The Bears defense will have to make do without leading pass rusher Montez Sweat and cornerback Kyler Gordon in their Sunday afternoon matchup against the Arizona Cardinals.

While Gordon is recovering from a hamstring injury, Sweat had a shin injury that kept him out at the end of last week’s loss. Both tried to participate in this week’s training on a limited basis, but neither will play.

According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the defense will already be without cornerback Tyrique Stevenson on the outside. And safety Jaquan Brisker is out with a concussion.

Besides Gordon, Sweat and Brisker, the other Bears on the inactive list are injured running back Braxton Jones, defensive lineman Byron Cowart, injured Kiran Amegadjie and running back Khalil Herbert.

Josh Blackwell will replace Gordon, and the Bears have removed Reddy Steward from the practice squad in case of another injury at the cornerback position.

Sweat will be replaced by Darrell Taylor, Jake Martin or Austin Booker.

It’s initially unclear how long Stevenson will be out, but if he is out the Bears will be missing three of their five starting secondary players.

Jones’ place on the left will be Larry Borom, who came on injured reserve this week.

The Cardinals have some injury issues. Cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting was out with a neck injury, while linebacker Naquan Jones was also out with a thigh injury. Also inactive are defensive lineman Darius Robinson (calf), offensive lineman Christian Jones, tight end Travis Vokolek and wide receiver Xavier Weaver.

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