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Chapter 1: What injury is Kyler Gordon dealing with?
Layla Rahimi, Marshall Harris, Mark Grody, Rahimi, Harrison, Grody on 104.3 The Score.
Rattler with pressure coming and Rattler is going to go down. Kyler Gordon. It was something that Kellen Moore told us he was really concerned about. With Kyler coming back, it gave him the ability to blitz him a little bit more. He saw it.
It happened. They're running a screen, right? So you've got to watch Alvin Kamara. He's got to hold a little bit longer. Got to get a little bit more right there. You can see him pivot for the screen, but Spencer Rattler still got his eyes down the field. So a little mix up right there where that impacted the protection.
Boomer Sooner That, courtesy of Fox Sports. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. That was a sack by Kyler Gordon. And this came out from Brad Biggs this morning. You know, he talks football with us. Jalen Johnson's and Kyler Gordon's Chicago Bears future are at stake with neither currently on the field. And I was like, wait, neither? I knew about Jalen Johnson. He got married.
Congratulations to Jalen and his family. And then I was like, what? Kyler Gordon? Scrolls down. And nickel quarterback Kyler Gordon, who sources say wasn't with the team at the outset of the offseason program, has been out with a soft tissue injury.
Gordon missed 14 regular season games in 2025 and had two stints on injured reserve with groin, hamstring, and calf injuries that initially sidelined him in the first week of August.
This is bad news.
That pause that we just both had where we just look at each other, we haven't paused like that since we heard about Drew Dalbin retiring.
Layla, here's why this is bad news. And I know from an optimistic standpoint, you could say, well, we're a long ways away from the regular season, training camp, the mandatory mini camp. But the reality is he ended last season barely healthy, like was not at full speed.
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Chapter 2: How did Kyler Gordon's absence impact the Bears' defense?
Well, it sounds like he's going to continue to work back from whatever soft tissue injury he's dealing with. I want to point out what Ben Johnson said going back at the end of last season when they had to put him, Kyler Gordon, on the IR for a second time. I think it's the reality of... Ben Johnson and his coaching staff.
Remember, this was a new coaching staff last season, so that includes Dennis Allen and the people underneath him as well.
Al Harris specifically.
Yes. They don't necessarily know what they have in Kyler Gordon and a feel for what he can do in the schemes and the style of play they want to put. Look, Dennis Allen did name drop him. The only guy that got name dropped in that introductory press conference. Mm-hmm. But even then, he was probably like, oh, I bet I could do this. I bet I could do that. I don't think he's sure of what he can do.
And the best ability is still availability. So you add all that up. And there's a bit of a quandary right now with a Bears team that is hoping to coach up. the front four, and to have more consistency in the backfield defensively. And it's not there as of today. Not to say it can't get there.
Right.
But it's not there today.
This isn't the start you wanted to have after what happened last season.
Just not the offseason you wanted to have.
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Chapter 3: What concerns are raised about Kyler Gordon's health for the upcoming season?
That's enough time to where you can honestly reassess and it's not a nuisance.
We always measure things around here with our trademarked meters on the worry meter. If Jalen Johnson, Kyler Gordon, if those guys aren't ready for the mandatory minicamp, Will your number jump up significantly or will it stay where it is now? I don't know where it is now, but for me, it's probably about a six or seven.
I kind of see myself like the end of the movie Friday Night Lights where Gary Gaines, the head coach, has got his depth chart and he's trying to just slot the depth chart.
Okay.
And if I don't have enough names on my depth chart.
That's a problem.
And I don't know who is where, then I start to get very concerned. And then I'm not calm. I'm not a calm football coach. I'm not going to the Bud Kilmer, the Varsity Blues needle in the back room to make anybody healthy route. But I would like to know who I'm working with.
I'm looking at you, Tyreek Stevenson. Hope you have as big a year as you're probably hoping for yourself.
8-1-5. Don't matter. We have the best quarterback on earth. I don't want ball games to be like this. I don't want every game to be 45-43. That is not great for me. Didn't we just talk to someone who said they hope it's not? Ron Rivera. Oh, it was Ron Rivera. Ron Rivera came in here on the Radiothon and kicked ass. And then Ron Rivera was like, this is not how you want to win games as a coach.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of Kyler Gordon and Jalen Johnson missing offseason training?
815 wants to know who was hurt. In case you missed it, Kyler Gordon recovering from a soft tissue injury, according to Brad Biggs. Yeah. And Jalen Johnson, we knew he wasn't doing the volunteer work with the Bears this time around. And we expect to see them June 19th?
June 9th.
Oh, June 9th. Oh, it's even quicker than I thought.
Two weeks. You got two weeks.
June 9th is the mandatory minicamp, and so I will have a high level of concern if one or both of those players is not available to participate in the mandatory minicamp.
You know how I talk about things just running through my head sometimes, like the highlight or the low light or the image that pops up, and then I go from there.
Good point from 847. Makes sense why Malik was working inside at rookie minicamp. Remember we were having that conversation?
It does indeed.
Now we know why.
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