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Despite giving up seven sacks and 36 pressures to the Texans on Sunday night, the Bears aren’t making any changes to their starting offensive line.
As if they really had a choice.
When the team put guard/center Ryan Bates on injured reserve with a shoulder injury Saturday, they cut their number of reliable backups in half. Beside Matt Pryor — who played left guard for Teven Jenkins in practice Wednesday because the latter suffered a deep thigh bruise Sunday — the Bears’ backups have barely more game experience than the hot dog vendor.