LAKE FOREST, Ill.—Chicago Bears defensive back Nathan Vasher has a fractured right hand and will miss Sunday night’s game against the Minnesota Vikings when the teams meet at the Metrodome for first place in the NFC North.

Vasher, sidelined for three games earlier this season with an injury to his right wrist and thumb, was hurt Sunday against the St. Louis Rams. Bears coach Lovie Smith said Vasher, of Texarkana, Texas, also reinjured his thumb.

“He’ll be out for a while,” Smith said Wednesday, adding no surgery is required right now.

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