Bears defensive tackle Akiem Hicks missed practice Thursday with a sore foot, coach Matt Nagy said, but he expects him to return to training camp Friday.
Hicks was in attendance for the Bears’ first practice — a walk-through — on Wednesday. He didn’t practice Thursday, though. The team did not provide a reason at the time; Nagy, in his comments before the Thursday practice, did not volunteer that Hicks would miss practice.
Hicks will be among the Bears’ players to receive regular rest days — the team used to call them “vet days,” but has changed the verbiage to “load management” — but Nagy expects those players to watch practice in person.