Bears Lose Rookie WR Rome Odunze to Injury After MRI Results
By Saloni
Speaking one day following Chicago's 24-17 triumph against the Tennessee Titans, Bears head coach Matt Eberflus disclosed to media on September 9 that Odunze had sustained a knee injury during Week 1's game deserving of some team "concern." To ascertain the degree, he mentioned the No. 9 overall selection will have an MRI.
Adam Schefter of ESPN later in the evening published Odunze's MRI findings: a sprained MCL that would allow the Bears to classify him as "week to week".
troubles or injuries. And the name that really caught my attention was Jordan Mason, which has been basically boiling in the background for the past two years.
Jordan Schultz of Bleacher Report gave the kind of sprain further background."Sources: Originally, #Bears rookie WR Rome Odunze thought he had a Grade
1 knee sprain during Sunday's game against the #Titans," Schultz said on X. Odounze will get a second evaluation, but for the talent rookie receiver, this is [the] best-case scenario.
On the second play of the Bears' second-to- final possession of the fourth quarter Odunze most likely incurred his damage. Rookie quarterback Caleb Williams heaved a short ball on the right to Velus Jones Jr., who grabbed it upfield for an 8-yard advance
Though, as Titans defenders Jack Gibbens and Harold Landry III tackled Jones, the pile fell awkwardly into Odunze's legs, who had not been preparing another snap.
With a one to three week recuperation period, Odunze's injury should let him stay away from a move to the injured reserve list. The Bears will have to modify their receiving corps to cover his snaps, though, even as he heals.
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