Right before the fourth quarter on Monday night, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler had to leave the game with an apparent hand injury.
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The Bears announced shortly afterwards that Cutler was ruled out the rest of the game.
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Cutler threw an interception to Nigel Bradham right before leaving for the locker room, but he appeared to get injured before that play on a sack when he landed on his hand or wrist.
What makes this potentially serious is that it was his throwing hand that was injured.
Cutler was having a mixed game before exiting. He had completed 12-of-17 passes for 157 yards with no touchdowns and one interception.
The Philadelphia Eagles scored a touchdown off the interception just a couple plays later, taking a 22-7 lead into the fourth quarter.
Brian Hoyer took over for Cutler.