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Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler will have surgery to repair his torn labrum in his throwing shoulder on Saturday and will be placed on injured reserve, coach John Fox announced on Thursday. Fox wasn't interested in addressing whether Cutler has played his last snap in Chicago, however.
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"The offseason's the offseason. We're not there yet," Fox said.
Cutler sustained the injury in a 22-16 loss to the New York Giants in Week 11. The 33-year-old was sacked four times and threw an interception while finishing the game, but sat out last week's loss to the Tennessee Titans.
Matt Barkley made his first career start versus the Titans, completing 28 of 54 passes for 316 yards and three touchdowns. The fourth-year quarterback also threw two interceptions.
Cutler missed five games with a right thumb injury earlier in the season. He's thrown for 1,059 yards while completing 59.1 percent of his passes, with four touchdown passes and five interceptions over five games in 2016.
This is the third season-ending injury for a Chicago quarterback in 2016 after primary backup Brian Hoyer broke his left arm and third-stringer Connor Shaw broke his leg during the preseason.
