Tyson Bagent has fully cleared the league's concussion protocol, but the Chicago Bears won't start him at quarterback against the Philadelphia Eagles with Caleb Williams out for Monday night's matchup. Instead, Chicago will roll with veteran journeyman Case Keenum when it hosts Philadelphia, FOX Sports NFL insider Jay Glazer reported on "FOX NFL Sunday." Bagent entered the league's concussion protocol on Monday, a day after he played the final two drives in the Bears' loss to the Minnesota Vikings. He cleared the league's concussion protocol on Sunday morning, according to Glazer.
However, Bagent didn't participate in the team's first two practices this week, making it difficult for the Bears to implement the gameplan with him at quarterback, as Glazer noted. Keenum 38, will make his first start since 2023, when he went 1-1 in a pair of starts for the Houston Texans. He's only made two other starts from that since the turn of the decade, going 2-0 with the Cleveland Browns in 2021.
Keenum is 30-36 all-time as a starter, throwing 77 touchdowns to 51 interceptions over those starts. Bagent, meanwhile, had been listed as the Bears' No. 2 quarterback.
He's gone 2-2 all-time as a starter. As for Williams, he didn't practice at all this week after suffering a hamstring injury in the Bears' Week 2 loss to the Vikings. After initial concerns that Williams' injury would keep him out long-term, the Bears' franchise quarterback is week-to-week.
Chicago hasn't placed Williams on injured reserve, which would've ruled him out for four games.
