Victory comes at steep cost: 5 starters KO’d by injuries
CHICAGO – Scattered around the Bears’ locker room Sunday afternoon, players stood in front of TV cameras and newspaper reporters, repeating a version of the same football reality.
Injuries happen. They’re part of the game. You have to always be ready.
But any satisfaction that could be taken from snapping a two-game losing streak with a 28-10 win over Minnesota at Soldier Field was watered down by a victory in which the Bears lost five starters to injury.
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