Brad Biggs and David Haugh recap Sunday's Chicago Bears game against the Houston Texans.
Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler didn't do his weekly radio show Monday after suffering a concussion late in the first half of Sunday night's 13-6 loss to the Houston Texans.
The "Jay Cutler Show," which had been scheduled to be broadcast live from the Joe's on Weed restaurant at noon as part of the "Waddle & Silvy Show" on WMVP-AM 1000, was canceled, the station said.
Cutler's availability for next Monday night's game in San Francisco also is in question. Backup quarterback Jason Campbell played the second half against the Texans. Cutler will need to be cleared by team doctors as well as an independent neurological consultant before he is cleared to return to the field.
Coach Lovie Smith declined Monday to speculate on Cutler's outlook for the 49ers game. He confirmed that the team believes Cutler was injured on the hit by Houston's Tim Dobbins.
Asked about the performance of Campbell, Smith said, "None of us played well enough to win."
Meanwhile, an NFL spokesman said the league has found no fault with how the Bears handled Cutler's concussion Sunday night.
"Our medical advisors follow up on any significant injury," the NFL's Greg Aiello wrote in an email. "On this one, we learned that the team properly handled the injury and removed him from the game as soon as he showed symptoms and was diagnosed with a concussion."
Cutler missed one game when he suffered a concussion in 2010, and the concussion protocol remains the same. It's something 49ers quarterback Alex Smith also will have to go through this week as he was knocked out of Sunday's tie against the Rams with a concussion.
NFL protocol mandates players be completely asymptomatic and have normal neurological results at rest and after physical exertion before returning. That means Cutler will be evaluated after running or doing other non-football exercises.
Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III suffered a concussion earlier this season and returned to play the following week. Lions running back Jahvid Best has missed more than a year after suffering two concussions last season. This is the third concussion Cutler has suffered in the NFL, including one with the Broncos, and he had at least one documented concussion at Vanderbilt.
Contributing: Brad Biggs
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