Bears star Caleb Williams could reinjure hamstring by returning too soon, surgeon says

Caleb Williams is listed as questionable for the Chicago Bears' game on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons as he looks to return from his hamstring injury.

Should he play, though? Former college football quarterback-turned-foot-and-ankle surgeon Dr.

Drew Burdi isn’t sure if the juice is worth the squeeze.

Burdi dealt with a hamstring injury during his playing days at Western Michigan and knows how tough they are to manage.

"I think he could reinjure it," Burdi told OutKick in a recent interview.

"I had, when I was playing, I had a hamstring, I pulled my hamstring.

It felt the same way.

I remember looking around, I was running and I felt like somebody came up and hit me in the back of my leg, and then I realized there was no one around me, and I knew exactly what happened." CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Burdi said that when the hamstring is injured, it's actually partially torn.

If it's not given time to heal properly, it becomes more susceptible to tearing again.

"Then that just puts stress on other parts of the body, you could be running differently.

It can put him in a compromising positions that he just normally wouldn't be in when he's 100%," Burdi said.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Williams refused to disclose the medical grade of his hamstring injury but called it "pretty serious." THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.

DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "I felt a pop," Williams said.

"That's why I looked back.