Next man up! So that's Melton, Collins, Williams, Briggs and Cutler (most likely) all with significant injuries. For reference, Bears injury report heading into the Bears-Seahawks playoff game in 2011:
I think this is correct, but if Cutler misses the rest of the season with this injury, he would be the only current starting QB in the NFL to have 2 season ending injuries (at least 6 games) in his career. Here is a nearly complete list of season ending QB injuries by current QBs. Alex Smith - Missed last 7 games of 2007 season Carson Palmer - Missed last 12 games of 2008 season Tom Brady - Missed last 15 games of 2008 season Matthew Stafford - Missed last 8 games of 2010 season Tony Romo - Missed last 10 games of 2010 season Matt Schaub - Missed last 6 games of 2011 season Jay Cutler - Missed last 6 games of 2011 season Chad Henne - Missed last 12 games of 2011 season Peyton Manning - Missed entire 2011 season Sam Bradford - Missed final 9 games of 2013 season Jay Cutler - Could potentially miss final 9 games of 2013 season Meanwhile, the GB starting QB has made his start in 324 out of the last 325 weeks (technically 326 but QB sat Rodgers the last week of a season for non-injury related reasons)
Probably not what you are looking for but I heard a couple of calls on my ride to work today where people were suggesting that there wasn't going to be much of a drop off from Cutler to McCown.
Bears score 41 points and lose lol. Good stuff. 500 yards of offense for Washington. Sorry I'm probably being my overreactionary post loss self but with this defense I can't see better than 7-9 or 8-8.