"It's 38-13. Time to be a mope"Jay Cutler works extremely hard to build rapport with his teammates. To wit:
Lost in the aftermath of Jay Cutler having the audacity to imply Devin Hester didn't do all he could to break up a poorly thrown interception Saturday night against the Bills was this:
Cutler had a valid point.
Hester acknowledged he should have done more to increase the degree of difficulty for Bills cornerback Leodis McKelvin, even if Hester's momentum was taking him the opposite direction. Hester agreed with Cutler that he could "learn from it," as Cutler put it.
But it was one of those things probably better left unsaid at the podium by a new quarterback whom teammates still are getting to know, the kind of veiled criticism coach Lovie Smith surely would prefer come at a team meeting rather than a news conference. The explanation sounded more like an excuse.
Off his back leg, Cutler made a terrible throw and floated the ball 40 yards downfield -- and it would have been nice to hear him say that too. Forget fans and media; it would have been good for Bears players to see their new leader take sole responsibility for his mistake, even if Hester, in part, had erred too.
Had Cutler done that, few people around Chicago still would be discussing his interception now.
My favorite "Jay Cutler just bein' a freakin' jag-off" comment came after the Chargers demolished the Broncos 38-13 in the final week when he had the audacity to throw his defense under the bus for the loss. Sure the defense wasn't too solid but I seem to recall a collapse against Buffalo in Mile High the previous week.....that was pretty much on you, ya mope.
Enjoy him Chicago.
Jay Cutler's candor may come back to bite Bears QB someday [Chicago Tribune]
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