Against the Eagles on Monday night Trevathan didn’t appear to be injured on any particular play and Fox didn’t point out specifically when the thumb injury took place. Hoyer throws picks on 2.6 percent of his throws and once he’s thrown one more are likely to follow, as in Houston’s 2015 playoff loss.
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McPhee, who is now on the physically unable to perform list, was not available to the media afterward, so it’s unknown whether he knew that Cutler’s thumb was already bothering him at the time of the interception.
“I think Jay probably originally hurt his thumb five years ago”, he said, referring to a 2011 broken thumb that ended Cutler’s season.
Cutler made 12 of 17 passes for 157 yards but was sacked three times by a rampant Eagles defense.
Rookie Jordan Howard was one of the few bright spots in the running game with three carries for 22 yards, but was pulled after a few nice runs with the score out of hand and the Bears passing every down. After going winless in their first two games, the Bears are now heading into a short week of preparation for a Sunday night showdown with the Cowboys on the road.
But after two weeks into the season the Bears are who we thought they were (R.I.P. Dennis Green).
“The way you guys prepared the last two weeks is going to carry you a long, long way”, Pederson told his players after the game as shown on the team’s website. “He is the worst kind of quarterback you can possibly have”.
Cutler topped a long list of players injured in Monday’s 29-14 loss to Philadelphia. Hoyer played for Bears offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains in Cleveland, when Loggains coached the Browns’ quarterbacks in 2014, and because of that past experience, Hoyer said he already has a feel for what Loggains likes, or doesn’t like, and vice versa.
Cutler said after the game that he wasn’t bothered by McPhee’s outburst. “He’s a passionate guy”.
As of now, the Bears will look to journeyman, Brian Hoyer as their new starter. He’s upset. I’m upset.
That’s by design – the Bears are one of the youngest teams in the NFL. However, he was unable to lead the Bears on a comeback after Cutler departed due to injury.
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Notes: S Adrian Amos and CB Bryce Callahan exited Monday’s game with concussions, S Chris Prosinski bruised his right calf and RB Ka’Deem Carey strained his hamstring. That’s the biggest thing to stress is don’t panic, go out and have a great week of practice and go out there on Sunday night and improve and get better.
