<p>The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears" target="_blank" >Bears</a> seem to be warming up to the idea of nickel cornerback Kyler Gordon contributing this season. He’s been practicing all week, setting up a return from the physically-unable-to-perform list this month.</p><p>General manager Ryan Poles said going into training camp he didn’t know whether Gordon would play at all this season, and <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2025/09/01/the-bears-and-their-fans-needed-a-truth-teller-they-got-one-in-new-coach-ben-johnson" >coach Ben Johnson</a>’s answers were terse every time he was asked for a Gordon update until this week.</p><p>Johnson gave his most extensive thoughts on Gordon before practice Friday, saying he was “more than happy” to talk about a player who was actually out on the field and that Gordon’s work the last few days was encouraging.</p><p>“He's a phenomenal football player, and we have just been in a struggle to get him out there,” Johnson said. “We're excited about what the future could possibly hold, but it's a matter of putting in a good day's work every single day.</p><p>“He's a very talented player. He always has been. It's just unfortunate since I got in the building a year-and-a-half ago, we haven't had him available very much.”</p><p>Gordon is eligible to return Oct. 11 at the Packers and must be activated ahead of the Oct. 22 game against the Patriots or shut down for the season.</p><p>“I call it a stress test right now, and we'll see how well he holds up here over the next few weeks,” Johnson said.</p><p>Gordon is one of the NFL’s best at his position, but missed 14 of 17 regular-season games last season because of three separate injuries. He was out all of the recent offseason with a soft-tissue injury, and Poles implied in July that there was a disconnect between the team and the player on his approach to recovery.</p><p>Before last season, the outlook on Gordon was bright as could be.</p><p>He was the first player Poles drafted, taking him in the second round at No. 39 overall in 2022, and the Bears made him one of the league’s highest-paid nickels with a three-year, $42 million contract extension in April 2025, three months after Johnson was hired.</p><p>At defensive coordinator Dennis Allen’s introductory news conference, he called Gordon “an outstanding player” and said, “I have a vision for how we can utilize him.”</p><p>Gordon has played 47 of a possible 68 games for the Bears and has 214 tackles, five interceptions, five fumble recoveries and 2 1/2 sacks.</p>
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