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Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson will return to practice Friday, opening up a 21-day window in which the Bears must elevate him from injured reserve to the active roster or lose him for the rest of the year.
He won’t play Sunday against the Vikings and likely needs a few weeks to ramp up after having surgery to repair the groin muscle he tore Week 2 against the Lions. The Bears play the Steelers next week, the Eagles on Nov. 28 and then the Packers on Dec. 7.
The Bears will be careful with Johnson, who missed all of training camp with an injury to a different part of his groin.