The Chicago Bears avoided the worst case scenario for new safety Coby Bryant
Kole Noble reacts to the Coby Bryant injury update and how the chicago bears will fill the gap
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Chicago Bears just got a big injury update for starting safety, Coby Bryant, who went down during Monday's practice with a knee injury and had to be carted off the field.
ESPN's Adam Schefter said Coby Bryant is expected to be sidelined eight to 10 weeks due to a hyperextended knee, bone bruise, and small fracture that he suffered during t- today's practice.
No injury, however, is to be expected or to be needed.
That is great news for Coby Bryant.
Eight to 10 weeks is a slight concern.
He's gonna be out probably until, I would say, October at that rate.
Miss a couple of weeks, probably be put on the IR to start the season and miss the first four games of the season.
But this is still big news for the Bears because it's not season ending for Coby Bryant.
When we go back to what happened at practice, it seemed like it would be bad news.
Coby Bryant went down grabbing his left knee during a one-on-one rep, clearly emotional, got into the cart on his own power.
But the fact he showed so much emotion made it really, really tough for the Bears for this situation that maybe he was gonna be out with a season-ending injury, maybe ACL, maybe something like that with a knee injury, that could be season ending, a tear, a ligament, something like that.
But the fact that he's not gonna be missing the entire season is good news for the Bears.
He is a guy that they cannot lose long term because the safety depth is not the best in Chicago.
Kam Lewis right here, number 21, took over for Coby Bryant during team drills, but he's also a guy that was rotating in at the nickel for Kyler Gordon.
And so overall, the entire safety situation, Elijah Hicks is still on the PUP list dealing with a shin injury.
And after that, it's guys that haven't really had any snaps in the National Football League before.
So safety depth will be a major concern for the Bears for the first couple of weeks.
But the big thing with Coby Bryant, not season ending.
He will be back and will be playing for the Bears in 2026 after eight to 10 weeks with this injury.
