Bears
- Bears HC Matt Eberflus stated they gave DE Montez Sweat a rest day on Friday because of his shin injury but remained optimistic heโll play in Week 9. (Courtney Cronin)
Packers
Packers QB Malik Willis said he hasnโt given much consideration to the possibility of him being traded.
โNot really. Weโve still got a lot of games left in this season. Weโve got a game this week against a really good opponent. I feel like thatโs who weโve got to focus on right now,โ Willis said, via ProFootballTalk.
Willis is only focused on helping Green Bay win games.
โIโm just enjoying the ride and taking it one game at a time, one week at a time, one day at a time. Thatโs it,โ Willis said.
Vikings
Vikings OC Wes Phillips is excited about TE T.J. Hockensonโs return to the lineup and the matchups he can exploit from his position.
โItโs the production that he brings and the mismatch that he can create against safeties and linebackers,โ Phillips said, via ESPN. โHis ability to win versus match or man coverage, all those things are pretty unique for a tight end that also gives you value in the run game like he does. I think heโs a complete tight end.โ
Hockenson said the medical staff has been great and heโs been wanting to go out and practice long before he was even cleared.
โYou do really have to stay patient with something like this,โ Hockenson said. โIโve felt good for months now, but to actually go out there, thereโs data that says nine months is the key. And so just having to wait till then, [which] has been something thatโs been hard for me. I [felt] at seven that I was ready to go out there and start practicing. But thatโs another thing that the [medical staff] here has done an incredible job, just being like, โHey, you canโt yet, you canโt yet, itโs not smart.โ They do everything in the best interest of you as a person and not necessarily what you want to do or what you are asking to do. They do whatโs best for you from science, from a standpoint of being better in years to come rather than in the past. And so it has just been incredible.โ
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