Jay Cutler has a sprained right thumb that doesn’t need surgery right now, but John Fox wouldn’t rule it out entirely when the Bears’ head coach met the media Tuesday at Halas Hall. Usually, playing at home sounds good, but the Bears are 3-14 at Soldier Field dating back to 2014.
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The Chicago Bears got bullied and broken on Monday night by the visiting Philadelphia Eagles, including an injury to starting quarterback Jay Cutler’s right hand that caused him to miss the entire 4th quarter.
Landing a player like Wentz has to be a tantalizing concept for the Bears. The Bears had it all.
The Chicago Bears’ start to their 2016 season hasn’t gone almost as they or their fans had hoped.
Chicago’s 0-2 start could be even worse than it looks.
Prior to injury, Cutler had completed 12 of 17 passes for 157 yards and one interception.
Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 3:05 p.m.
“Those are the things that I’ve got to keep working on”, Wentz said.
And we will talk about Wentz more believe me because, well, we just can’t get enough of The Kid here. He took care of the football. Was it flawless? By no means was it ideal.
It’s not like Wentz is gunslinging his way to massive statistics, throwing the ball downfield and gunning for touchdowns.
Actually, the game could have been much more lopsided. But part of it, too, might be preservation of the coach’s prize possession.
The Bears are being hurt offensively by the lack of a running game, whether it’s because of poor blocking with a line that has just come together or a lack of execution. So they sent Wentz out there with an empty backfield and let him sling short passes around on the opening drive. Philadelphia’s first possession was the ideal example.
PASSING OFFENSE: B – Playing in his first National Football League road game, Carson Wentz turned in another solid performance. “He kind of short-armed a couple throws and they said it was a problem and that’s when we made the change”. “So, we’ll see what it is”.
“I got my confidence going early and it was a great team win”.
The best pass Wentz might’ve thrown in the first half should’ve been a touchdown. He would have had a bigger night had Jordan Matthews held on to a surefire long touchdown in the second quarter.
Wentz echoed similar sentiments after getting his second career win and appreciated the chance to air in out early in the game.
The ball went through Matthews’ hands.
However, given that this has been an issue since his days at Vanderbilt, one has to wonder if Matthews will ever be able to solve the conundrum with dropped passes and take the giant leap forward to being the Eagles’ No. 1 wide receiver.
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Trevathan will undergo surgery on Wednesday. He was replaced by Brian Hoyer with less than a minute left in the third quarter.
