Looks like Bilal will be out for a while

[Lake Shore Drive]

Spotted with a cast on his hand.

Bears Injury Update: Bilal Nichols has a cast on his right hand

 

[noonthirtyjoe]

His replacement Williams looked good.

 

[Nelly]

Damn that sucks. Nichols is a stud.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

His replacement Williams looked good.

I was pleasantly surprised at that. I've liked Williams as a backup, but his role has been primarily that of a backup to Eddie G, not Nichols. Good to see his versatility here.

 

[richig07]

Spotted with a cast on his hand.

Bears Injury Update: Bilal Nichols has a cast on his right hand

See, to me... this means he could play Monday. Non-skill guys play casted all of the time.

 

[Jiddy]

See, to me... this means he could play Monday. Non-skill guys play casted all of the time.

Nagy treats injuries with the utmost of care...I doubt he sees the field. He's all about spreading the playtime and believing in the next guy in line...to our benefit and detriment the way I see it.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

See, to me... this means he could play Monday. Non-skill guys play casted all of the time.

Correct. I shouldn't rule him out until I see that it's official. I recall Leonard playing with a hand cast to start last season as well, so never say never.

 

[richig07]

Nagy treats injuries with the utmost of care...I doubt he sees the field. He's all about spreading the playtime and believing in the next guy in line...to our benefit and detriment the way I see it.

Last year, Floyd played the first month with a cast.

There's nothing unsafe about it. The injured part of the body is in a hard cast.

 

[Jiddy]

Last year, Floyd played the first month with a cast.

There's nothing unsafe about it. The injured part of the body is in a hard cast.

Eh. Maybe you're right. I don't trust our team when it comes to injuries after some of the things we saw last year. I guess we can wait until Nagy refers to Nichols as a "gametime decision" to officially rule him out.

 

[richig07]

Eh. Maybe you're right. I don't trust our team when it comes to injuries after some of the things we saw last year. I guess we can wait until Nagy refers to Nichols as a "gametime decision" to officially rule him out.

What do you mean here? Not being a dick... I just really don't recall us ever putting a player unnecessarily in harms way.

And I mean... Goldman and Burton were both GDT's yesterday and played. It truly is a 50/50 designation.

 

[Jiddy]

What do you mean here? Not being a dick... I just really don't recall us ever putting a player unnecessarily in harms way.

And I mean... Goldman and Burton were both GDT's yesterday and played. It truly is a 50/50 designation.

Trubisky...Burton...Jackson...Mack...all last season.

How much did Burton actually play yesterday? I only saw him out there a fraction of the time in the second half.

 

[richig07]

Trubisky...Burton...Jackson...Mack...all last season.

How much did Burton actually play yesterday? I only saw him out there a fraction of the time in the second half.

You're saying that we put those four guys in harms way on an unnecessary basis? If anything, I felt we were pretty cautionary.

Burton was usually in there situationally and appeared on most drives. Goldman played without a hiccup. Trubisky was never a GDT when he sat out, BTW. He was ruled out during the week. As was Mack vs NYJ and BUF.

I think your memory is having a very normal bias. Which is that you're only going to remember the times the GDT label let us down with key players. When a guy plays, of course you don't recall the fact that he had a GDT label. You just recall the game itself and that he was in there.

The GDT label means the same thing that it's meant since the inception of the injury report.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

At least so far the news is a bit encouraging, as Nagy doesn't expect the Bears to place Nichols on the IR. However, it will still be a couple of days before his official status is determined. What's a bit surprising here is there's still no word as to whether his injury is a break, a sprain, a tear, etc.

Matt Nagy doesn't expect Bilal Nichols to hit IR with wrist injury

 

[richig07]

At least so far the news is a bit encouraging, as Nagy doesn't expect the Bears to place Nichols on the IR. However, it will still be a couple of days before his official status is determined. What's a bit surprising here is there's still no word as to whether his injury is a break, a sprain, a tear, etc.

Matt Nagy doesn't expect Bilal Nichols to hit IR with wrist injury

Yeah, and a wrist is a bit more risky than a hand. You can't hurt a fracture in the hand anymore than it is. If there's a break in the wrist. There's all kind of nerves in the wrist that you can fuck with. It really depends on where the break is. Pertaining to whether or not you could cast it.

If it's only a sprain. It's not as big of an issue, obviously. More painful often times. However, not a bigger risk to play with.

 

[Jiddy]

He broke it.

He's out.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Just read that too, but the good news, if there is such, is the Bears will not be placing him on IR. Seems like he might go the Leonard Floyd route and at some point return with a cast. I wonder if Bullard signed with anyone, it would be a wise thing to bring him back, assuming he's available.

 

[richig07]

He broke it.

He's out.

I think there's a good chance he'll return with a cast next week.

 

[richig07]