Adam Schefter reports that tests on Bears CB Artie Burns injured knee show he suffered a torn ACL.
Burns was carted off of the practice field during Tuesday’s practice so indications were that it was a serious issue.
This will end Burns’ 2020 season an lead to him being placed on injured reserve in the coming days.
Burns, 25, is a former first-round pick of the Steelers back in 2016. He finished the final year of his four-year, $9.59 million rookie contract and was testing the open market as an unrestricted free agent.
Pittsburgh elected to decline Burns’ fifth-year option for 2020 last year and he later signed a one-year contract with the Bears this past March.
In 2019, Burns appeared in 10 games and recorded eight total tackles and no other statistics.
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