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Styf: Bears played concussion by the book, but still put Cutler at risk

“When they are injured, we take them out. Before that, no.”



That was Lovie Smith, after Sunday night's game, explaining why Jay Cutler went back into the game after being violently hit by the Texans' Tim Dobbins.



It was clear Cutler had been hit hard. It's less clear why he wasn't removed from the game immediately and sent to the locker room.

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