Overview
- Edmunds goes to IR with a groin injury after starting 10 games and leading Chicago with 89 tackles plus four interceptions.
- Johnson lands on IR with a thumb injury and must also miss a minimum of four games under league rules.
- The earliest either player can return is Week 16 for the second meeting with the Packers.
- Chicago signed linebacker Carl Jones Jr. and running back Brittain Brown to the active roster from the practice squad.
- The Bears elevated tight end Nikola Kalinic and offensive lineman Jordan McFadden for Sunday in Pittsburgh, ruled out Jaylon Johnson and Kyler Gordon, and the Steelers expect Cam Heyward and Darius Slay to play while Aaron Rodgers remains questionable.