Jay Cutler, the Bears’ starting quarterback, sprained his thumb Monday night in a 29-14 loss to the Eagles.
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NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that the Bears are “preparing for a lengthy absence” for Cutler.
Cutler initially sustained ligament damage in his right thumb in Week 1 against the Texans, according to Adam Jahns of the Chicago Sun-Times, and he aggravated the injury during the third quarter of the Bears’ loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 2.
“He’s a passionate guy”, Cutler said. But from the looks of it, he’ll at least get a chance to prove he’s better than what we saw in the first two games. “If not, we’ll go with Brian Hoyer”, Fox said on Tuesday.
Bears: Linebacker Lamarr Houston left the game with a left knee injury that Fox said “seems to be substantial”.
If the Bears are looking to win Super Bowls in 2018 or beyond, it won’t be with Cutler as the quarterback.
With Cutler throwing off his back foot on the next play from scrimmage Bradham intercepted a pass apparently intended for Alshon Jeffery, who was about 10 yards behind him, at the 30 and returned it to the 2. I knew I was putting the team, especially the offense, in jeopardy at that point. “My day was done”. Cutler was getting hit all night long and took a beating which also led to the running game being rendered useless as Jeremy Langford rushed for only 28 yards and the team as a whole only mustered 64 yards on the ground against a rather suspect Eagles defense.
The home fans did have one moment to cheer late on, with Eddie Royal returning a punt to the house from 65 yards out, but it was too little, too late as they drop their second straight game this season, while losing their starting quarterback among other injuries in the process.
Basically, after looking at all the injuries, the short week to prepare for Week 3, and the recent history against the Lions, in addition with their home disadvantage, there is a good chance that the Bears could start the first quarter of the 2016 National Football League season with a 0-4 record.
It’s not clear when the injury happened. He was not on the injury report leading up to the Eagles game.
Jackson did not provide any specifics about the injury to McCown, who displayed toughness by staying in the game and absorbing several big hits while almost leading the Browns (0-2) to a comeback win. He’s completed better than 60 percent of his passes for 468 yards, three touchdowns, no interceptions, and a 94.1 quarterback rating.
Harbaugh is right. Jay Cutler is fine.
“Medical people come to you and say he can’t go, then he can’t go”, Fox said.
I guess I was wrong. “As a quarterback, you kind of need your right thumb”.
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The last time Roethlisberger played in Philadelphia, the Eagles sacked him eight times in the third game of the 2008 season, which the Steelers lost 15-6.
