It’s often said one of the best abilities a player can have is availability. A football player can be as talented, instinctive, and physically gifted as he wants, but if he can’t stay on the field, then all of that skill is for naught. Apply this general principle to an entire team of special world-class talents at the peaks of their game, and worthwhile discussions of contention are worth bringing up.
In advance of an important matchup on Monday Night Football against the Rams, the Bears have as clean a bill of health as a team could hope for.