Patriots CB Christian Gonzalez active vs. Bears despite illness

    PatriotsBearsOct 22, 10:15 PM

    Update (Thursday, 7:01 PM ET): Patriots CB Christian Gonzalez is active for Thursday night's game at Chicago and will attempt to play through the illness, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN and Mike Reiss of ESPN. Nothing appears serious at this time, according to James Palmer of NFL Network, citing what he was told.

    Update (Thursday, 6:31 PM ET): Gonzalez came to the stadium and something hit him to where he alerted the training staff, and it would be surprising if he didn't play, according to James Palmer of NFL Network, citing what he was told.

    The Patriots downgraded CB Christian Gonzalez to questionable for Thursday night's game at Chicago due to an illness, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN and Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.

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