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The Bears announced Sunday evening that rookie linebacker Leonard Floyd has been released from the hospital and will return to Chicago with his teammates.

Floyd was taken off the field on a backboard after suffering a neck injury in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Giants. He was eventually taken to a local hospital.

Bears Coach John Fox said after the game that that Floyd was moving and that the team had received encouraging news about his condition.

Floyd’s helmet crashed into Bears defensive tackle Akiem Hicks’ leg while the two men were trying to tackle Giants running back Rashad Jennings. Floyd was moving on the field after the play, but was immobilized by the medical staff and loaded onto a cart after being evaluated on the field.