My morning started off on a positive note with the news that Chicago Bears rookie wide receiver Rome Odunze had a good chance of playing in the Sunday Night Football game against the Houston Texans.

Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case for Keenan Allen:

During the NFL On FOX pregame show, league insider Jay Glazer said that Allen was “really more questionable” as far as his game-day designation goes. More worrisome is Glazer’s expectation that Keenan Allen won’t play tonight. Of course, Glazer believes Odunze will play — but only after the team gives him a warmup and tests that pesky knee injury.

What will the Bears do without Keenan Allen?

At the beginning of this week, I would have thought the opposite of what we predicted would happen. Earlier in the week, I would have thought Keenan Allen would play more likely and Rome Odunze would sit out. But here we are on Sunday afternoon predicting Rome will play better than Keenan. Following the NFL can be such a fleeting thing.

So…how can the cookie crumble if Keenan can’t go? Well, we started looking into what the Bears could do to fill the void if Rome Odunze were out and I think we can apply the same logic, even if we put Keenan Allen’s name in place of Rome Odunze’s.

If Keenan can’t play, the Bears should lean heavily on DJ Moore and Cole Kmet. Moore missed some time last week with an injury, but was off the injury report this week and appears to be all-systems-go. Kmet was healthy last week, but played less than 50 percent of Chicago’s offensive snaps. Bears Offensive Coordinator Shane Waldron offered an explanation, and it appears the play-caller will try to right some wrongs this week. Honestly, I don’t care how the Bears offense scores. Whether it’s crazy or not, just do it.