LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- If quarterback Brian Hoyer continues producing as he did Sunday for the Chicago Bears, Jay Cutler could find regaining his starting spot is no mere formality.Bears coach John Fox didnt want to speculate Monday on how much longer Cutler would be out with a sprained thumb after calling it a significant injury, but did say the starting quarterback position is like any other.I think its performance-based, Fox said. So anybody thats performing well, I dont think were going to be likely to change.Hoyer, an eight-year veteran, threw for 302 yards on 28 of 36 with two touchdowns and no interceptions in Sundays 17-14 victory over the Detroit Lions.Hoyer has yet to throw an interception in three Bears appearances, and is 67 of 97 with a passer rating of 103.3.Cutler had a 75.7 passer rating and completed 28 of 46 passes for a touchdown and two interceptions. Cutlers two starts came against Philadelphia and Houston while Hoyer faced Dallas and Detroit.When Cutler is healthy enough to return, Fox said evaluation of the spot will begin. At least until then, Hoyer is still the starting quarterback.I think well evaluate it just like we do every position on the football team, Fox said. I think Jay has played a lot of good football.In fact in the (film) cut-ups watching Detroit in last years two games I thought he played pretty well. Well evaluate it like everything. Right now I dont like getting into speculation and predictions because well know more on Wednesday.The Bears are 1/3 after ending a six-game home losing streak and go to Indianapolis on Sunday.Hoyer was particularly adept at moving and throwing against the Lions. The Bears used a moving pocket or passes off bootlegs to keep Detroits pass rush off balance.I think we kind of were starting to do more of that anyway, just because we had some (pass) protection issues, and I think any time you can get the quarterback on a different spot is important in football, Fox said. So its just something we kind of put in the system.Another thing Hoyer did well was distribute the ball to different receivers after Alshon Jeffery had been the chief target opponents sought to stop.Three Bears caught four or more passes and Eddie Royal took a pass over the middle 64 yards to set up a score.It makes the defense so that they cant key on one guy, Royal said. They all know how good Alshon is. And when were spreading the ball around hopefully it will take away some double coverage from him.It didnt hurt Hoyer to be able to lean on a running attack that featured a back Fox said reminded him of former Carolina running back Stephen Davis.Rookie Jordan Howard ran for 111 yards on 23 carries in his first start. He had been sharing time as the third back behind Jeremy Langford and KaDeem Carey, who were injured.Just being the main guy, you know you can be comfortable and relaxed, sort of, Howard said. You dont have to worry about being pulled very fast, so you can definitely get into a rhythm.Fox said he thought Howard tired out Detroits defense, and the rookie wouldnt disagree.I felt like they were getting worn down as the game went on, Howard said. I definitely try to make the defense not want to tackle me toward the end of the game. So I try to bring everything I have on each run.Langford is out with a sprained ankle and Carey with a hamstring pull. So its likely Davis will continue to get work.Hes got good feet, Fox said. Hes got good vision. I think his hands are better than I think we thought, even when we drafted him.He does have an even-keel demeanor. Hes not going to go real high. Hes not going to go real low. But hes a very instinctive football player.Fox was also encouraged by another young player, wide receiver Kevin White.However, White had to have an MRI after suffering an ankle injury in the game and the team will know the extent of the injury later in the week.White had six catches for 55 yards against Detroit.I thought it was by far his best game, Fox said. I think he was real aggressive. I think he caught some contesed balls.I think after the catch he was aggressive to get extra yards. I thought it was his best performance.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFLVapormax Sort Dame . Once again Jordan Cieciwa (@FitCityJordan) and I (@LynchOnSports) go head to head in our picks. 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Perhaps Carroll was so prepared for a break because he believes there is very little the Seattle Seahawks need heading into the off-season. "I dont see anything that we need to add. We just have to get better," Carroll said.PARKER, Colo. -- For nearly a half-hour, the Europeans joined rules officials in a hunt for a golf ball and a place to drop it while the Americans paced around impatiently, looking for answers that never quite came. Fans that had been chanting "USA! USA!" started shouting "While were young! While were young!" After that strange scene at the Solheim Cup played out Friday, Spanish rookie Carlota Ciganda dropped a 15-foot putt to halve the 15th hole in her match against Stacy Lewis and Lexi Thompson. It gave the Europeans the momentum for a win in that match, which spurred them to a 5-3 lead after a wacky Day 1 at Colorado Golf Club. "Obviously, we were extremely happy with that," European captain Liselotte Neumann said. Cigandas victory with Suzann Pettersen was still being dissected well after sundown when rules officials, after looking at replays, conceded they had made the wrong call during that 25-minute-plus delay on the 15th hole. Nothing they could do about it after the fact, however, so the result stood. Lewis, who spent the delay pacing, stretching, bending, trying to stay loose, was livid. "Im very frustrated by the situation," she said. "I think there were a lot of things that went wrong within the ruling." As much as the ruling, she and captain Meg Mallon were frustrated with the amount of time it took. When the Lewis foursome -- the first out for Friday afternoons best-ball matches -- reached the 15th tee box, they were nearly two holes ahead of the next group. By the time they putted out, there were three groups stacked up on the par-5 hole. The group behind, Angela Stanford and Gerina Piller, had just made their third straight birdie to close their deficit against Caroline Hedwall and Caroline Masson to one. They didnt win another hole and fell 2 and 1. "Heres my team sitting there, after they are just charging and making a comeback, and then they have to sit," Mallon said. "And so, not only does it change the psyche of my team, but it changes the psyche of the other team, because they can have time to regroup." Farther back on the course, Brittany Lang chipped in from the bunker on 14 to give the Americans a momentum-proof, 3-up lead en route to a 4-and-3 victory over Anna Nordqvist and Giulia Sergas.dddddddddddd In the days last match, Michelle Wie, a controversial captains pick, teamed with Cristie Kerr for a 2-and-1 win over Catriona Matthew and Charley Hull. The Americans got their only point of the morning alternate-shot matches from Morgan Pressel and rookie Jessica Korda. Korda hit her very first Solheim Cup shot straight down the middle, then walked to the edge of the fairway to throw up. Moments later, she nailed an approach on the par-5 to 8 feet and the U.S. was ahead. "I cant explain what happened," Korda said. "I just knew that the banana did not sit." Europe is trying to retain the cup and win for the first time on U.S. soil. The team that has held the first-day lead has gone on to win nine of 11 times. "Not awful," Mallon called the first-day deficit. "But we would like to be in better position, and hopefully, we can get all that back tomorrow." In Saturdays alternate-shot matches, Mallon is putting Pressel and Korda out first against Anna Nordqvist and Caroline Hedwall. On Friday morning, Nordqvist and Hedwall opened for Europe and defeated Lewis and Lizette Salas 4 and 2. Neumann, meanwhile, will keep a winning combination together Saturday, sending Azahara Munoz and Karine Icher out against Lewis and Paula Creamer. On Friday, Munoz and Icher strung together 15-foot-plus birdie putts on 8, 9 and 10 to take an insurmountable lead in a 2-and-1 victory over the Kerr and Creamer, handing that power pairing their first loss as a team in four tries. "It was great to win this match and I think I found a friend forever," Icher said. Other pairings Saturday: Matthew and Caroline Masson against Brittany Lincicome and Salas; and Pettersen and Beatriz Recari against Wie and Lang. Ciganda will get the morning off after working her heart out Friday afternoon. She played from the scrub and the trees through most of the back nine, but made some of her best shots from there, as well. Her approach on the 13th from the scrub to 4 feet set up a birdie putt that drew the match even. Then, there was the 15-foot make from the fringe after the 25-minute delay on No. 15. Talk about a game-changer. "That completely turned things," Lewis said. "The good news is, were only two points down." ' ' '