There was the one against the Raiders in Week 4 then seven days later in Kansas City. The Bulls played without Joakim Noah and still cruised to a 15-point lead in the first quarter.
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It’s the 13th, 14th and 15th fourth quarter comeback for a win in Cutler’s tenure in Chicago.
Unfortunately, the running game seems to be the only thing that St. Louis has going for them offensively.
Zach Miller’s sensational one-handed sliding touchdown catch with 3:19 to play, followed by a Jeremy Langford 2-point conversion run that was upheld on review, provided Chicago (3-5) with its margin of victory.
Down the stretch he certainly did.
-The winning score by Miller represented his first touchdown as a Bear and first since 2011 as a Jacksonville Jaguar. It was all apart of his 27-of-40, 354 yard throwing performance with a pair of touchdown tosses. Jay Cutler’s two touchdown passes gave him 139 as a Bear, breaking the franchise record previously held by Hall of Famer Sid Luckman.
“We have got to figure out how to win in the fourth quarter”, Cutler said. This was the second turnover by Cutler in Chargers territory, as he also was stripped for a fumble on the team’s second drive of the game in what was a rough first half for the Bears. Coach John Fox will address the media Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
He wasn’t the only one who did.
If I had picked one player who would have been the hero of the game against the Chargers, Zach Miller might have been one of the last people I picked.
“I just tuned it out”, he said. “I really didn’t have time to go with two [hands]”.
But much more important to his future as an National Football League quarterback, he should have convinced Chicago’s coaches and officials he needs to be entrenched as their starter for 2016. At one point Monday night, a chant of “Let’s go Bears!” was audible.
Cornerback Jason Verrett suffered a groin injury, not too long after he’d returned an interception 68 yards for a touchdown.
Jeffery is going to get paid at the end of the year, and at this point it is impossible to see the Bears allowing him to get out of town.
The Chargers themselves aren’t even talking anymore about a long winning streak and getting back into contention.
Before we get into the various power rankings out there, I wanted to take a look at the current 2016 NFL Draft order as done by SB Nation’s Dan Kadar.
As for Cutler, he showed his ability to rally his team once again. The Rams come into the matchup with a 4-4 record on the season, hoping to bounce back after a 21-18 overtime loss to the Minnesota Vikings this past Sunday. He was inactive for five games this year.
“It’s just the start of knowing what he can do”, outside linebacker Pernell McPhee said. Although he had a team-high 78 yards on six catches, the Bears tried to disrupt his release and did their best to tackle him.
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As for the man who threw it, he believes it was poetic justice. It didn’t look like Jeffery ran a great route and Cutler said he put the ball where he wanted it to be. “He gives us everything he has everyday of practice”.
