And yet, after two weeks, Wentz has not only grabbed the starting job with the Eagles much sooner than anticipated, but he already looks like a polished National Football League quarterback.
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The Bears had six players leave the game against the Eagles with injuries, and none were able to return.
“The thing that I’ve noticed from watching those two work is you just put it in the guy’s vicinity”, Hoyer said. “So at least you can get some of that to take in if I do have to play, and just getting out there and seeing a real defense come at you”. Tests are scheduled for tomorrow on Cutler’s hand, but the Bears also lost linebacker Lamarr Houston (left knee), nose tackle Eddie Goldman, (ankle) and safety Adrian Amos and cornerback Bryce Callahan (concussions). Later in the quarter, Cutler threw an interception to Eagles’ linebacker Nigel Bradham. He played reasonably well in garbage time, completing nine of 12 passes for 78 yards and a respectable 91.7 passer rating. “Those are the things that I’ve got to keep working on”, Wentz said.
We see names get thrown around all the time; we see civil discourse on whether it should be a rookie, a young player Arizona drafts and develops or even if they go with another veteran.
“I’m concerned”, Cutler said. Houston tore his ACL back in 2014, but returned to play a full 16 games last season, recording 42 tackles and eight sacks.
The Eagles settled for a field goal, and although they eventually won 29-14 to get to 2-0, it was the kind of play that against a better team could come back to haunt them. Sure, the first two games didn’t go the way we wanted them to.
It’s unclear if Cutler had injured his thumb in the opener and made it worse by playing last night, or whether his injured thumb was the result of his poor play.
The defense was hit hard, with linebacker Danny Trevathan scheduled for surgery Wednesday morning on a sprained thumb.
In fact, the Eagles edge of 37:42 over opponents leads the league. He did it by spreading the ball to seven WR’s and he did it with a running game that was good, (100 yards) but not great. Fox did say the surgery will not be season-ending. Though, the Bears have not officially named Hoyer as the starting quarterback for Sunday’s game. But there’s 14 left.
“I think everyone is probably a little taken aback by what happened during that game”, Cutler said.
Some think that the Bears’ decision on Cutler’s long-term future with the team is already made. You an make your own mind up what he said.
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“The last time I saw that man smile was when he was signing his contract”.
