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.
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Cutler has played well, considering the poor offensive line in front of him and the lacking offensive talent around him (save for Alshon Jeffery), but he’s making too much and producing too little for the Bears to keep him around.
The Bears are the latest team to experience quarterback injury woes.
Bears coach John Fox said the turnovers forced the Bears into some tough situations against Eagles rookie QB Carson Wentz. “But to eliminate it down the road, I’m not a doctor, so I can’t tell you that. Right now, we could get Louisville or the University of Houston and they could beat the Browns”. Personally, I don’t think it’s about that time just yet. He could have went into Towson University and got a harder challenge playing those teams.
Smith called Cutler the “worst quarterback in the NFL” and that might have been the nicest thing he said. Asked when Cutler was injured, Fox said he “probably originally hurt his thumb five years ago”, when he had surgery to fix a fracture suffered while trying to tackle the Chargers’ Antoine Cason following an interception. Many times the defense plays a part, or the quarterback makes a bad throw, but Wentz has shown he is rarely off target. “And we have 14 games left”.
Fox said the Bears have run the ball effectively with Cutler, but have had to turn away from it when falling behind. Wentz’s most reliable receiver on the night was Touchdown Trey Burton - a third-year tight end making a spot start for an injured Zach Ertz - who doubled his career reception total with three catches, including his first National Football League touchdown on a nifty goal-line screen.
Despite being hit by a rash of injuries while falling to 0-2, Fox is confident that the Bears will weather the storm. He’s started 26 games in his career, including nine for the Texans last season. Escaping Dallas with a win will go a long way in rebooting what has been an terrible start to 2016.
Cutler was injured in last night’s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Highlights of the Philadelphia Eagles’ trip to Chicago Bears in week two of the NFL. “Everybody’s got a lot vested into this. That’s the biggest thing to stress”.
