Cutler Already Complaining?

August 18, 2009 By 4 Comments

Jay Cutler Comments About Devin Hester, Hester's ResponseAfter a pretty mediocre performance by Jay Cutler in the first preseason game, he was already complaining about Devin Hester not doing more to break up the interception Cutler threw.

Cutler is known to speak his mind, and to not care who he offends, but Cutler is the new guy. He should not already making enemies. Hester said he was upset after hearing what Cutler said about him, and he should be. If Cutler has a problem with Hester, tell Hester, not the media.

After the comment Cutler came to Hester and told him that it came off wrong.

“It wasn’t criticism or anything like that,” Hester said. “He was saying, you are not a 6-8 receiver. You can’t go up and get everything. But we know you are the type of receiver if we throw it out there, you will go get it.”

Maybe that’s the truth, and I hope that it is. What I want is Cutler to do is just to shut up and play football and perform like the pro bowl QB that he is. Wait until you get wins and more respect from the players and fans before you start saying that stuff. It is only the first preseason game. Teams are never at full strength on the first preseason game, so don’t expect the Bears to be.

This is not something the Bears want in the news, but this is one of the things that came with signing Cutler. This will probably just blow over, but non-Cutler believers will feed on this. The only way to silence the haters is to have a great performance next game. That next game is Saturday night against the Giants.

And Bears fans, your previous QB threw 3 picks.

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  • Aaron

    Oh come on! You guys and the rest of the people covering this so-called “story” are trying to make a huge story where there is none. Why didn’t you excerpt what he actually said? Maybe because it was completely innocuous, because he essentially just called Devin Hester short. And now you and the others are able to transform that little quote into Cutler “complaining,” “badmouthing offense,” “whining,” etc. Ridiculous. Were his first fifteen minutes in Chicago as spectacular as some expected? No. You guys are trying to turn a meaningless preseason quarter and a meaningless gaffe into a big story, and it is just silly. All it reflects is your sensationalism and your desire to have any kind of drama, real or imagined, to talk about. Well Brett is back now, so maybe you talking heads can leave the Bears alone for a few days.

  • Justin

    I gotta tell ya, watching the play, I said the same thing as Cutler. But I understand, that’s not the point, the point is Cutler should not be talking about a “vet receiver” or anyone on the offense, defense, bench, coaching staff, office, fans, etc… Actually, not sure I agree with that either. I mean it’s about expectations, I expect Cutler to be a cocky S.O.B, I expect him to be the kind of person off the field who makes the rest of the team hate him, I expect he’s the kind of guy that made a team so misrable that they could not wait to get rid of a pro bowl quaterback, and the only reason the broncos wanted to keep him was just not to let the “crybaby” have his way. So that’s what I expect, I also expect a quaterback who has a cannon for an arm and makes great reads, makes “average” receivers into pro-bowlers. So there you have it, he’s going to be a goof, if the Bears are winning there’s nothing to talk about, if the Bears are losing, it will give us fans something to talk about, let’s hope we have nothing to talk about.

  • http://www.avgguysports.com Bill K

    Chicago is not the town that you want to start calling your teammates out in. I know that the New York media gets the crown for being tough on their athletes but Chicago is a close second, maybe third. Not only the media but the fans are loyal to their heroes. Hester is beloved in the city of Chicago. Calling him out is not in his best interest if he plans on staying not only in Chicago but also the NFL.

    Let your actions on the field speak for you and keep your mouth closed.

  • Larry Boodry

    Okay, he had the great game against the Giants…Can we all move on now?