Allen first hurt his heel last month, but the Bears dismissed the injury as the result of a cleat problem — “He should be fine,” general manager Ryan Poles said Aug. 28. Coach Matt Eberflus said Friday that the injury had “been progressing, then it took a step back, and we just want to give him some rest.”

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