With Michael Thomas and Alvin Kamara expected to return for the Saints, the Bears defense has virtually no wiggle room when it comes to personnel absences. Given Danny Trevathan’s decline and the offseason departure of Nick Kwiatkoski, the Bears have little hope of filling Smith’s void should he prove unable to play. Smith left the season finale after injuring his elbow in the first half and never returned. Buster Skrine Is More Than an NFL Player. He will likely see most of the action in the slot in Skrine’s absence.Ĭhicago has more hope that linebacker Roquan Smith can return, but that too appears uncertain entering the weekend. Veteran NFL cornerback Buster Skrine opens up about his daily regimen both on. Duke Shelley, a starter last Sunday, endured a nightmare of an outing. Skrine has generally struggled since arriving in Chicago in 2019, but the options behind him present more concerns. In 151 career appearances and 92 starts for the Browns. Meanwhile, the Bears have already ruled out Buster Skrine due to a concussion. Prior to his stint in Chicago, Skrine played in Cleveland and New York after he was drafted in the fifth-round of the 2011 NFL Draft. Perhaps the magnitude of the stage pushes Johnson back into action, but given the injury and the length of his absence, tackling would become a major concern. Rookie Jaylon Johnson, one of the team’s starting cornerbacks, hasn’t suited up since Week 14. He played college football for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. The Bears must have considerable concerns about their secondary heading into Sunday’s game. Darryl Frank 'Buster' Skrine Jr.1 is a former American football cornerback who played in the National Football League for 11 seasons. Notable players on in-week report who were removed from final: Allen Robinson (hamstring), Cole Kmet (shoulder), Eddie Jackson (wrist), Khalil Mack (shoulder) How the team’s injuries may affect Bears vs. Skrine, a fifth-round draft pick of the Cleveland Browns back in 2011, spent the last two seasons with the Chicago Bears where he appeared in 28 games during that two-year stretch, logging 114. Questionable: CB Jaylon Johnson (shoulder), WR Darnell Mooney (ankle), LB Roquan Smith (elbow), LB Josh Woods (toe, glute) Stats in a NFL gamebook or players stats listing almost never tell the. Now with Mitch Trubisky under center, the Bears hope to complete the upset. Sources: Steelers To Bring In UTC Cornerback Buster Skrine For Pre Draft Visit. Despite re-signing with the Titans in 2022, he retired later that offseason.Game day update: WR Darnell Mooney and LB Roquan Smith are both OUT against the Saints.ĭespite losing seven of their final 10 games - including a blowout to the archrival Green Bay Packers in the season finale - the Chicago Bears snuck into the playoffs courtesy of the Arizona Cardinals’ Week 17 defeat and the NFL’s decision to expand the playoff field to seven teams in each conference.īut while the Bears appear overmatched on paper by their wild-card opponent, they fell three points short of defeating the New Orleans Saints in overtime during a Week 8 matchup. He signed with the Tennessee Titans later in the season, where he started in three of the team's final six games of the regular season and played in his only playoff game. He began the 2021 season with the San Francisco 49ers, but only played in one game before being released. He then spent two seasons with the Chicago Bears, primarily as a reserve player. He then signed with the New York Jets in 2015, where he started 48 games over the next four seasons.
Skrine played for the Browns for four seasons, and was a starter during his final two seasons with the team.
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