Bears rookie has an MCL sprain, according to ESPN, and now they may need to find other options in an offense that already looked limited in Week 1.
The cynical would say they didn’t use him very much anyway and the cynical might be right.Odunze got targeted only four times in the game and caught one for an 11-yard gain. No one besides DJ Moore and Keenan Allen had more than one reception in the game.
Eberflus couldn’t pinpoint when the injury occurred at Monday’s press conference but video from the game appears to show he injured it on the next-to-last Bears possession as they were trying to kill clock, while he was run-blocking.
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