Charles Tillman Injury: Updates on Bears Star's Triceps and Return

Updates from Wednesday, Sept. 24

Jeff Dickerson of ESPN has an update on Tillman post-surgery:

Updates from Tuesday, Sept. 23

Tillman took to Twitter to give fans an update on his status:

Updates from Monday, Sept. 15

The Chicago Bears later confirmed the diagnosis on Tillman:

Tillman spoke about the injury in a release from the team (via Kevin Fishbain of ChicagoFootball.com):

Adam Schefter of ESPN weighed in on what the injury may mean for Tillman's career: 

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Charles Tillman's 2014 season may be in doubt after he injured his right triceps on Sunday night against the San Francisco 49ers.

Rich Campbell of the Chicago Tribune reported that Tillman wouldn't return to the game. He also pointed out that the veteran cornerback was placed on injured reserve last season after tearing his right triceps:

ESPN Chicago's Jeff Dickerson didn't think the initial prognosis looked good:

The NBC cameras caught Tillman crying on the sidelines after he exited the game, via CBSSports.com's Will Brinson:

Following the game, Lance Briggs spoke about his teammate's injury, via Adam L. Jahns of the Chicago Sun-Times):

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I hate it. I really hope for the best once he gets his testing, his MRI and what not.

We had a lot of guys go down defensively today. Hopefully, it’s minor, and we can go forward from there.

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Tillman appeared in eight games last year before going down. He intercepted three passes and forced three fumbles.

Few players are more important to the Bears defense than Tillman. He's a two-time Pro Bowler and made the All-Pro team in 2012. If he's out for a number of games, Chicago could be in serious trouble.

There's also the bigger picture in terms of what this means for Tillman. At 33 years old, he's no spring chicken, so a season-ending injury could also be career-threatening.