Kyler Gordon Is Dealing With a Soft-Tissue Injury - Again

Kyler Gordon is dealing with a soft-tissue injury that has kept him off the field during the Bears’ voluntary offseason program in May. He missed 14 regular-season games in 2025 due to groin, hamstring, and calf injuries, including two injured reserve stints, one occurring before he played a regular-season snap. With two weeks remaining in the voluntary period before mandatory minicamp June 9-11, the Bears are missing Gordon and Jaylon Johnson, who has not reported. Gordon’s injury timing in May is not automatically alarming because the regular season is more than three months away, but his recent history shows a pattern of recurring soft-tissue issues.

"It's May, and Kyler Gordon is hurt again. The Chicago Bears' nickel cornerback has been dealing with a soft-tissue injury that has kept him off the field during the voluntary offseason program, according to the Chicago Tribune's Brad Biggs. It's a familiar place for Gordon, who missed 14 regular-season games in 2025 with groin, hamstring, and calf injuries and two stints on injured reserve, the first of which came in the opening week of August before he ever played a regular-season snap."

"Two weeks remain in the voluntary offseason program before mandatory minicamp June 9-11. The Bears are currently missing two key members of their secondary, with Gordon sidelined and Jaylon Johnson (who was married earlier this month) yet to report. Johnson's absence isn't surprising given his history with the voluntary portion of the offseason. Gordon's is harder to brush off."

"This is the part where the calendar matters. Soft-tissue injuries in May aren't a reason to sound any alarms. The regular season is just over three months away, and training camp is about two months away. Gordon dealt with similar issues during the offseason and training camp in previous years and was relatively durable before 2025, with most of his prior missed games tied to a broken hand and a concussion rather than the soft-tissue issues that have plagued him recently."

"But there's also a pattern. And patterns have a way of becoming storylines. Head Coach Ben Johnson said as much in December after the Bears placed Gordon on IR for the second time last season. "It's disappointing," Johnson said. "I wish I had a better feel for the individual, but with him being out as much as he has, I haven't really gotten to see him on the field and competing to get to know him like I'd like to.""

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