Bears Sports

With Forte, Royal injuries, list of injured Bears this season grows

By Matthew Schwerha

After Matt Forte and Eddie Royal both suffered serious knee injuries (not believed to be season-ending, though), the number of players lost to injury for the Bears, and around the NFL, has continued to pile up.

Above, take a look at some of the more notable players the Bears have missed this season due to injury in a week that saw Le’Veon Bell, Reggie Bush, Forte and Cameron Wake get injured.

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