Rome Odunze

Bears HC Ben Johnson admitted Monday that the team might need to shut WR Rome Odunze down to let his injured foot heal. Odunze was active for yesterday's game vs. the Browns but didn't play after aggravating the injury in warmups. "All options are on the table," Johnson said. "We re gonna do what s best for Rome. There may be a case where we have to protect him from himself a little bit, just to make sure we get him right and he ll be able to help us down the road." We'll keep you posted on Odunze's status throughout the week, but don't expect him to play vs. the Packers on Saturday night.

Bears HC Ben Johnson labeled WR Luther Burden "day to day" with the ankle injury that knocked him out of the Week 15 win over the Browns. "Still something that we re working through and talking about," Johnson added. "We ll see how this week goes, in terms of whether we ll have him Saturday night." It at least sounds like Burden dodged a serious injury, but consider him iffy for Saturday night's game against the Packers. With WR Rome Odunze likely to miss that one with his foot injury, Chicago could be down to WRs D.J. Moore and Olamide Zaccheaus. We'd expect TE Colston Loveland's role to expand in that case.

The Bears are weighing whether to sideline Rome Odunze for an extended stretch as the WR recovers from a foot injury.

The full quote from Johnson was: "There may be a case that we need to protect him from himself a little bit so he can help us down the road." It doesn't sound like he's especially likely to be ready to go against the Packers in Week 16. And the idea of a shut down possibly being in play should have Odunze-reliant managers (assuming they survived last week's bagel) making other plans for the remainder of the fantasy playoffs.

Bears head coach Ben Johnson said Monday that "all options are on the table" regarding the recovery of Odunze (foot), Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com reports.