Bears

Chicago gets an early bye week in Week 5 after starting 2-2 in the first four games of the Ben Johnson era. Johnson is looking forward to the reset to get a glimpse of what they are doing well and where they can get better. 

“We need to look at all four games so far as a whole,” Johnson said, via Dan Wiederer of The Athletic. “We’ll get a good feel over the next few days of where we’re at schematically. What are we doing well? What aren’t we doing well? And I think we’ll really have a good grasp of what we need to do going forward. It’s too early for me to tell now.”

• Lions CB D.J. Reed, who is dealing with a hamstring injury and was placed on injured reserve as a result. Fellow CB Terrion Arnold, who is dealing with a shoulder injury, shouldn’t miss extended time. (Ian Rapoport)
• Lions HC Dan Campbell is hopeful that DT Alim McNeill can return before the team’s bye week to play against the Chiefs or Buccaneers. (Dave Birkett)

Vikings

• Vikings HC Kevin O’Connell on LB Andrew Van Ginkel: “He’s feeling like he’s progressing, but we are evaluating every avenue and all options to get him feeling 100% to get back out there, and I’m hoping that timeline is ongoing and we’re on our way to doing so.” (Kevin Seifert)

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