The Bears first string quarterback, Jay Cutler, was benched yet again in the Week 9 game against the Lions during the final minutes of the fourth quarter to another injury.  Cutler had been replaced by the Bears’ second string quarterback Josh McCown in the last two minutes of the game last Sunday.

His latest injury, a high ankle sprain, was caused when “Cutler had his ankle rolled on with just less than 3 minutes left in the first half, absorbing a hit by linebacker Stephen Tulloch after firing a 12-yard completion to Alshon Jeffery,” says the Chicago Tribune reporter Dan Wiederer.

Coach Marc Trestman says “Cutler’s playing status is being called “week-to-week,” and “it certainly won’t be this week.”

“There’s swelling now and those kinds of things but it wasn’t a case of it being anything more than a high-ankle sprain than it was, talking to the trainers at that time,” Trestman said.

With McCown in as the starting quarterback this week, there should not be a significant difference in the Bears’ new “Trestman Offense” as the new quarterback should not affect it that much.

McCown finished the last two minutes and seventeen seconds of the Lions game completing 6 of  9 passes with a 12 play, 74 yard drive resulting in a touchdown.  Unfortunately, the Bears failed a two-point conversion that would have tied the game and sent them into overtime.

The Bears vs. Ravens game will be McCown’s second start this season.  So far “[in the three games McCown has played in this year,] McCown is 42-of-70 for 538 yards and four touchdowns with zero interceptions. He has a passer rating of 103.2” states Adam Hoge, a writer for CBS Chicago.

Hopefully the Bears will be able to see starting quarterback Jay Cutler return to the offense in full health in the near future, but until then the Bears and the city of Chicago will have to put their trust in backup QB Josh McCown as he takes on Joe Flacco and the Ravens next week.