Bears QB Mitch Trubisky undergoes surgery on non-throwing shoulder: report

MIAMI — Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky had surgery earlier this month to repair a partially torn labrum on his left, non-throwing shoulder, according to ESPN.

The surgery was considered minor, particularly considering the Bears won’t return to the practice field until May.

When general manager Ryan Pace met with the media the week after the season ended he said there was a “potential” Trubisky could have the operation. Recovery time is typically a few months.

Trubisky partially tore his labrum and dislocated his shoulder when he was sacked by the Vikings in the first quarter in Week 4.

He missed the rest of that game, which the Bears won, and the entire game in London against the Raiders, which they lost.

The Bears figure to add a veteran quarterback to push Trubisky, who will enter his fourth season.

CBA update

In his annual Super Bowl week address, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell sad the league is “having incredibly productive dialogue” with the NFLPA regarding a new collective bargaining agreement.

The current deal expires after the 2020 season. Striking a deal in the next month likely would raise the salary cap considerably.

“I think we’ve made a lot of progress in the last seven or eight months since we began those discussions more formally,” he said.

One major issue: the potential addition of at least one regular-season game, which 49ers cornerback and NFLPA vice president Richard Sherman said is an affront to player safety.

“The league pretends that they’re interested in it, pretends that they care about, makes all these rules, fines all these players, but then still proposes players to play that extra game,” he said. “Not 17 — they’re really just saying 17 so they can get to 18. That’s two more opportunities for players to risk their bodies, to put their bodies on the line. That’s what’s so ridiculous about it. Nobody calls them out. Nobody calls out the hypocrisy.”

Oak Forest High School alum Tevin Coleman, one of the 49ers’ three running backs who plays regularly, was limited in practice Wednesday because of a shoulder injury suffered in the NFC Championship Game. Linebacker Kwon Alexander (pectoral muscle) and safety Jaquiski Tartt (ribs) also were limited.

The Chiefs had no one listed on the first injury report of the week, meaning tight end Travis Kelce (knee) and defensive tackle Chris Jones (calf) practiced in full.

This and that

The league is re-examining the Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview at least one minority candidate for head- coaching and general-manager jobs, because of a dearth of new minority hires.

“It’s clear we need to change and do something different,” Goodell said.

• The NFL will play one game in Mexico in each of the next two years, with the teams to be announced in the next two months, Goodell said.

• Goodell offered little update about the progress of the league’s investigation into the Patriots’ videotaping of the Bengals or its review of Antonio Brown, though he said the league was concerned for the receiver’s well-being.