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Bears LB Jack Sanborn leaves game with ankle injury

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Bears linebacker Jack Sanborn makes a tackle against the Lions.

Bears linebacker Jack Sanborn joined the list of Bears wounded early in the third quarter Sunday when he injured his left ankle against the Eagles. The rookie had to be helped off the field and to the injury tent; he soon was driven in a cart from the tent to the Bears’ locker room.

Veteran Joe Thomas took his place at middle linebacker.

Sanborn, an undrafted free agent from Wisconsin, had qualified as a pleasant surprise for the Bears since they traded Roquan Smith to the Ravens.