Jay Cutler, the Bears’ starting quarterback, sprained his thumb Monday night in a 29-14 loss to the Eagles.
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The night belonged to Wentz, who has shown remarkable poise for a rookie.
Some top draft picks don’t know how to line up on defense. “It was an emphasis to come out with the same energy and I thought we did and you know just things didn’t go our way”.
He is the first rookie quarterback in National Football League history to start and win the opening two games of the season without a turnover.
That it happened on Monday night might have made it sting even more for star-crossed Bears quarterback Jay Cutler.
Cutler made 12 of 17 passes for 157 yards but was sacked three times.
It worsened when he tried to plant his hand breaking his fall on a strip-sack by Philadelphia’s Destiny Vaeao in the third quarter. That play just aggravated it.
That turned out to be his final play of the game, and he was replaced by Brian Hoyer.
Chicago inked him to a four-year, $24.5 million contract on the heels of a season that saw him register 109 tackles and two interceptions, as well as a Super Bowl championship with the Denver Broncos.
“He’s a passionate guy”, Cutler said, shrugging off the brief spat. Everyone has a lot invested into this, and he does as well. He does as well. “No one likes to lose in that type of fashion”. He’s upset, I’m upset. Goldman was carted to the locker room after getting hurt. A short time later, the Eagles mounted their only long touchdown drive, a 68-yard march that ended with Mathews, seemingly stopped on a run into the line, able to slither out, keep his balance and stumble around the pile of bodies to the end zone.
He is now going through an evaluation phase, and head coach Mike Zimmer did not rule him out of Sunday’s matchup against the Carolina Panthers in Week 3. “It wasn’t flawless. But at the same time, he’s seeing things really well. And the dialogue on the sideline with players and coaches with him is something a nine- or 10-year vet would do, and it’s just showing his maturity and the ability that he has to play quarterback”. After the game, Bradham said “Our game plan this week was pretty much to frustrate the quarterback”. Langford ran it in from the 1, giving Chicago a 7-3 lead. Jenkins said Saturday he would lead teammates in a demonstration against social injustice. Bradham’s interception came on the first play following the kickoff, and the next play was Burton’s touchdown. “In fact, the police are a key part of the solution in this issue across the nation”.
Eagles: Safety Jaylen Watkins suffered a bruised knee.
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Defensive backs Adrian Amos and Bryce Callahan left Monday’s game with concussions; there was no immediate word on their status Tuesday.
