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Cutler officially probable, will start

The Bears are in the thick of the playoff hunt, but Josh McCown has gotten them there -- so why mess with a good thing? Jay Cutler (ankle) will return to action and to the starting lineup tomorrow at Cleveland, a move that tells us HC Marc Trestman is clearly thinking beyond Week 15 (indeed: beyond 2013). Cutler's contract is up after the season -- so Trestman will use the next three games as a kind of crash audition, for the purpose of deciding whether to hitch his own star to Cutler's long-term. Seems smart enough; even if Cutler craps out, (a) the Bears were probably not winning this year's Super Bowl under any circumstances, and (b) McCown, as we have noted previously, is 34, and thus no permanent fix himself.

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