The Chicago Bears have suffered some blows on defense this season, and they suffered another one with news of inside linebacker Roquan Smith’s pec injury.
Coach Matt Nagy confirmed that Smith suffered a torn pectoral muscle and will miss the rest of the season.
Coach Nagy confirms that Roquan Smith has a torn pec, and will be moved to IR.
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) December 9, 2019
Smith sustained the injury early in the first quarter of last Thursday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys on the opening drive of the game. He was taken to the injury tent and then taken to the locker room. The team announced he was “out” for the rest of the game, which didn’t look encouraging.
While Smith had a rough start to the season, he was playing some of his best ball in the last month looking like the All-Pro Chicago hopes he’ll become.
“I really thought you felt him, especially here in the last several games really turning it on, really playing fast,” Nagy said. “He’s always had that every play that he gets, every game that he plays, for the rest of his career, he’s only gonna get better and better in my opinion. … I like where he’s at. It’s just unfortunate that it ended like that.”
In 12 games, Smith had 100 tackles, 5 tackles-for-loss, 2 sacks and an interception.
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