Numerous starters who didn't play in Thursday's game also didn't practice Saturday as a result of injuries from before the Bears played Houston, including edge rusher Montez Sweat.
The Bears didn't use starters when they played in the Hall of Fame Game Thursday and when they returned to practice Saturday at Halas Hall they didn't have a big chunk of those starters for another reason.
The biggest name missing practice was defensive end Montez Sweat. This obviously wasn't serious as he was doing some stretching and rehab type of work on the side and involved with the defense on the sideline all day. The same was true for nose tackle Andrew Billings, who also sat out. Right tackle Darnell Wright missed the last practice and also Saturday's and was replaced by Matt Pryor and Larry Borom. When right guard Nate Davis remained away due to the "tightness" Eberflus has said he suffers from, practice squad player Bill Murray stepped with starters.
"And then on the outside edge, I think he's pretty decent there, too. He's played out there and it's good to have that position flexibility to move him around when we need to, and also compete for jobs."
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