Chicago Bears place Jay Cutler and Matt Forte on Injured Reserve

by Dane Noble on Dec 27, 2011 2:52 PM CST in News

The Chicago Bears announced today that the team has officially placed QB Jay Cutler and RB Matt Forte on Injured Reserve. While this isn't surprising, it does free up two of the 53-man roster spots (Roster update provided at end of article).

Cutler and Forte join an IR already comprised of:

- Chris Williams

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No word yet on whether the Bears plans to promote anyone from the Practice Team, but if I were a betting man, I'd say it was just a matter of time. Stay tuned...

UPDATE: The Bears have filled the two open positions... DT Jordan Miller has been promoted from the PS, and OG Masfield Wrotto (formerly of the Seahawks and Bills) has been signed to the active roster. Think Tim Ruskell had anything to do with that one?

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Not a shock.

If they promote people from the PS, doesn’t that make them ineligible to return to the PS? So if they move them up for one game, they can’t be sent back to the PS next year, can they?

by Virto on Dec 27, 2011 3:04 PM CST reply actions

I believe the limit is 8 games of NFL service time

before they become PS-ineligible.

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by Steven Schweickert on Dec 27, 2011 3:06 PM CST up reply actions

there's a practice squad post floating around WCG somewhere that explains the rules

When Mike Ditka calculates pi it's decimal representation ends.

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Dec 27, 2011 3:13 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah, but I'm not going to look.

(/troll)

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by Steven Schweickert on Dec 27, 2011 3:19 PM CST up reply actions

me either...

and I wrote it…

When Mike Ditka calculates pi it's decimal representation ends.

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Dec 27, 2011 3:49 PM CST up reply actions

lol

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by Timothy Hockemeyer on Dec 28, 2011 3:58 AM CST up reply actions

Gotcha

Thanks. Makes more sense then. I’d hate to play someone for 1-2 games and then end up watching some other team sign them away.

by Virto on Dec 27, 2011 3:13 PM CST up reply actions

Wow, 7 starters on IR

Including two starting lineman and our starting QB and RB. No wonder we’re gonna be 7-9.

If its free, take two.

by T.J. Shouse on Dec 27, 2011 3:14 PM CST reply actions

it's amazing to me that they even made it to 7-9

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by suckmyditka on Dec 27, 2011 3:49 PM CST up reply actions

Already predicting a loss to the Vikings are we?

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by jameslcrockett on Dec 27, 2011 4:11 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah

Did you see them play last week?

They are going to be a team to watch for in the future. Ponder is the real deal

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by suckmyditka on Dec 27, 2011 4:26 PM CST up reply actions

Hey now, they've got a lot of holes...

And let’s see how AP’s knee recovers. And not taking anything away from Ponder, but Joe Webb is a guy that scares me. The Bears defense seems to have the answer for running QBs, but I hope Minny’s coaches don’t somehow develop that guy into a starting QB.

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by Bearsh!tt!n on Dec 27, 2011 9:49 PM CST up reply actions

Ha, not if Peterson's knee has anything to say about that.

by Shuggs on Dec 28, 2011 12:54 AM CST up reply actions

Hopefully they will be back and ready to rock next year

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by JoeCB1991 on Dec 27, 2011 4:00 PM CST reply actions