DJ Moore is as tough as they come.

The Chicago Bears wide receiver needed to visit a Washington-area hospital after an Oct. 13 win over the Commanders because of a groin injury. He missed the team flight home that night.

Yet six days later, Moore was back on the field for Sunday’s win over the New Orleans Saints and caught three passes for 43 yards. Moore missed only one day of practice in the week between those games.

The Bears declined to elaborate on the nature of Moore’s injury.

“Yeah, that’s a little more of a personal story there,” coach Ben Johnson said the day after the Washington game.

Speaking Thursday for the first time since the injury, Moore declined to say more about his injury.

“I mean, it is what it is with football,” he said. “You get bruised up. You bounce back.”

Moore is listed on the injury report this week with a hip injury. He sat out practice Wednesday before returning in a limited capacity Thursday.

The Bears coaching staff certainly appreciates the way Moore fights through injuries. He hasn’t missed a game since 2020, including 40 consecutive appearances since being traded to the Bears in 2023.

“DJ has done a great job of playing through things,” offensive coordinator Declan Doyle said. “He just keeps coming back. A lot of times you can have a receiver on your team or a player that may be higher-paid that maybe has a different attitude toward things. He does not. He is one of us and I love the way he competes.”

Tyrique Stevenson and Cole Kmet remain sidelined

In other injury news, cornerback Tyrique Stevenson (shoulder) and tight end Cole Kmet (back) haven’t practiced since leaving Sunday’s game early.

Running back Roschon Johnson (back), offensive tackle Braxton Jones (knee) and left guard Joe Thuney (rest) also didn’t practice Thursday.

Bears cornerback Tyrique Stevenson jumps over Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler on Oct. 19, 2025 at Soldier Field. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Linebacker Tremaine Edmunds (ankle) and cornerback Kyler Gordon (groin/calf) were additions to the injury report and limited Thursday after being full participants a day earlier. Also limited were Moore (hip) and running back D’Andre Swift (groin).

Defensive tackle Grady Jarrett (knee), kicker Cairo Santos (right thigh), cornerback Nahshon Wright (hip), defensive end Austin Booker (knee) and linebacker Amen Ogbongbemiga (knee) were full participants. Booker and Ogbongbemiga are working their way back from injured reserve.

Bears poke fun at pingpong narrative

It has been well-circulated that Baltimore Ravens coaches removed a pingpong table, a basketball hoop and other toys from the locker room after a humbling loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 4.

The Ravens are now 1-5 with their backs against a wall entering Sunday’s game against the Bears. The time for playing games is apparently over.

On Wednesday, the Bears social media team engaged in some subtle trolling by posting a video of Edmunds and fellow linebacker T.J. Edwards playing table tennis, shooting hoops, throwing darts and partaking in other forms of friendly competition on an “off day.”

In the Bears locker room, it’s commonplace to see players talk trash and take shots at a hoop located near the defensive backs.

Practice squad safety Gervarrius Owens, whose locker is nearby the hoop, said he understands if the Ravens want to encourage players to be more attentive.

“I think that’s just a message across the Ravens,” he said. “They’re not (happy) where they’re at right now, they got things they need to lock in on and eliminate distractions. So I wouldn’t say it’s a punishment. We’re all grown men. It’s kind of just a regrouping.”

Defensive end Dayo Odeyingbo remembers going through something similar with the Indianapolis Colts in 2022, the season they fired coach Frank Reich after a 3-5-1 start and replaced him with Jeff Saturday.

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“We had the same thing, you know, take the pingpong tables out and take the cornhole out,” Odeyinbgo said.

Odeyingbo recalled the toys were taken away in Week 9 or 10. The Colts went 1-7 under Saturday and finished the season 4-12-1.

“When things aren’t going well, you start looking for all the solutions, whatever way you can fix it,” he said.

Odeyingbo said he can see the pros and cons of having games in the locker room.

“It’s bonding in a way, just a little competitiveness in the locker room,” he said. “But at the same time, you have to not allow it to be a distraction.”

Odeyingbo said the Bears can’t let side narratives distract them from the fact this is a desperate Ravens team.

“Everybody in this locker room understands that they’re a dangerous team, a very talented team, that’s getting back healthy (and) coming off a bye week,” Odeyingbo said. “So we’re all just focused on doing our (jobs) and playing our best game versus the team who, coming into the season, was a favorite to be in the Super Bowl.”

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