BALTIMORE -- The Chicago Bears placed cornerback Kyler Gordon and offensive tackle Braxton Jones on injured reserve on Saturday. Both players will be sidelined for a minimum of four games and are eligible to return ahead of Chicago's Week 12 matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Both players were ruled out on the team's final injury report. Gordon, who missed Chicago's first four games with a hamstring injury, showed up on the injury report on Thursday with groin and calf injuries.
Carson landed on IR before Week 1 with a hyperextended knee, but returned to practice as soon as he was eligible at the beginning of October. He has been a full participant in practice for the last two weeks and should be full-go on Sunday. Carson's activation comes at a crucial time for the Cowboys. Their defense has allowed the most passing yards per attempt and per game to opposing offenses this year, and they will be without starting cornerback Trevon Diggs this week.
Terry McLaurin will be missing his fourth-straight game with a quad/hip injury. Quinn was optimistic about his chances of getting back into the fold to start the week, but that hope quickly diminished. This is becoming a significant problem, raising the question of why the former Ohio State standout wasn't placed on injured reserve. That was also the case with Noah Brown, who hasn't been seen since Week 2's loss to the Green Bay Packers.
The San Jose Sharks placed defenseman Timothy Liljegren on injured reserve on Thursday. Liljegren sustained an upper body injury in the Sharks' 5-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday, and will not be eligible to return until Oct. 22, meaning he will miss at least the next three games. The Sharks travel to play the Utah Mammoth on Friday, host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, and begin a four-game road trip against the New York Islanders on Tuesday.
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The Falcons and Bears have opened the 21-day practice windows for three injured reserve players today. All three will have the next three weeks in which they can participate in practice until they are completely cleared and able to be activated off of IR at any time during that window. If they fail to be activated after 21 days, they will revert to IR and will not be eligible to be activated to the active roster again this season.
The injury isn't season ending, the source said. The former first-team All-Pro got caught in a pileup on a third-and-2 running play and left the game. He didn't return. Williams was replaced by Marcelino McCrary-Ball, who plays predominantly on special teams. Williams is an every-down linebacker and tone setter with sideline-to-sideline speed. He has 1.5 sacks, 15 tackles (second on the team) and two tackles for loss.
EAGAN, Minn. -- The Minnesota Vikings have lost linebacker Blake Cashman for at least a month because of a hamstring injury he suffered Monday night in the team's 27-24 victory over the Chicago Bears. The Vikings placed Cashman, their primary defensive signal-caller, and running back/kick returner Ty Chandler (knee) on injured reserve Thursday, sidelining both for at least the next four games.
New York Jets offensive lineman Alijah Vera-Tucker suffered a torn triceps that will land him on injured reserve and likely end his season just days before kick-off for Week 1 against the Pittsburgh Steelers at MetLife Stadium. NFL Network's Ian Rapoport was first to report the severity of the injury on Thursday morning, after it came to light a day earlier that the 26-year-old guard had sustained a serious arm injury.
Among the outcasts was The Hulk, as incredible as that may seem for undrafted rookie Sebastian Valdez, a defensive tackle who got that nickname from offensive linemen. Among the procedural shenanigans: punter Thomas Morstead got released, almost assuredly for just 24 hours so a player can slide Wednesday on to non-season-ending Injured Reserve, such as wide receiver Jacob Cowing. Almost half of the roster is devoted to the trenches. They've kept 10 offensive linemen (yes to rookie Drew Moss, no to guard Nick Zakelj).
