Chicago Bears Quarterback Jay Cutler keeps digging himself in deeper and deeper with the players and fans in the Windy City. Cutler completed just 11 passes in 27 attempts on Sunday for only 126 yards in a badly played game at Lambeau Field against the Green Bay Packers. It’s one thing for outsiders to criticize Jay Cutler for how he berated his left tackle during the team’s loss to the Packers in Week 2. It’s part of the media game. It’s a lot more eye-opening when one of his own teammates takes Cutler to task.
“Is it unfair to criticize Jay right now? Shoot, it’s unfair for him to be like that toward J’Marcus Webb,” cornerback D.J. Moore said Monday via the Chicago Tribune. “In every game in every sport, there’s always somebody who has a tough day. For you to come off on the sideline, once you holler at him it makes it seem like Webb is the only reason.” Cutler was asked about Moore’s words Monday, but declined to comment. Bears coach Lovie Smith, surely wanting to avoid a controversy, expressed no concern.
Cutler was sacked seven times, the second-most in his career, and threw four interceptions as the offense took a trip back in time to how it was in 2009 when Cutler led the NFL with 26 interceptions, six more than any other player. All the while, Ogunleye acknowledged Webb was overmatched by the Packers, specifically outside linebacker Clay Matthews, who had 3 ½ sacks.
There were not-so-quiet whispers Cutler wasn’t well-liked in Denver by his teammates. One former prominent teammate has spoken out against the quarterback after the way he carried himself Thursday night in the Chicago Bears’ meltdown at Lambeau Field. Adewale Ogunleye, the retired defensive end who was a captain on the team with Cutler in 2009, said Cutler crossed the line when he bumped left tackle J’Marcus Webb coming off the field during the first half of the 23-10 loss to the Green Bay Packers.
NFL Football is a tough game and every player has his good and bad days. Cutler had a bad day and seemed to want to blame it on anyone else but himself. That’s no way to get along on a team with a great tradition of competition in the NFL. “To go and bump another player, you know the only reason Jay Cutler can bump on offensive lineman and not get his butt beat is because he is the star quarterback of the Chicago Bears,” Ogunleye said. “If this is in the street, and you bump a man that is 300 pounds, Jay is in serious trouble.”
