NFL Catchup: Ben Johnson Explains Bears Scoring Outburst; Latest Injury Updates

With Week 1 officially over and Week 2 around the corner, Tuesday saw a mix of injury updates across the NFL as teams digested their season openers.

Kansas City Chiefs rookie cornerback Mansoor Delane appears to have avoided a long-term injury after making a big play against the Denver Broncos, while Baltimore Ravens wideout Ja'Kobi Lane could be facing a month-long absence.

In Chicago, Ben Johnson explained why his Bears continued to score in the fourth quarter during a blowout win over the Carolina Panthers, rather than taking their foot off the gas late.

Here's the latest from around the NFL.

The Bears put up their highest-scoring Week 1 performance in franchise history Sunday, routing the Panthers 59-37, and head coach Ben Johnson made clear Monday that easing off wasn't an option.

Even with Chicago up 45-31 after a third-quarter touchdown run from Kyle Monangai, the offense tacked on two more scores in the fourth.

"Anytime you’re still within a couple of scores there in the fourth quarter, the game is still on, and so we needed that," Ben Johnson said via transcript from the team.

"I forget what time it was that we took the field for that last drive, and it was, ‘Guys, we want to finish the game with the ball’, and then ended up getting one to pop through, and [D’Andre Swift] ended up scoring there at the end." Johnson also noted how frequently Carolina's offense had rallied from behind a season ago, adding that history stuck with the Bears' coaching staff when preparing for the Panthers.

"It’s a credit to Carolina more than anything.

We went into the game with a lot of respect for how well they could play in the fourth quarter.

They had a number of games a year ago where the quarterback and the offense found a way to come back and win from behind; that was just something that was on our mind going into the game.

We knew we couldn’t let off the gas." The Bears' offense will get an early test in their home opener against NFC North division rival, the Minnesota Vikings, on Sunday.

Baltimore's receiving corps just got thinner.

Rookie wideout Ja'Kobi Lane is expected to undergo surgery for a fractured wrist as soon as Wednesday, a procedure that could sideline him for close to a month, according to a CBS Sports report.