Moore, Allen, Swift all sit out first Bears practice under new coach Brown

In their first practice since firing coach Matt Eberflus on Friday, the Bears started their week without several key playmakers on offense.

Star receivers DJ Moore (quad) and Keenan Allen (ankle), as well as starting running back D’Andre Swift (quad) all sat out practice Wednesday at Halas Hall.

Allen injured his ankle late in last week’s game against the Detroit Lions. A Lions defender rolled up on his ankle and Allen exited the game for a little while before later returning.

Moore and Swift didn’t appear to exit the Thanksgiving Day game due to injuries. Nonetheless, they showed up on the team’s first injury report ahead of this week’s matchup with San Francisco on Sunday.

Additionally, lineman Ryan Bates (concussion), safety Elijah Hicks (ankle) and running back Roschon Johnson (concussion) also sat out practice Wednesday. Hicks and Bates have both missed two consecutive games.

Additionally, Bears safety Kevin Byard (shoulder), center Coleman Shelton (knee) and right tackle Darnell Wright (knee) were limited participants on Wednesday.

Interim coach Thomas Brown sounded optimistic about everybody on the injury report.

“We’ll obviously know more as the week goes on as far as these guys’ availability,” Brown said. “Everyone still has an opportunity to play, so we’ll just see as the week goes on.”