Montez Sweat and Kyler Gordon Among Bears Inactives

The Bears defense will have to make do without leading pass rusher Montez Sweat and slot cornerback Kyler Gordon when they face the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday afternoon.

Sweat has a shin injury that kept him out of defeat at the end of last week, while Gordon tried to get over a hamstring injury. Both attempted to participate in limited practice this week, but neither will play.

According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the outside defense will already be without cornerback Tyrique Stevenson. And safety Jaquan Brisker is out with a concussion.

The other Bears on the inactive list besides Gordon, Sweat and Brisker are injured tackle Braxton Jones, defensive lineman Byron Cowart, injured tackle Kiran Amegadjie and running back Khalil Herbert.

Josh Blackwell will replace Gordon, and the Bears have signed Reddy Steward from the practice squad in case of another injury at the cornerback position.

Darrell Taylor, Jake Martin or Austin Booker would be Sweat’s replacement.

It’s unclear how long Stevenson would be out of the game early on, but if he goes out, the Bears would be without three of their five starting secondary players.

Jones’ replacement at left tackle is Larry Borom, who was activated from injured reserve this week.

The Cardinals have some injury issues. Cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting is out with a neck injury and defensive lineman Naquan Jones is out with a thigh injury. Also inactive are defensive lineman Darius Robinson (calf), offensive lineman Christian Jones, tight end Travis Vokolek and wide receiver Xavier Weaver.

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