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The decided Jahmi'us Ramsey Jersey to enter the upcoming season with one good pa s-rushing outside linebacker on their roster, and now that pa s-rushing outside linebacker is recovering from a fractured hand that required surgery, which has placed his availability for Week 1 in doubt.On Monday, Bears coach Matt Nagy told reporters that 2016 first-round pick fractured his hand during the team's Saturday against the and underwent surgery to repair that hand on Sunday. That's the bad news. The good news is that Nagy is optimistic that Floyd will be able to play Week 1, when the Bears travel to Green Bay for a date with their most hated rival, the . Coach Nagy confirms Leonard Floyd has a fracture in his right hand Marvin Bagley III Jersey , had a succe sful surgery yesterday and is optimistic he could play through it Week 1. Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) The Bears should be thankful that the injury wasn't more serious, but it's still tough to spin this situation as a positive. While the Bears have been talked about as 2018's version of the 2017 -- in that they have a talented second-year quarterback, a new offensive-minded coach, and better weapons around that quarterback -- they're lacking something the Rams have: . More NFL The Bears do have talented players on their defense in , , , , , and so on, but their pa s rush is a serious area of concern in the same way that wide receiver was an area of concern for them last year. Floyd is their best pa s-rushing linebacker by a long shot, and even he was a bit of a question mark heading into the season given his injury history and inconsistencies as a player.Over the past two seasons, he's played in 22 games. In those 22 games, he's tallied 11.5 sacks. 2018 is supposed to be the year Floyd makes the leap from promising to great, but a broken hand could seriously affect his ability to do that considering hands are very important to football players and pa s NBA Sacramento Kings Jeresy rushers in particular. Oh, and it sounds like "I don't think it's going to be healed," Nagy said, per the team's website. "I think he's going to have to end up playing through it. It might require something in regards to having a cast or a club-type deal. There's been evidence of guys that have had that and been productive, and that's what we're hoping right now."In addition to Floyd, the Bears' outside linebacking group includes guys like and . So if Floyd does mi s some regular-season action and/or the injury affects his productivity, the Bears will need to find creative ways to generate pre sure. De'Aaron Fox Jersey Hicks, who plays on the defensive line, might Richaun Holmes Jersey be the best player on the defense, and he knows how to get after the quarterback, having notched 15.5 sacks over the past two seasons. Goldman is a very good interior defensive lineman, but he's not a big-time sack producer. Young defensive end hasn't produced much since entering the league with Floyd in 2016. Since arriving in Chicago in 2015, defensive coordinator Vic Fangio has often excelled at With or without Floyd, Fangio will need to find a way to manufacture pre sure. It's the Bears' biggest weakne s. And it's probably going to be the thing that prevents them from making the jump from bad to playoff good.