Last night, Vaughn McClure of the Chicago Tribune reported that Dusty Dvoracek, the Chicago Bears' starting nose tackle, was hurt in last week's game against the Giants. The injury occurred on his right knee, and an MRI would take place to look at the extent of the injury, despite Dvoracek's insistence that he'd be fine.

Then, earlier, Brad Briggs from the Sun-Times stated that it looks like Dvoracek may miss the entire 2009 NFL season as a result of his injury from last weekend. It looks like he tore the ACL in his knee, and this would easily sideline him for the entire season.

My take on the Dusty's situation: He is a hard working player, who has been hit hard with injuries. He hasn't finished a season yet for the Bears. He missed his rookie season in 2006, after he had foot surgery.

The following year, he only played once, as a torn ACL sidelined him for the entire season after week 1. Just last year, it looked like things were finally looking better for Dvoracek. He played the team's first 12 games, but then missed the last four due to a bicep tear.

I have to wonder if this spells out the end for Dvoracek. There's only so much the Bears can take, and having injured the same knee twice now makes him a very risky proposition.

Dusty's contract ends after the season. It doesn't seem like there's much reason for the Bears to sign him onto another contract and I'm not sure another team will want to take a chance on him.

Too many players suffer from fates like this, and it's a shame. A promising career may have reached its end here due to his high propensity to injury.

The Bears will do their best to fill the void left by Dvoracek. Marcus Harrison and Anthony Adams will do their best in a time share, and Matt Toeanina will step into a starting role as well.

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