AP

The Bears aren’t even dealing with a blizzard, just a short week.

But traveling to Detroit for Thursday’s game is going to keep them from getting a real practice in this week.

Bears coach Marc Trestman gave players Monday off, and they’ll have meetings and walk-throughs Tuesday and fly on Wednesday, without having a full-length practice.

“We’ve all had experience in putting game plans together and knowing how much information the guys can handle going into a game without practice time,” Trestman said, via Dan Wiederer of the Chicago Tribune. “So we put that into play and we communicate with our players as well. . . . We want to be able to go out there and play fast and not have to think.”

When you’re 12 weeks into a season, the information and the game plan is clearly important, but the rest for weary bodies could have a bigger positive impact than practicing would.

Or maybe that only works if you’re playing the Jets.