Friday's injury report could seal his fate on that front. But here’s a timeline of where we stand with the Bears’ unsettled – again – kicking situation:“We’re down to 80 as opposed to 90, so you have to make some decisions there,” special teams coordinator Chris Tabor explained eight days later on Aug. 19. He'll enter the NFL's concussion protocol and his status for Sunday's game against the Vikings will be updated throughout the week.Early Sunday morning, it was reported that Jacksonville's star DE Yannick Ngakoue was on the move: Jaguars agreed to trade franchise DE Yannick Ngakoue to Minnesota for a second- and conditional fifth-round pick that could go as high a third-round pick, league sources tell ESPN. During the aforementioned pair of DNPs, Javon Wims filled in for Gabriel, reeling in four of six targets for 56 yards.Even though Mitchell Trubisky threw the ball 41 times, Gabriel was targeted just three times. Ngakoue still has to sign his tender, but trade is in place and Ngakoue is expected to be a Viking.Ngakoue had wanted out of Jacksonville for a while now, having publicly gone on record saying as much in the recent past. This is Gabriel’s fourth concussion of his career and the second this season. Gabriel has been ruled out of the game with a concussion. On his 53-yard reception, the defense lost track of him, providing his quarterback with one of his easiest throws of the afternoon. Why was Ahmed cut because of a "numbers game" but Santos signed as a "contingency" plan less than two weeks later?This doesn’t sound like – nor has it looked like – a competition. Anthony Miller and Javon Wims have both enjoyed increased snap counts in Gabriel's stead, and the former produced a whopping nine catches for 140 yards in a Thanksgiving win over the Lions.Per Jason Lieser of the Chicago Sun-Times, coach Matt Nagy announced prior to practice that Gabriel still remains in the NFL's concussion protocol, so it doesn't come as a major surprise that the wideout wasn't able to take any reps in the Gabriel sustained his second concussion of the season in Sunday's win over the Giants, so it comes as little surprise that he won't be ready to play on the short week.
Expect him to sit out again Sunday in the Gabriel hasn't sniffed the practice field since sustaining his second concussion of the campaign Week 12. In any case, Miller and Allen Robinson are the reliable fantasy choices from the group.Gabriel will have one more opportunity this week to get in some form of activity on the practice field, but it doesn't appear likely he'll be able to do so. “It comes to a numbers game.”“(Santos) did a pretty good job,” Nagy said. Gabriel's night ends with six catches for 75 yards and those three scores. There’s a need to have two kickers in the building, so in case something happens to one the other doesn’t have to undergo COVID-19 intake testing, which could delay his availability past the time he’s actually needed. 2 receiver, while Javon Wims, Cordarrelle Patterson and Riley Ridley haven't done much with their extra opportunities. Taylor Gabriel (concussion) won't travel to London for Sunday's game against Raiders originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago. Assuming he signs his tender, Ngakoue will join a Minnesota defense that isn't short on talent: The Vikings now have an elite duo on all three levels of their defense:They also took TCU cornerback Jeff Gladney with the 31st pick in this year's draft. The Bears would prefer to roll with Piñeiro in 2020, but if he’s not healthy – well, that’s why Santos was signed in the first place.