Bears to Get Two Key Defenders Back vs. Washington

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Edwards has barely played so far this year, thanks to nagging hamstring trouble. He missed Week 1 with the injury, then tried to return for Week 2. But Edwards made it just halfway through that contest before aggravating the issue.

That cost him weeks 3 and 4, but that span plus the Week 5 bye allowed him to return to full practices all this week.

We've had Edwards projected to start in our Week 6 LB rankings.

His return will knock LB Noah Sewell back to a minimal role.

Gordon will be making his season debut after missing the first four games with a hamstring injury. The fact that Chicago never placed him on IR shows the extent was a surprised even to his team.

Gordon managed just one full practice this week and remains a risky play, especially as a lower-level IDP option to begin with.

Bears DB Jaquan Brisker also didn't land on the week's final injury report after missing Thursday's practice with a quad issue. He returned for full practices Friday and Saturday.

Chicago will miss DT Grady Jarrett (knee) for the second straight game.