Kevin Payne News

Catching up on the Friday injury report and other NFC North news: Chicago Bears : It looks like the Bears will be without tight end Desmond Clark and safety Kevin Payne on Sunday night against Philadelphia.

The struggling and disappointing Chicago Bears have only one touchdown in their last two games, have lost five of six and have watched their playoff chances sink.

Bears tight end Desmond Clark was inactive for Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Eagles because of a neck injury.

Linebacker Akeem Jordan and safety Quintin Demps will not play Sunday against Chicago, coach Andy Reid said.

Garrett Wolfe #25 of the Chicago Bears warms up on the field before the game against the Seattle Seahawks on September 27, 2009 at Qwest Field in Seattle, Washington.

Veteran center Olin Kreutz returned to practice Thursday and participated fully after missing two days, making it likely he will run his streak of consecutive games started to 112 on Sunday night against the Philadelphia Eagles.

They'll be glad if he turns into Jay Cutler 's preferred target, like he was becoming during the preseason.

Checking in on key injury situations as the NFC North practice week begins: Chicago Bears: Center Olin Kreutz , tight end Desmond Clark and safety Kevin Payne did not practice.

Safeties Al Afalava and Kevin Payne sat out practice Tuesday, as did running back Garrett Wolfe , who "will be out for a while," according to coach Lovie Smith.

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert Chicago is crunching six days of game preparation into three as they head toward Thursday night's matchup at San Francisco.

KICKOFF: Thursday, 8:20. p.m ET SURFACE: Grass TV: NFL Network SERIES: 58th meeting.

I covered some of the personnel issues facing the Bears this morning in the print and online edition of the paper , specifically looking at the help that has been brought in via the draft over the last five years.

Finally made it to San Francisco after a long journey through the airport and via the air.

Veteran WR Isaac Bruce might not play in the 49ers' Thursday night game against the Bears because of an ankle injury suffered in practice this week.

Herea s the deal: Losing to a 3-5 49ers team quarterbacked by the growing legendary failure known as Alex Smith will not just end the Bearsa season.

Tillman and Afalava were both hurt in the second quarter and did not return. The Cardinals were already en route to their fourth straight TD and a 28-7 lead when the Bears suffered the injuries, so it was hard to blame them for the loss.

The Chicago Bears defense has big problems following a 41-21 blowout loss to the Arizona Cardinals and they start with defensive tackle Tommie Harris.

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert CHICAGO -- The news only gets worse for Chicago.

Looks like Lovie has made some changes in personnel . 1. Hunter Hillenmeyer goes back to the Mike and Nick Roach moves back to the Sam.

Nathan Vasher remains a cornerback following a cameo at free safety Sunday. "Nate's a corner that got a couple reps at the safety position," coach Lovie Smith said Monday.