Zach Miller doesn’t need to play again to claim success.

His left leg saved Kevin White Color Rush Jersey , the Bears tight end is good with whatever life brings him.“I don’t need to go back on the field just to climb that mountain,” Miller said, via Simon Kaufman of the team website. “I can climb this mountain without that having to be the end goal. That’s just what I want to do. I love the game of football. I want to continue to play. If I can’t, I’ve got to accept that.”One year ago yesterday https://www.thebearsfanshop.com/Jim-Mcmahon-Jersey , Miller nearly lost his leg. He needed emergency surgery after being injured in a game against the Saints, dislocating his left knee and tearing his popliteal artery, which cut off most of his blood supply below his knee. “Last thing I said was just, ‘Doc Dion Sims Jersey , don’t cut my leg off,'” Miller said to the surgeon just before a seven-hour surgery.Miller required eight more surgeries after that. The Bears signed Miller to a one-year minimum deal in June. They placed him on the physically unable to perform list the next day. It allows Miller to be part of the team and use the facility and staff for his rehab. Miller also cuts up tape, helps with the game plan and works with the tight ends as a player-coach of sorts.“Most of these situations, they don’t really end the way that they are for me Walter Payton Color Rush Jersey ,” Miller said. “It’s an extraordinary situation where the loyalty that the franchise has to me has been unbelievable, and that was for sure an emotional meeting for me just because I felt very grateful and thankful for what they’ve done for me and continue to do for me.” A report on Tuesday indicated that the Bears are optimistic quarterback Mitchell Trubisky can play on Thanksgiving despite a right shoulder injury and head coach Matt Nagy added an adjective to that when he spoke to the media later in the day.Nagy described himself as “cautiously optimistic” that Trubisky will make the start against the Lions, but added that the quarterback is “in pain” after taking a hit from Vikings safety Harrison Smith late in last Sunday’s game. Nagy called Trubisky “day to day” and indicated that he will not practice on Tuesday.“He wants to play,” Nagy said at his press conference. “We’ve got to make sure in these things we do the right thing.”Nagy added that he is “very confident” that the issue will not develop into a long-term problem.Chase Daniel would start if Trubisky is not able to go and the Bears could promote Tyler Bray from the practice squad to back him up.