The Bears still have a miles-long injury report — but at least they’re getting one former Pro Bowl player back.
Safety Eddie Jackson came off the reserve/non-football injury list Tuesday and is set to practice with the team, coach Matt Nagy said. He came to training camp with a hamstring injury and has not played a practice snap this year.
Jackson could appear in the Bears’ preseason game Saturday; Nagy said that starters will play one or two series — or eight-to-10 snaps — at Soldier Field.
“We’re gonna work through volume of reps in practice and then we’ll get together the next couple nights here and start putting together an idea of getting through these next few days — of what it’s going to look like for the preseason game, too … ” Nagy said. “There’s a little juggling that goes on with how we want to do that for that game and then obviously we also gotta get through these next two days with Miami too.”
Jackson has been a constant presence at training camp despite the injury, holding the play cards on the sideline and communicating with coaches and teammates.
“It’s good to have the script out there for Eddie because he gets to see all parts of what they’re doing,” Nagy said. “And, again, he’s been through this before with knowing how the practice goes.”
