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(AP) — The Chicago Bears appear likely to get starting right guard Kyle Long back from injured reserve for Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings, although no final decision has yet been made.Long has been out since Oct. 28, when he suffered a tendon injury in his right foot against the New York Jets.“I thought he’s had a good week of practice and, again, when you’re out that long and you come back, a lot of it is just getting your wind back, your conditioning back and then obviously trying to see exactly how you feel pain-wise and then health-wise as well,” Bears coach Matt Nagy said Friday. “But he’s done a good job.”The NFC North champion Bears (11-4) could earn a first-round playoff bye with a win and a loss by the Los Angeles Rams, while the Vikings (8-6-1) need a win or a loss by the Philadelphia Eagles to make the playoffs as a wild card.Nagy said coaches and medical officials would meet later Friday to sort out final details on player availability Marcus Cooper Jersey , but the return of the three-time Pro Bowl player seemed imminent either for the full game or at least part of it.“Just talking to him throughout the week, I feel pretty good with him playing most of the game,” Nagy said. “But we’ve just got to kind of see if that’s where we’re at and if it is a pitch count.“I think a lot of that honestly is going to be more so when you’re in the game: How’s he feeling? If he’s feeling good, keep him going.”Nagy said Long has done everything required in practices.Long had surgery on the foot after his injury and was put on injured reserve with an option to return.“He’s gonna be a good addition to what’s already going on offensively,” linebacker Khalil Mack said. “Just being able to have him back is huge for us. Looking forward to seeing how he does.”Long was replaced by Eric Kush and then Bryan Witzmann following his injury.Long returned to practice for the first time last Friday and said conditioning was the biggest issue.“I mean, I’m not a marathon runner, thank God,” Long said earlier this week. “It’s a six-second (play) interval. If it was double digits, I don’t know if I’d ever be able to make it.”It appears the Bears will be without several other key players.Safety Eddie Jackson (ankle) https://www.thebearsfanshop.com/Kyle-Fuller-Jersey , linebacker Aaron Lynch (elbow) and wide receiver Allen Robinson II (ribs) have not practiced the entire week and are all doubtful for Sunday’s game.Defensive tackle Bilal Nichols (knee) is questionable after practicing all week on a limited basis. LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Mitchell Trubisky and the Chicago Bears‘ offense refuse to become mired in mistakes or popular assessments.Trubisky long ago ditched social media to focus his attention on operating coach Matt Nagy’s new offense, and the result has been a 5-3 record and first place in the NFC North at the midpoint.While the Bears’ defense is generally regarded as the major reason for Chicago’s rise from last place, Trubisky sees the offense making stready strides forward heading into Sunday’s divisional battle with the Detroit Lions.“There’s still areas I have to improve within my game and am still growing in that, but I feel comfortable and confident with where I am as a leader with command of this offense, getting in and out of the huddle, seeing things post-snap,” Trubisky said. “I think it’s all starting to slow down, so just trying to improve all areas of my game.”Chicago’s defense ranks fifth Bryce Callahan Color Rush Jersey , but the Bears are fifth overall in scoring and also rank first in scoring after opposing turnovers (82 points). And while Trubisky has suffered from fits of wildness, his 96.1 passer rating is just .04 below Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford.Trubisky completed 28 of 49 for 355 yards with three touchdowns and an interception the last two games, and had several possible interceptions dropped.“The only thing that I can think of in regards to just our offense and not his accuracy, we’ve played some pretty solid defenses here the last few weeks,” Nagy said. “I think they’re underrated, especially the last two weeks with the Jets and Buffalo. Then you go back to the Patriots.“There’s some good schemes and some good players, but that’s good for us, that’s good for him. There were a couple balls now and then that got away from him. He’ll be the first to tell you. I’ll be the first to let him know that, but that’s OK. We’ll keep improving.”Teammates see improvement in Trubisky within the offense in so many ways Josh Bellamy Jersey , they’re getting tired of talking about it.“This is like the 30th time I’ve had that quetsion,” running back Tarik Cohen said. “I say the same thing every time. It’s just him being more demanding of us as players and just his leadership outside of what the coaches are telling him — at the line of scrimmage, making those adjustments, audibles and things of that nature.”Trubisky insisted at the outset of training camp that he’s off social media for this season, so he said he’s unaware of public criticism.“I don’t really check it that often and I don’t really have it on my phone,” Trubisky said. “So I don’t hear any of the outside noise, whether it be positive or negative. I just have a lot more time, and my focus is elsewhere; within football and my family and everything else I’ve got going on.”Some players spend much of their off time on social media.“Most of it last year had been negative, so it’s just a lot of negativity that I blocked out of my life https://www.thebearsfanshop.com/Anthony-Miller-Jersey ,” Trubisky said. “I’m able to just focus on what I needed to do and who I want to be as a player and as a person. It has been a good thing for me just getting off that.”Trubisky’s accuracy has slipped at a time when he didn’t have wide receiver Allen Robinson as a target due to a groin injury. But that could change this week. Robinson went through a full Wednesday practice for the first time since before missing two games after he tried to play through his injury.It’s also possible tight end Adam Shaheen could be back from a foot injury suffered in preseason.The defense also had good injury news when linebacker Khalil Mack had his first full practice since suffering an ankle injury against Miami on Oct. 14.Now it’s up to Trubisky and the offense to find a groove, even while heaviliy scrutinized.“I think any time you are drafted as a quarterback early and high in the draft, you’re always gonna be critiqued,” Nagy said. “But again, the only thing that he needs to worry about is what I think about him and what people in this building think about him. Everybody’s entitled to their opinion and that’s OK, that’s fine, there’s nothing wrong with that.“But as long as he just understands that the only thing that matters is what we think, nothing will affect him.”