But they’re doing just fine so far. But Monday night’s loss highlighted that the Bears – a team in transition – don’t necessarily need, or want, Cutler back anytime soon. No matter how many different running backs Offensive Coordinator Dowell Loggains threw in the game the ground game was effectively absent. They saw what that did for the Eagles, who won with rookie Carson Wentz.
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The odd thing is, Monday nights had been one of the few reliable bright spots for Cutler and the Bears. He missed eight games with a broken wrist at North Dakota State last season and cracked a rib in the preseason opener last month.
Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler sustained a sprained right thumb in Monday’s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles and his status is day-to-day, according to coach John Fox.
With that in mind, here are some takeaways from the game.
Cornerbacks Kyle Fuller and Tracy Porter were limited participants in Wednesday’s workout, as both are working through knee injuries.
After holding Cleveland to 10 points, that group gave up only one of Chicago’s two touchdowns.
Former Chargers head team doctor David Chao said letting the finger heal without surgery is reasonable – but even so, Cutler playing “effectively” by Sunday’s Dallas game is unlikely.
But he knows that to be considered more than just another wide receiver, he has to make that play.
Trevathan bounced back to appear in 15 regular-season games for the Broncos during the 2015 campaign, but his injury history has come back into play early in his tenure with the Bears.
Brian Hoyer is in line to start under center for the Bears against the Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions and possibly the Indianapolis Colts over the next three weeks. Cutler admitted after the game he had trouble gripping the football.
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McPhee got in Cutler’s face as he was walking off the field and bumped him. The two had words after a pass got picked off by Philadelphia’s Nigel Bradham. He played two more series after that, and was examined on the sideline before heading into the locker room. The Bears tried to “freeze” Sturgis with a late timeout just as the ball was being snapped, and Sturgis missed the “practice kick” badly. That falls on the rest of the offense. “If you take one day off, you take one rep off mentally and then that’s the play that gets called in the game, I mean, that’s when you’re going to slip off”. The last time these two teams squared off was in 2012 and the Eagles came out on top 16-14. In spite of being 2-0, the Steelers have done a poor job in rushing opposing quarterbacks.
