Courtney Cronin
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Chicago Bears common supervisor Ryan Poles forged doubt on cornerback Kyler Gordon‘s future with the staff.
“I don’t know,” Poles mentioned Tuesday when requested whether or not Gordon will play for the Bears again. “I hope so. I still have hope there. He’s going to have to continue to work hard and get back to playing football again.”
Gordon missed all of spring exercises and coaching camp with what Poles beforehand characterised as a “delay” in his restoration from a calf damage. The 2022 second-round decide was positioned on the bodily unable to carry out listing on July 28 and remained there because the Bears lower down their roster to 53 gamers forward of Sunday’s deadline.
After being positioned on reserve/PUP, Gordon should miss the Bears’ first 4 video games. He is eligible to return to observe on Sept. 21.
Poles declined to provide specifics about Gordon’s damage or what has triggered the delay in his rehabilitation course of. Gordon has been on website at Halas Hall working with the Bears’ coaching employees and has been seen on the sideline at a number of coaching camp practices and Chicago’s preseason opener towards the Browns.
“Some of these guys they also have other people that they work with too,” Poles mentioned. “But yeah, he’s working.”
The Bears gave Gordon a three-year, $40 million contract extension final offseason however didn’t see a right away return on funding after the cornerback missed practically all of coaching camp in 2025. He was restricted to 5 video games, together with each of the Bears’ playoff matchups, after two separate stints on injured reserve.
In July, Poles mentioned the “frustrations” shared by each the staff and Gordon over his struggles to stay wholesome. Coach Ben Johnson remained tight-lipped on a number of events when requested about Gordon’s standing, noting on Aug. 18 that he had seen Gordon within the constructing “rehabbing” and that “there’s a plan and he’s working toward the plan.”
“I really, I wish I had more for you all — but any time you have an injury and you’re coming back from something there’s discomfort that you have to push through and that’s what it comes down to,” Poles mentioned. “So we haven’t been able to get over that hump and we’re not progressing as fast as we’d like. That’s really all I have to say about that.”
Chicago turned to fourth-round rookie Malik Muhammad in Gordon’s absence throughout coaching camp. Muhammad is anticipated to be Chicago’s beginning nickel whereas Clark Phillips III, who got here to Chicago alongside with a 2027 fifth-round decide in alternate for the Bears sending defensive sort out Gervon Dexter Sr. to Atlanta, has expertise in each the slot and at outdoors cornerback.
“He’s capable of both, but since he’s been in the league, he’s been outside, so we’ll see where we start him off and go from there,” Poles mentioned.
In the meantime, the Bears wait to see if Gordon could make sufficient progress in his rehab to return to observe.
“We’ll see when [Gordon] comes back,” Poles mentioned. “I don’t have a timetable. We’ll see how that goes.”