Looks like Bears cornerback Kyler Gordon is hurt again

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What injury is Kyler Gordon dealing with?

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Layla Rahimi, Marshall Harris, Mark Grody, Rahimi, Harrison, Grody on 104.3 The Score.

Mark Grody 0:13

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.

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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.

Leila Rahimi 0:45

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.

Marshall Harris 1:45

This is bad news.

Leila Rahimi 1:46

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.

Marshall Harris 1:53

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.

Leila Rahimi 2:15

No. Neither one of them were.

Marshall Harris 2:18

Yes. And so what you wanted to think was going to happen is a full offseason and one in which they would go through, whether it was the voluntary part or the mandatory part, but be full bore. The fact that they're not both full bore or full bear, however you want to say it.

Leila Rahimi 2:36

You're right, though.

Marshall Harris 2:36

It's concerning. It's concerning because... you lean towards, oh, well, he's probably not going to be ready. It's not being pessimistic. It's being pragmatic based on what you know to be true. Now, Kyler Gordon has had the soft tissue injuries, and that hadn't really bothered him before. Because he had the concussion, the broken hand that cost him games before last season. But I'm sorry, in football specifically, recency bias, as far as injuries go, that means something.

Leila Rahimi 3:04

Well, it also goes back to what I think we saw. For example, Roma Dunzey, I think, pushed himself too far because he wanted to be there. I think Jalen Johnson pushed himself to get back early because he wanted to be out there. Jalen, when it comes to and Biggs makes note of this in his column, he is correct. Voluntary parts of OTAs have never been something that Jalen Johnson has been adamant about attending. He got married like he does things in May. There was a charity golf tournament that he's held for a friend of his who had passed away when they were younger. And I understand that. But at the same time, the both of them, whether or not they like it, have something to prove when it comes to how they fit on on this team.

Leila Rahimi 3:51

And let's go back to even Kyler Gordon, because Dennis Allen named one person in his introductory press conference, and that was Kyler Gordon. And knowing what we know about this defense and how it wanted to rush the passer last year, Gordon was looking to be absolutely key in this. But... this doesn't bode well and maybe I have flashbacks of what happened last year in the offseason in my mind where Jalen Johnson talked about his training injury and maybe I'm thinking too much about Kyler Gordon's availability last year but this is not the way you want to start a new season mandatory minicamp is on June 9th so you've got two more weeks in this offseason program what happens then