One day after revealing that receiver Kevin White would be placed on injured reserve, the team on Tuesday announced that inside linebacker Jerrell Freeman is also headed to IR after sustaining a pectoral injury and a concussion in Sunday's season-opening loss to the Falcons.
Freeman signed with the Bears last year after spending his first four NFL seasons with the Indianapolis Colts following a three-year stint in the CFL with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He led the Bears with 127 tackles and seven tackles-for-loss in 2016 despite missing four games due to a suspension for violating the NFL policy on performance enhancing substances.