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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Chicago Bears anemic offense took another hit on Thursday night.The Bears are down to third-stringer Matt Barkley at quarterback after Brian Hoyer broke his left arm in the second quarter of a 26-10 loss to the Green Bay Packers.Well, when you lose your starting quarterback it can be disruptive. Its not an excuse, its just a reality, coach John Fox said.The Bears were already struggling to score points with Hoyer. He was playing admirably in place of injured starter Jay Cutler, though Chicago had trouble turning the yards into points.They were 31st in the league in scoring (16.8 points) coming into the night.Their best offense on Thursday came from rookie linebacker Leonard Floyd.He scored the Bears only touchdown after stripping Aaron Rodgers on a sack and recovering the ball in the end zone for a 10-6 lead early in the third quarter.But the offense never got closer than the Green Bay 42 on their four second-half drives. Their last two possessions ended with interceptions.I dont think anybodys proud of what weve done so far, tight end Zach Miller said. What are we 1-6? One-and-6 is not good.Cutler has been out since Week 2 with a right thumb injury. Miller was the emergency quarterback if Barkley got hurt.Hoyer was 4 of 11 for 49 yards before getting hurt. Barkley finished 6 of 15 for 81 yards.Barkley is just learning the offense after getting called up from the practice squad after Cutler got hurt.Its just like learning a new language. You can picture it in your mind what its supposed to be, but having to spit it out into a fluid sentence just takes reps, Barkley said.The good news for the Bears is that they now have 10 days until their next game, on Oct. 31 against Minnesota. Maybe theyll have Cutler by then, too.When hes cleared medically, well have him out there, Fox said. When exactly thats going to be, I cant answer that. 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Wholesale Baseball Jerseys . Q: Team Canada announces their Olympic roster three weeks from today. Who is general manager Steve Yzerman watching? LeBrun: Over the last 48 hours, hes taken in the home-and-home between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche with Jamie Benn and Matt Duchene being the obvious targets. Bernie Ecclestone may have turned 86 today (Happy Birthday, Mr E), but I wont use that as a reason to offend octogenarians by offering it as an excuse for some of his statements -- even more absurd than usual -- that hit the headlines yesterday.Actually, hitting the headlines is probably an appropriate phrase. Apart from Ecclestones devious pleasure in creating box office appeal for F1, it strikes me that the increasing number of sound bites in recent weeks is an indication of a faintly desperate need to prove that he remains the focal point of a business that previously had his name above the door.It must be difficult, after 40 years, to suddenly face the fact that the only thing of consequence outside your family is about to be forcibly removed for good. And not on your exact terms. Forget the new three-year contract. Ecclestone is wise enough -- and certainly old enough -- to realise that his desk will be metaphorically eased into the corridor alongside the water cooler as soon as the new bosses fully understand the complexities of this unique business and feel ready to take complete charge.Bernie is free to say what he pleases, of course. The problem here is that safety is a sensitive subject, particularly when the speaker appears to make light of it by helping create headlines that shout for more crashes to spice up F1. Theres no pointt in Ecclestone complaining his words were taken out of context; he knew full well the selective sensationalism likely to result from his flippant remarks.ddddddddddddhe contradiction comes if you agree there is thread of truth running through some of his statements. Building walls is impractical -- not to mention stupid -- even if their presence would bring the need for 10 times more precision than is necessary when the penalty for a misjudgement is the minor inconvenience of a high-speed detour across an asphalt run-off. I get the theory behind what he says just as much as I go along with the call to have Charlie Whiting make a track limit exactly that. Install kerbs, add gravel (where safe to do so without causing a car to dig in and roll); just do whatever is necessary to increase the challenge.But for Ecclestone to suggest that in an incident such as Fernando Alonsos massive shunt in Melbourne, it would be a bit of showbiz to put big sheets around the scene, bring in the ambulance, take the driver away and string out the drama by not announcing the relatively uninjured driver is okay until much later: if this is not tongue in cheek, then it is Birthday Boy who needs carting off for urgent medical attention. ' ' '