Bear Fracas! Rookie Trio MIA on Day 2—Holdouts, Injuries & Camp Chaos Hit Halas Hall!

Second-round Bears draft pick Luther Burden will continue missing practices due to a soft tissue injury.

Coach Ben Johnson gave an injury update prior to Thursday's practice and said Burden's injury from before OTAs in May hasn't healed yet. He is day to day.

“Everything that our training staff is telling us we can do physically with him, we’re utilizing. I know (receivers coach Antwaan) Randle El has been all over him in meetings, keeping him involved, he’s being quizzed. Non stop, our quarterbacks are taking him to the side whether it’s walkthroughs on their own. So he’s utilizing that time as much as he can but there’s really no substitute for full-speed reps and so the sooner we get him out there, the quicker he can carve a role for himself.”

The injury actually happened in early May at the end of rookie camp.

“Yeah, I’m hopeful it’s just a few days," Johnson said. "We’re saying day to day right now. Sometimes those soft tissues, you can’t predict. Everyone’s a little bit different. Some guys take longer than others. Like I said, just was hopeful and we’ll keep on trucking on along.”

The other injury issue is a twisted ankle suffered by rookie second-round defensive tackle Shemar Turner near the end of practice on Wednesday. He was out Thursday.

Also out rookie Zah Frazier, a fifth-round cornerback. He was out for personal reasons.