The Chicago Bears ruled out starting left guard Teven Jenkins but did not give a playing status designation for starting left tackle Braxton Jones and starting right tackle Darnell Wright — meaning they will play — ahead of Sunday’s showdown with the Green Bay Packers, per Kevin Fishbain of The Athletic.
Jenkins left last Sunday’s loss to the New England Patriots with an ankle injury and did not practice this week. Jones and Wright both missed last week with knee injuries — and rookie quarterback Caleb Williams took nine sacks in the 19-3 defeat.
With Jenkins out and Jones and Wright returning, the Bears will likely start Jones at left tackle, Doug Kramer at left guard, Coleman Shelton at center, Matt Pryor at right guard and Wright at right tackle against the Packers.
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Jenkins is the Bears’ highest-graded offensive lineman at Pro Football Focus through 10 weeks. After leaving the game against the Patriots, Kramer entered at left guard and allowed one sack and three total pressures over 30 pass-blocking snaps. He’ll get matchups against Devonte Wyatt, Kenny Clark and Karl Brooks on Sunday.
It’s possible the Bears will go with a different arrangement along the offensive line under new playcaller Thomas Brown, who is replacing fired offensive coordinator Shane Waldron this week.
The Bears also ruled out backup tackle Kiran Amegadjie with a calf injury.
Edge rusher Montez Sweat (ankle) and former Packers defensive back Tarvarius Moore (concussion) are questionable to play. Sweat leads the team in pressures. Their playing status won’t be known until inactives are announces 90 minutes before kickoff, or around 10:30 a.m. CST on Sunday morning.
The Bears are also expecting to return edge rusher Darrell Taylor, who ranks fourth on the defense with 19 pressures. He missed last week with a knee injury.
The Packers will release their final injury report for Week 11 later Friday afternoon.
