The Patriots and Bears have set their game-day inactive lists, with New England holding out six players and Chicago listing seven. Both clubs designated a veteran quarterback as the emergency third-string option.
Key takeaways
- Behren Morton will serve as New England’s emergency third quarterback.
- Chicago named Case Keenum as its emergency third-string quarterback.
- The Patriots’ inactive group includes cornerbacks Carlton Davis, Channing Canada and Karon Prunty.
- Bears linebackers T.J. Edwards and Jack Sanborn are unavailable.
- Chicago also ruled out running back Kyle Monangai and defensive lineman Jayden Loving.
Patriots inactive list
New England’s six-player list includes quarterback Behren Morton, who is available only in an emergency third-quarterback capacity. The Patriots also listed center Ben Brown and defensive tackle Joshua Farmer as inactive.
In the secondary, New England will be without three cornerbacks: Channing Canada, Carlton Davis and Karon Prunty.
- QB Behren Morton — emergency third-string quarterback
- C Ben Brown
- DT Joshua Farmer
- CB Channing Canada
- CB Carlton Davis
- CB Karon Prunty
Bears inactive list
Keenum is Chicago’s emergency quarterback, while the Bears will otherwise be without seven players for the matchup. The offensive absences include running back Kyle Monangai and offensive lineman Jordan McFadden.
Chicago’s defensive inactive list features Jayden Loving on the defensive line, linebackers Edwards and Sanborn, and defensive back Nick McCloud.
- QB Case Keenum — emergency third-string quarterback
- RB Kyle Monangai
- OL Jordan McFadden
- DL Jayden Loving
- LB T.J. Edwards
- LB Jack Sanborn
- DB Nick McCloud
