Bears' $40M safety Bryant avoids season-ending injury with 8-10 week recovery

In the unforgiving arithmetic of professional football, a single misstep in a summer drill can unravel months of careful planning. Chicago Bears safety Coby Bryant, signed to anchor a rebuilt secondary, suffered a hyperextended knee and bone bruise during training camp in late July — a moment that briefly threatened to erase the promise of a fresh start. The diagnosis offered measured relief: eight to ten weeks, not a season, not a career. What remains is the quieter question of whether a team's depth of character can substitute, however briefly, for the depth it assumed it had.