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LAKE FOREST, Ill. - Losses are piling up for the Chicago Bears and now the injuries are, too. Wide receiver Brandon Marshall has been ruled out for the Dec. 15 home game against the New Orleans Saints due to two fractured ribs and a lung injury. According to a report from ESPN, Marshall will sit the Bears remaining three games this season. The Bears have other injuries to consider in addition to a 5-8 record that has coach Marc Trestman fielding questions about his future with the team. Marshall was taken to the hospital by ambulance after leaving Thursday nights 41-28 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in the second quarter. He was hit in the right side by the knee of Dallas defensive back Barry Church after making a catch. I went over to the hospital last night to see him, Trestman said Friday. He was in very good spirits. Hes got some healing to do, obviously, and hell be out for the week certainly and well see where he is as we move along. But he had a smile on his face. He was in good spirits. Whether Marshall plays again this year will depend on further evaluation of his injuries, according to a team spokesman. Trestman said both Marquess Wilson and Josh Morgan are options to replace Marshall in the Monday night game with New Orleans. One player Trestman is more certain will start against New Orleans is quarterback Jay Cutler. With the team likely to be eliminated from any mathematical playoff chances either Sunday or the following week, Trestman said he has no intention of starting backup Jimmy Clausen just to take a look at him. Jay is our quarterback, Trestman said. If hes available to play, hes going to play. Chicagos chief goal on offence going forward will be to find a way to run the ball after back-to-back efforts of 15 and 35 rushing yards. Trestman and the coaching staff received criticism for a franchise-low eight rushes the previous week against Detroit and the Bears ran just 15 times against Dallas. Theyve given us run plays and we havent made those blocks and gotten positive yards on those runs, centre Roberto Garza said. So we have to be able to go out there and get positive yards every time they call a run to be able to keep running the football. Defensively, the Bears appear to be in shambles after they gave up a season-worst 194 rushing yards Thursday, but had been yielding yardage through the air at an alarming rate prior to the loss to Dallas. Injuries continue to plague the defence. Safety Chris Conte, bothered by concussions, eye and shoulder injuries this season, left Thursdays game with a back injury. Its led to questions about whether Conte is physically able to play football. He loves football, he wants to play football, Trestman said. When hes cleared to play, we play him. After an 8-8 record his first year and a 5-8 start this year, Trestman and his assistants are fielding questions about the future of the staff. It happened after Thursdays game and his response was simply he has work to do rather than worry about outside talk. On Friday, Trestman said he still has support at Halas Hall from those he called key parties, chiefly general manager Phil Emery. Its been tremendously supportive, during the good weeks and bad weeks, he said. And its been extremely consistent by everybody here. http://www.atleticomadridpro.com/Kids-Diego-Costa-Jersey/ .J. -- All those records, all for naught. http://www.atleticomadridpro.com/Kids-Thomas-Partey-Jersey/ .Y. -- Major League Soccer has agreed to new measures to protect gay players from discrimination and harassment as a result of meetings with New Yorks attorney general. http://www.atleticomadridpro.com/Kids-Blank-Jersey/. Joining him in this years class were Switzerlands Patrick Huerlimann and Norways Eigil Ramsfjell. The announcement was made at the world mens curling championship at Capital Indoor Stadium in China. http://www.atleticomadridpro.com/Kids-Saul-Niguez-Jersey/ .Y. - For once, Clayton Kershaw was glad to see a long shutout streak end. http://www.atleticomadridpro.com/Kids-Gelson-Martins-Jersey/ . LaQuinton Ross scored 17 of his 20 points in the first half, hitting his first four 3-pointers, to send No.I am glad the regular season is over. When a football season begins I am rejuvenated. In the months of August and September I enjoy the grind and through mid-October to November I am enamored with playoff talk and positioning. But it happens every year - when the final whistle is blown to end a season I say yee-haw! Good! Its playoff time. The regular season is the price you play for the playoff experience and opportunity to possess a ring. It is a long stressful price but to be in the playoffs its different. Gone is all discussion about records and who is an "all-star" and what I did or you did. Enter the reality that if you can win three games starting Sunday you can create a memory that will never fade and will always produce a smile when called upon. Football players pull together come playoff time and it is something unique to see and be a part of. Practices are quieter, meeting almost somber in atmosphere. Not that it does not happen during the regular season but in playoff football it is almost physical in its vibe. Over the next three weeks players re-dedicate, re-focus and realize that this is it. The season will be all worth it or just another year in the books. For Winnipeg and Edmonton the question is "Where do we go from here?" There is rebuilding and refining in football and Winnipeg is rebuilding. Edmonton is too but with Mike Reilly at quarterback they are a few steps ahead in the personnel department than the Bombers. Change started on Monday in Edmonton with the dismissal of head coach Kavis Reed as in the last three years, they went from 11-7, to 7-11, to 4-14 this season. I think Montreal is the most dangerous team in the playoffs. Statistically Calgary was the best defence as they allowed the fewest points, 413 over 18 games, about 22 a game. But Montreal has singular game-changing players who create turnovers.dddddddddddd Slowly but surely Jim Popp has improved his team and depending on quarterback Troy Smith, Montreal could win it all. In BC eleven wins in one football season is solid but that is the issue - it is solid but not dominant. It was an awkward season with the Lions. Not great, not bad, just weird. Good one week, not so good the next. No running game, good defence but bad red zone defence. Just seems like the lions never hit their stride this year as they have in the past. In Hamilton they are better and improving. I cant thank the University of Guelph enough for providing a home (and for being a home for a 220,000lb Purolator tackle hunger donation) but it is time for the Ticats to go back to Balsome Avenue and King Street. If they need some cheap labour come February I am around and willing. They need their home stadium back. Good team trying to be great but they are headed in the right direction. For the Riders of Regina the dream is still alive! BC won it all two years ago, and Toronto did last year and so can the 2013 Riders. At one point they were 8-1 and then adversity hit both on and off the field. On field is to be expected, off field can be tolerated. The Riders can win it all or could be one and done. Self control and emotional focus for key individual players are issues and must not be seen as an issue come Sunday. Finally, Toronto and BC. Not complicated at all. Just lay out a practice and meeting schedule that helps your team peak come the 17th of November. And hope that BC, Saskatchewan, Montreal and Hamilton beat each other up real good. No more tracking records or resting, or injuries or alibis. This is it - the best type of football, one game by one game by one game. Winner take all. 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