Kyle Schwarber’s not the only Chicago athlete making a surprise return from injury this week.
Brian Hoyer’s snapped left arm means Jay Cutler is back, and injured thumb be damned. If he can grip he can throw, and if he can throw we can win.
No seriously — Jay is surprisingly successful overall returning from injury, as are the Bears. But that “overall” is a killer, because there are two games in his career where coming back too early hurt him.
What’s more, these five games is the longest stretch Cutler has missed consecutively during a season in which he returned from an injury.