Spelling error aside, the Bears’ woes don’t start and stop with Jay Cutler, but he is a major factor in why this team struggles.
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The modern National Football League features legislation specifically created to protect quarterbacks from injury – as long as they show the proper instincts to get rid of the ball quickly and not force the action. Cutler broke his right thumb during the 2011 regular season and never returned that year.
Don’t think that going 6-12 since being hired as the head coach means John Fox is 100% safe. If Jay’s ready to do it, fine.
WR Corey Coleman (Browns) – Although the Browns are 0-2 this year, Coleman is looking like a star. Alston Jeffrey, the Chicago Bears star wide receiver that finished with 5 catches for 96 yards, took the LSU-product to school for a couple big plays. He said Cutler will undergo rehab. I give week one a pass because the Houston Texans are proving themselves to be a major threat in the AFC and that defense is downright tough as well as J.J. Watt being scary as hell.
The home opener turned into a blowout after seven losses in eight games at Soldier Field last season.
He said he was “surprised during the game” that Cutler was hurt. The injury was aggravated as he tried to plant his right hand and break his fall on a strip-sack by Philadelphia’s Destiny Vaeao in the third quarter.
Possibly as important as Cutler’s health is the team’s relationship with him.
Not everyone was a fan of Cutler pulling himself out of the game. “He’s a passionate guy”. “Everybody’s got a lot vested into this”. No one likes to lose in that fashion. He’s upset, I’m upset.
Fox attempted to push it off as a healthy situation. “These guys are competitive, they’re going to hold each other accountable”. Because I really enjoy playing special teams and I have a lot of fun with that too.
Now is the time seriously consider life without Cutler as the franchise quarterback. I don’t think that’s a question. “I’ve mentioned that in the past. So really it’s about focusing on us and what we need to do to play our best football”. I came off after those plays and was kind of crabby at myself as well. All our signatures are on it. “We’ll evaluate (Wednesday). We’ve got practice (Wednesday), we’re on a short week already”.
That’s by design – the Bears are one of the youngest teams in the NFL.
Cutler was hardly the only problem on Monday. But he has shown extraordinary poise in his first two pro starts.
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“I’m concerned”, Cutler, who was wearing a cast, said after Monday’s game. Dowell (Loggains, offensive coordinator) and the coaches are putting together good games and calling good games. The Bears won that game to improve to 7-3, but went into a tailspin on the way to an 8-8 finish. “Everybody is making their mistakes, we have to clean up some things”. “We just haven’t executed”. I got beat multiple times. We’re talking sitcom right there, people.
