Touch of pink to help fight breast cancer

Jay Cutler will be sporting a different look this week.

No, he's not growing a neck beard as a tribute to Kyle Orton, whose Broncos are 3-0 by the way. But Cutler is going pink, joining several teammates on Sunday, including Greg Olsen and Lance Briggs, in a league-wide campaign to kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

"Yup. Pink cleats this week," Cutler said. "Pink wristbands. Pink towels. I know it means a lot to Greg with his mom. So he asked me probably a month ago if I'd wear the pink cleats. It should be interesting."

Olsen's mother, Sue, is a breast cancer survivor.

"It kind of keeps everything in perspective about what's important," Olsen said. "We all think (football) is life and death. Obviously this is very important. But there are other things outside of what we do here. So it just shows if you can continue to fight through, like she did and other people have, you can fight through."

"Real Bears Fans Wear Pink," T-shirts are available at events.org/pink for $15, with the proceeds going to provide services to breast cancer patients and their families. Bears coaches wore the pink shirts at Wednesday's practice.

"We're just trying to bring awareness to breast cancer," coach Lovie Smith said. "To get more people to talk about it and (to) raise funds and eventually find a cure for it."

Trust a must: Offensive coordinator Ron Turner gave Jay Cutler his choice of two options on the fourth-and-goal play at the Seahawks' one-yard line near the end of the first half.

Cutler chose a play-action pass to tight end Greg Olsen, who was wide open in the end zone. It's a situation that comes up from time to time, according to Cutler.

"During timeouts, I'm talking a lot with Ron and before the start of each drive," the quarterback said. "We were just lucky enough to have them reviewing that (Matt Forte) fumble (which was reversed). That gave us an opportunity to talk about it and see what we wanted to do. He tries to get me involved as much as possible, which I greatly appreciate."

Cutler considers the mutual trust between himself and Turner critical to the success of the offense.

"He's got to trust me, and I've got to trust him to put us in the right situation, and get us the right call," Cutler said, "because we can't check out of everything like in Seattle.

"Sometimes the defense is going to have (the right) call for the play, and I've just got to manage it. Sometimes we have a pretty good feel of what they're going to do, and (Turner's) going to dial up a good one for us. So it's give and take."

Injury update: Linebackers Lance Briggs (toe), Pisa Tinoisamoa (sprained knee) and Hunter Hillenmeyer (ribs) all sat out Wednesday's practice, along with defensive end Alex Brown (sprained ankle).

Running back Matt Forte (knee), defensive tackle Tommie Harris (knee), defensive lineman Israel Idonije (knee), tight end Desmond Clark (fractured rib), long-snapper Patrick Mannelly (arm), and defensive tackle Anthony Adams (knee) were all limited.

Of those who did not practice, Briggs and Brown are expected to start on Sunday against the Lions, and Hillenmeyer has at least a 50-50 chance of suiting up.

Tinoisamoa is expected to sit for the third straight week, since that will give him an extra week of healing with the bye following the Lions game. Clark may also be held out, although he wants to play. The other "limited," players are expected back before game time.

Extra points: Lance Briggs was named NFC defensive player of the week with 8 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack, an interception and a quarterback pressure in the 25-19 win at Seattle. It's Briggs' first-ever player of the week award, and he's the first Bears award winner since Adewale Ogunleye in the 2008 season opener. - Linebacker Nick Roach and defensive tackle Anthony Adams have both been fined $5,000 for facemask penalties against the Seahawks. Both plan to appeal.