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Cutler showed toughness, guts in win

was still hurting last Sunday, but that didn't stop him from passing for 281 yards and two touchdowns in a 22-20 win over the Oakland Raiders.

The Bears quarterback returned to action after missing just one game with a hamstring injury that most outsiders expected to sideline him for a minimum of two weeks.

"The first thing I learned was how tough he was," offensive coordinator Adam Gase said this week. "For him to go out there and perform the way he did, I don't know if I've been around a performance like that as efficient as he was, to fight through what he had going on.