LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Brian Hoyers three straight 300-yard passing efforts suggest the quarterback position for the Chicago Bears is in good hands until quarterback Jay Cutler returns from a thumb sprain.Inconsistency in other areas continues to plague the Bears (1-4) following their 29-23 loss Sunday at Indianapolis.Linebacker Willie Young said coach John Fox addressed the issue in talking with players ahead of a home game Sunday against Jacksonville.Just to sum up his message to the team is that were so close, Young said. I guess every game, wins or losses, come down to a few plays. And to see how close we are is a lot of motivation to see that maybe if we can just avoid having this mistake, this offsides penalty, this dropped ball.Hoyers season passer rating climbed to 108.5 against the Colts, though he missed seeing wide receiver Alshon Jeffery open in the end zone on the Bears final offensive play, an incompletion. The Bears offense produced 522 yards, its most for a game since Mike Ditkas 1989 team. But the offense sputtered in the red zone with one touchdown in three tries.Wide receiver Cameron Meredith filled in well for injured Kevin White with nine catches for 130 yards, then fumbled the ball in the fourth quarter.I think weve gotten betetr at moving the ball offensively, distributing it, Fox said. I think our timings been better. All in all, though, we still need to capitalize on more points.Fox said he has no timetable yet on when or if Cutler will be back.Right now, thats not a reality, so I dont like to get too much into that, Fox said. But I think Brians played well. Unfortunately, we didnt play quite well enough.Fox chastised the media for questioning whether Hoyer should have thrown the final pass Jefferys way instead of incomplete to Meredith.It could have been an option, he said. I dont know that you can be super-critical. When youre out there playing quarterback it looks a little different than when youre up in the press box having hot dogs.The Bears defense hampered the Colts running game and at times harassed quarterback Andrew Luck. The defense had five sacks, but Luck still threw two touchdown passes and led the victoryOur mindset was made up by how we wanted to get to the quarterback and thats what we all sold out to do that, Young said. And from this point on, weve just got to be consistent in doing it.Game notes The pass rush could get better if Pernell McPhee returns from the physically unable to perform list. McPhee has been out with a knee injury However, Fox said that wont occur until the week of the Oct. 22 Green Bay game at the earliest. McPhee can begin a three-week evaluation process at practice starting this Friday.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Austin Gomber Cardinals Jersey . Just not the game. 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Despite losing starting quarterback OShay Ackerman-Carter to a season-ending knee injury in the third game, Tennessee State ranks 18th in the FCS averaging 36.3 points and among the leaders with a turnover margin of plus-1.67.Senior backup quarterback Ronald Butler has thrown for 707 yards with five touchdowns and two interceptions and rushed for three scores over the last three games.Weve done it really short-handedly, Reed said. Butler has done a very admirable job of running this football team. Were still short-handed a little bit, but our guys keep finding ways to win and thats what I like about this football team.Reed, however, is smart enough to know the task thats at hand against a FBS program -- even one thats 3-4. 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Webb needs 350 yards to break Zac Stacys school record of 3,143.Though Tennessee State has its defensive issues, it ranks among the national leaders in both subdivisions with 12 interceptions. Senior cornerback and Michigan State transfer Ezra Robinson was named the Ohio Valley Conferences defensive player of the week after recording two of his four interceptions -- one returned 93 yards for a touchdown -- in last weekends 35-28 win over Eastern Kentucky.These guys fully understand what TSU brings to the table, Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason said. Rod Reed has done a good job assembling talent. Defensively, theyve got guys on that side of the ball that make plays. We actually respect everybody. We prepare the same way for everybody we play.The Tigers fell 38-9 in their only other meeting with Vanderbilt in 2006.