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The Bears will welcome back an important members of their defensive line on Sunday against the Lions when nose tackle Eddie Goldman suits up for the first time this season.

Goldman, who opted out of the 2020 season due to COVID-19 concerns, missed the first three games this season after injuring his knee ahead of their Week 1 game against the Rams.

Goldman has been up and down over the last couple of weeks, but the arrow is finally pointed up. While Goldman was limited during Wednesday’s practice, he was a full participant during practice on Thursday and Friday.

“I give him credit for really getting to this point right now,” said coach Matt Nagy. “It’s unlucky what happened early on there in that first week, but that’s a part of life.”

As Goldman prepares for his first regular-season action since the 2019 regular-season finale, Nagy expects Goldman to go out there and do his thing.

“I think we’re going to see a player who’s going to come out and give it his all. I don’t like to put stat lines or anything like that on the guy, but I know this: He had a really, really good week of practice and now probably more than anything is his conditioning and just getting used to that game condition. I know he holds himself to play well and puts a lot of accountability on himself to help out, so he’s going to be anxious to get out there.”

The Bears defensive line has been a dominant force so far this season, and that was without Goldman. With Goldman joining the likes of Akiem Hicks and Bilal Nichols, along with reserves Angelo Blackson, Mario Edwards and Khyiris Tonga, we could be in for a show.