What It Means:

Wednesday is the final day the Bears have to make a decision on activating Fuller from I.R. after he returned three weeks ago, but it doesn't like that's going to happen. "Any time a guy's hurt, there's three stages to getting back to the field," Fangio said. "One is you've got to get medical clearance. Two, the player's got to say he's ready to go and feels confident and he's champing at the bit to go play. A has happened. B hasn't. So C is a non-issue." The Bears are expected to try and trade Fuller for whatever they can get for him this offseason.

The Bears' secondary ranks 19th in schedule-adjusted Defensive Passing Net Expected Points per play this year. Trading their best cornerback isn't going to improve that.