Losses Continue to Mount for Bears

Bobby Engram, who led the Chicago Bears with a career-high 88 catches last season, will miss the remainder of the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during a 14-7 loss to the New York Giants.

Engram, who also tore cartilage in the knee, suffered the injury after catching a nine-yard pass in the second quarter. He will be replaced by Eddie Kennison.

Bear center Olin Kreutz is probably out for this Sunday’s game against Detroit and perhaps the following week at Green Bay after spraining a knee.

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Rookie cornerback Ralph Brown lacerated a kidney during the New York Giants’ game against Chicago and will be sidelined up to eight weeks. . . . Carolina defensive tackle Alvin McKinley is out at least 10 weeks because of a torn posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. . . . Defensive tackle Shane Dronett and backup linebacker Chris Bordano will miss the season after sustaining injuries in Atlanta’s victory at Carolina. Dronett tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Bordano cracked a vertebra. . . . San Francisco defensive end Junior Bryant is listed as doubtful for Sunday’s game at Dallas after spraining his neck in a loss to the Rams. . . . St. Louis quarterback Kurt Warner had precautionary X-rays on his back. Warner has a history of occasional back spasms. . . . The NFL said officials correctly ruled a safety for the Falcons when Doug Evans of Carolina recovered Jamal Anderson’s fumble on the three-yard line, stepped into the end zone and then rolled out of bounds, but Panther Coach George Seifert said he wants the league’s Competition Committee to review the rule. . . . A federal judge in Mobile, Ala., declared a mistrial in the drug case against former Dallas running back Sherman Williams because a juror was seen reading a newspaper story about the case during a lunch break. Williams is accused of bringing more than 1,000 pounds of Texas-grown marijuana into Mobile. He also faces a separate trial in October for counterfeiting.