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    Matt Eberflus gives injury updates on the Bears top pass catchers including concerning news about a top rookie

    By Kole Noble,

    6 hours ago

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    The Chicago Bears snuck out of Week 1 with a win against the Tennessee Titans after a miraculous comeback but might have come away with a major loss as well.

    On Monday while addressing the media regarding Sunday's game, head coach Matt Eberflus offered a troubling update on one of the team's top rookie play-makers.

    "The only real concern we have is Rome [Odunze]," Eberflus told reporters . "Rome's knee, we'll have to see where that is. He's getting an MRI today."

    Eberflus added that he will be able to speak more on the severity of Odunze's injury on Wednesday when the team gets the results back and he speaks to the media again.

    The Bears drafted Odunze with the ninth overall pick in the NFL Draft and he's already made a major impact within the team's new look offense.

    Odunze played 43 offensive snaps in his regular season debut. He was targeted four times, hauling in one reception for 11 yards over Titans linebacker Kenneth Murray Jr.

    "I don't know exactly when [the injury] happened, I believe it was a blocking play," Eberflus added. "I did not see it on film, the exact play, but we'll see where he is and hopefully he'll be fine."

    Here's the potential play Odunze might have been injured on via Bill Zimmerman. On the play Velus Jones Jr. and Harold Landry III crashed into Odunze from the back while he was blocking. After the following play, Odunze hobbled to the sideline and did not come back out for the remainder of the game.

    The Bears other two starting wide receivers, Keenan Allen and DJ Moore, also briefly left Sunday's game to visit the medical tent. Both players were able to return to the game. Allen was listed as questionable going into the game with an ankle injury. The team's head coach did not seem concerned about those two players.

    "Whatever that might be during the course of the game, could be a little tweak here, or a little thing here, and they might leave for a play or two before they come back," Eberflus explained.

    Moore noted in the locker room after the game that he had a "little ache" after landing on his side and joked that Allen is fine and just an "old man." The Bears will need Allen and Moore to step up in the room along with the other wide receivers on the roster if Odunze's injury proves to be a major one going forward.

    Related: 5 players who struggled for the Bears in Week 1 and how they can get back on track immediately in Week 2

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