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Bears keeping an eye on Khalil Mack’s right ankle
ByPatrick Finley @patrickfinley | email
The Bears will continue to monitor the right ankle that Khalil Mack hurt in the first half Sunday. The outside linebacker missed 16 snaps against the Dolphins during the course of the game. He played much of the rest of it with a taped-up ankle.
Mack didn’t seem to concerned about it after the game, which was easily his worst with the Bears after four stellar games.
“I’m good,” he said.
Nagy said Monday, though, that Mack would undergo routine testing at Halas Hall “in the next couple days.”
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Bears pass rusher Khalil Mack to undergo tests on injured right ankle
By COLLEEN KANE
Bears coach Matt Nagy didn’t provide an update on Khalil Mack’s injured right ankle beyond saying the outside linebacker would undergo tests this week and the team would know more in a couple of days.
Mack injured his ankle in the first half against the Dolphins on Sunday but re-entered and wound up playing 79 percent of the Bears snaps on defense. He finished with two tackles, but it was his first game in a Bears uniform without a sack or a forced fumble.
The Bears, who had 18 sacks in their first four games, didn’t sack quarterback Brock Osweiler once Sunday.
“As most teams do there’s emphasis on being able to do some different things with those edge guys, both Leonard (Floyd) and Khalil, and so they did some stuff there,” Nagy said. “I'll give credit to Miami. They did a good job in regards to hitting guys that were open when they were open and then running after the catch. … When you’re not getting to the quarterback, then you want to do your best to try and get your hands up and have some tipped balls. We didn’t have many of those, so hopefully we can improve for next week.”
Nagy said he hopes the missed tackles that marred the defense’s second half, most notably on Albert Wilson’s tying 75-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown, were “an aberration.”
“We’ll discuss it, and we make everybody accountable,” Nagy said. “We like to pump them up and show them the good stuff, but we’ll also show them the bad stuff. Why did this happen? And use it as motivation. So I hope it was just a one-time thing. I feel confident.”
The Bears also will provide an update later this week on cornerback Prince Amukamara, who reinjured his left hamstring during the game.
ByPatrick Finley @patrickfinley | email
The Bears will continue to monitor the right ankle that Khalil Mack hurt in the first half Sunday. The outside linebacker missed 16 snaps against the Dolphins during the course of the game. He played much of the rest of it with a taped-up ankle.
Mack didn’t seem to concerned about it after the game, which was easily his worst with the Bears after four stellar games.
“I’m good,” he said.
Nagy said Monday, though, that Mack would undergo routine testing at Halas Hall “in the next couple days.”
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Bears pass rusher Khalil Mack to undergo tests on injured right ankle
By COLLEEN KANE
Bears coach Matt Nagy didn’t provide an update on Khalil Mack’s injured right ankle beyond saying the outside linebacker would undergo tests this week and the team would know more in a couple of days.
Mack injured his ankle in the first half against the Dolphins on Sunday but re-entered and wound up playing 79 percent of the Bears snaps on defense. He finished with two tackles, but it was his first game in a Bears uniform without a sack or a forced fumble.
The Bears, who had 18 sacks in their first four games, didn’t sack quarterback Brock Osweiler once Sunday.
“As most teams do there’s emphasis on being able to do some different things with those edge guys, both Leonard (Floyd) and Khalil, and so they did some stuff there,” Nagy said. “I'll give credit to Miami. They did a good job in regards to hitting guys that were open when they were open and then running after the catch. … When you’re not getting to the quarterback, then you want to do your best to try and get your hands up and have some tipped balls. We didn’t have many of those, so hopefully we can improve for next week.”
Nagy said he hopes the missed tackles that marred the defense’s second half, most notably on Albert Wilson’s tying 75-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown, were “an aberration.”
“We’ll discuss it, and we make everybody accountable,” Nagy said. “We like to pump them up and show them the good stuff, but we’ll also show them the bad stuff. Why did this happen? And use it as motivation. So I hope it was just a one-time thing. I feel confident.”
The Bears also will provide an update later this week on cornerback Prince Amukamara, who reinjured his left hamstring during the game.
