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The season's best QB duels

Jay Cutler-Philip Rivers has been season's best; Week 14 holds several great matchups

Originally Published: November 23, 2011
By Peter Keating | ESPN Insider

Of all the injuries piling up among NFL quarterbacks, the most frustrating -- apart from Peyton Manning's, which is sui generis -- has got to be Jay Cutler's broken right thumb, which will probably sideline the Bears' QB for six to eight weeks.


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Peter Keating

Peter Keating is a senior writer at ESPN The Magazine, where he covers investigative and statistical subjects. He started writing "The Biz," a column looking at sports business from the fan's point of view, in 1999. He also coordinates the Magazine's annual "Ultimate Standings" project, which ranks all pro franchises according to how much they give back to fans. His work on concussions in football has earned awards from the Deadline Club, the New York Press Club and the Center for the Study of Sport in Society.

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