekly Chicago Bears injury report. Nevertheless, the situation with Nate Davis was causing them some concern. It's been an unusual offseason for the Bears' new right guard. The strangeness continued when Davis was listed as "DNP" on Thursday's injury report, with "personal" given as the reason for his absence.
However, maybe everything's ending on a positive note. On Friday, Davis was listed as fully participating. This suggests that Davis will likely play on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers. Such a development would be a relief, especially considering the Bears offensive line's challenges, with its starting left guard (Teven Jenkins) out due to injury, its center (Cody Whitehair) shifted to left guard, and a backup center (Lucas Patrick) in the primary lineup.
Davis, previously with the Tennessee Titans, was signed to bring consistency to the Bears' O-line. In Nashville, the 26-year-old had been a key starter in one of the NFL's top-performing lines. Although he's had a fully healthy season only once, his performance has mostly been commendable. In his most recent season, where he played 12 out of 17 games, Pro Football Focus ranked him as the NFL's 17th-best guard out of 77 qualifying players, placing him in the top 20.
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The rest of the injury report had no surprises, suggesting the Bears should be in good shape for their game at Soldier Field on Sunday. Updates on the Packers will be awaited.
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