Caleb Williams is listed as questionable for the Chicago Bears' game on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons as he looks to return from his hamstring injury.
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Should he play, though?
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Former college football quarterback-turned-foot-and-ankle surgeon Dr. Drew Burdi isn’t sure if the juice is worth the squeeze.
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Burdi dealt with a hamstring injury during his playing days at Western Michigan and knows how tough they are to manage.
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"I think he could reinjure it," Burdi told OutKick in a recent interview.
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"I had, when I was playing, I had a hamstring, I pulled my hamstring.
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It felt the same way.
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I remember looking around, I was running and I felt like somebody came up and hit me in the back of my leg, and then I realized there was no one around me, and I knew exactly what happened."
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Burdi said that when the hamstring is injured, it's actually partially torn.
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If it's not given time to heal properly, it becomes more susceptible to tearing again.
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"Then that just puts stress on other parts of the body, you could be running differently.
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It can put him in a compromising positions that he just normally wouldn't be in when he's 100%," Burdi said.
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Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Williams refused to disclose the medical grade of his hamstring injury but called it "pretty serious.
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"I felt a pop," Williams said.
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"That's why I looked back.
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I looked back just like everybody else does when you feel a pop.
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Think somebody grabbed you and nobody grabbed me."
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The Bears' star quarterback also said he wasn't sure whether he would play against the Falcons.
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Burdi said that if Williams has any trepidation, he should sit out another week.
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"'Cause they really look good (without him), except for the Packers (game).
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But I mean, without that game, I don't know.
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I'd probably say take more time because I think that they could.
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It depends on their schedule too.
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If their schedule is good enough where they can get out of it at .500 and have him come back healthy, I think it's better than trying to push himself, win a game, maybe this week, but then he injures it further, and then he might be out longer.
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It's one of those injuries where you can try to push it, but you really have to know yourself.
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If it feels like you're still not 100%, it's probably worth just holding off on it," Burdi said.
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Without Williams, the Bears have gone 2-1.
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They beat the Philadelphia Eagles with Case Keenum, beat the New York Jets with Tyson Bagent, and then lost to the Green Bay Packers.
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Bagent started against the Packers but was replaced by Keenum late in the blowout loss.
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If the Bears heed Burdi's advice and sit Williams for one more week if he doesn't feel 100% and lose to the Falcons on Sunday, they will still have managed to go .500 without their star quarterback for a month.
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The last thing the Bears need is for Williams to hustle back only to reinjure himself and miss more time.
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