Bears defensive end Jared Allen was knocked out of the Bears lineup last week with a case of pneumonia that reportedly left him 18 pounds lighter and unable to get on the field.
Allen’s outlook for Week Five after such a serious illness isn’t clear yet, but he has resumed working out at the team’s facility. Coach Marc Trestman said it was good to see him on Monday.
“We’ll see where he is on Wednesday,” Trestman said, via CSNChicago.com. “It was good to see him in the building, good to see him in all the meetings, he got some work in the weight room. That’s encouraging.”
Trestman wouldn’t confirm the magnitude of Allen’s weight loss, but getting enough strength back to play on Sunday is far from a sure thing. The chances that he’ll recover enough to play his usual workload probably aren’t great, either, so Willie Young should see plenty of time whether or not Allen winds up getting the green light against the Panthers.