Akiem Hicks

Seeing six players opening the week as not participating in the Bears’ first practice ahead of the team’s Week 7 game against the Buccaneers adds injury to the insult of having lost just days ago to the Packers. Nevertheless, we dive in:. Khalil Mack, Akiem Hicks, and Allen Robinson II...

Back in 2019, a clearly less than 100 percent Akiem Hicks came off IR to make the trek to Lambeau Field to play the Packers. Hicks gutted out an elbow injury that was still bothering him to play 61 percent of the defense’s snaps in his return. Sure, the Bears ultimately lost that game by 21-13 score. And it put an end to dreams of making consecutive postseasons. But that Hicks pushed through to play sticks with me to this day.