BOURBONNAIS, Ill. — One game into the preseason and already Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler has had to smooth things out with one of his wide receivers.
Cutler commented to reporters about wide receiver Devin Hester's failure to break up an interception on a pass that fell short Saturday night following the team's 27-20 preseason loss to Buffalo. His remark seemed to rub some people the wrong way.
"Devin is more of a go-get-it guy; he is not really a back shoulder or jump-up-and-get-it [guy]," Cutler said Saturday. "You learn from it.
Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler turns heads with Devin Hester criticism on interception – ESPN.
Yeah… classic Cutler I must say. Hope the Bears players, coaches and fans aren’t thinskinned. For such a brilliant guy, Cutler sure runs his mouth and rubs the other players the wrong way. The main complaint I had about Cutler in the locker room is that he had the leadership skills of a rabid skunk.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackI’ve heard the buzz about this statement. I really don’t see it. Cutler is telling the truth, and it isn’t even a clear insult to Hester.
Hester IS just as described. He ain’t Randy Moss or Plaxico Burress. He’s a really fast guy who can catch balls thrown IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
That’s what I hear. Cutler is saying HE can “learn from it,” that HE threw the ball short to a person who isn’t a “jump-up-and-get-it guy” (such as Randy Moss or other tall jumpers like…say….Marshall)…that this was HIS fault…that HE could “learn from it.”
I don’t see how this particular statement is directed at Hester — or was anything resembling an insult to anyone other than himself.
See, this is the deal Drax… None of what you say matters. It doesn’t MATTER if Cutler is “technically” correct. It doesn’t MATTER if Cutler was somehow intending to be critical of himself.
His words were clearly taken as being critical of his teammates, his coach had to get involved and make “clarifications” or “explanations” of Cutler’s words to the press and to his teammates.
One thing I have learned as a manager is that people are hypersensitive about perceived criticism. You have to be very, very careful what you say. Cutler isn’t. He shoots off his mouth and hurts feelings. This was very common here in Denver. Cutler was not a popular figure in the club house. John Elway publicly criticized Cutler for his lack of leadership and his wayward mouth more than once.
Sure, maybe he didn’t MEAN anything by it, but that’s not the point.
We will see if this continues, but if Cutler continues according to form, by the mid-point of the season, he’ll be sitting on the bench on the sidelines by himself between downs, just like he did here in Denver.
Oh, and one other thing from that article. The Bears coach kept reminding everyone what an “elite” quarterback Cutler is. That just cracked me up. I never remember hearing ANY coach calling his own quarterback “elite” in a press conference, much less repeating it multiple times. It has been my observation that the press and fans don’t need to be reminded if their quarterback is “elite” or not. And all the “he’s emotional, he’s competitive” stuff…. sounds like the coach is trying to convince himself to me.
I just don’t see it. Really.
I guess that his statement could be construed to be complaining about Hester’s limitations — if someone like Cutler said it — on a slow news day.
A reporter’s gotta report something.
I’m not reacting to the reporter reporting “something”. I’m reacting to the over-the-top response of the coach who went out of his way to heap accolades on Cutler. As I said, he sounds like he’s trying to convince himself.
Oh, the other thing I thought was downright hilarious from that story is that the Bears have implemented a “no-Cutler” zone for the media, except at carefully scripted media appeareances twice a week.
I am really starting to like this comparison of Cutler to Obama.
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