“I’ve been in football for over 50 years. I’ve never questioned a player’s toughness. I never have. Whether it was in coaching, broadcasting, whatever. There’s no one in the NFL that has a tougher job to do than Jay Cutler. I think playing quarterback in the NFL is the toughest thing you can do. I think throwing a forward pass and having guys rushing you and hitting you when you’re looking downfield and throwing the ball is the toughest act you have to do. Live a day in his shoes. Type I diabetes is not a daytime thing. It’s not a week thing. It’s not a month thing. It’s a life thing. And it’s every day, and it’s every day for 24 hours. And then people are looking at him, they put a camera on him, and they say they don’t like his demeanor. Demeanor hell!” - John Madden (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
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“I’ve been in football for over 50 years. I’ve never questioned a player’s toughness. I never have. Whether it was in coaching, broadcasting, whatever. There’s no one in the NFL that has a tougher job to do than Jay Cutler. I think playing quarterback in the NFL is the toughest thing you can do. I think throwing a forward pass and having guys rushing you and hitting you when you’re looking downfield and throwing the ball is the toughest act you have to do. Live a day in his shoes. Type I diabetes is not a daytime thing. It’s not a week thing. It’s not a month thing. It’s a life thing. And it’s every day, and it’s every day for 24 hours. And then people are looking at him, they put a camera on him, and they say they don’t like his demeanor. Demeanor hell!”

- John Madden

(Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Source: profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

“He doesn’t complain when he gets hit. He goes out there and plays his ass off every Sunday, he practices every single day, so no, we don’t question his toughness.” - Brian Urlacher on QB Jay Cutler (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
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“He doesn’t complain when he gets hit. He goes out there and plays his ass off every Sunday, he practices every single day, so no, we don’t question his toughness.”

- Brian Urlacher on QB Jay Cutler

(Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Source: Yahoo!

nfloffseason: DeAngelo Hall caught four passes from Jay Cutler for 92 yards and a touchdown, which would have made him the Bears’ leading receiver if he weren’t a defensive back for the Redskins. (Sean Keane) (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
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nfloffseason:

DeAngelo Hall caught four passes from Jay Cutler for 92 yards and a touchdown, which would have made him the Bears’ leading receiver if he weren’t a defensive back for the Redskins.

(Sean Keane)

(Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Source: nfloffseason

Let’s discuss Chicago Bears OC Mike Martz here for a minute. It seems there are people out there who like to think he’ll make a positive impact in Chi-town this season. Maybe they should take a look at his past and what’s become of his QB’s. Martz is known for going balls out on offense (essentially a ‘send everyone’ attitude) which helped him & the St. Louis Rams get a Super Bowl his first year as an OC. After that, his style of coaching left less and less desirable results each season. Methinks it’s because people started to catch on. The problem with sending most of your pass-heavy offense out, is that it leaves your QB vulnerable and allows less time for them to get a decent pass off. John Kitna had a 7-step drop and still got sacked excessively. It took Kurt Warner about 5 years to recover after his Rams years to finally get back up to snuff with the Arizona Cardinals.  The Martz Recovery Effect© then left a young promising Marc Bulger lost of all signs of potential and is toiling away among the Baltimore Ravens bench. We already mentioned Kitna, who had so many concussions in his time with Martz, that God had to intervene. Finally, in the spirit of not totally hating on MM, we’ll bring up the San Francisco 49ers and poor Alex Smith. It isn’t his fault that he was Smith’s 4th OC in as many years. Still, Alex couldn’t even get out of the pre-season when Martz was there. Which brings us to the here and now: Chicago and Jay Cutler. Can Martz make Cutler and the Bears look any worse than last year? Will it be his fault even though the Bears only have WR’s Johnny Knox and Devin Hester to pass to? True that his Super Bowl Championship came when HC Lovie Smith was the Rams Defensive Co-Ordinator, but can they re-create that magic with such a depleted and non-spectacular roster? In our opinion, it doesn’t look good. What say you?
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Let’s discuss Chicago Bears OC Mike Martz here for a minute. It seems there are people out there who like to think he’ll make a positive impact in Chi-town this season. Maybe they should take a look at his past and what’s become of his QB’s.

Martz is known for going balls out on offense (essentially a ‘send everyone’ attitude) which helped him & the St. Louis Rams get a Super Bowl his first year as an OC. After that, his style of coaching left less and less desirable results each season. Methinks it’s because people started to catch on. The problem with sending most of your pass-heavy offense out, is that it leaves your QB vulnerable and allows less time for them to get a decent pass off. John Kitna had a 7-step drop and still got sacked excessively.

It took Kurt Warner about 5 years to recover after his Rams years to finally get back up to snuff with the Arizona Cardinals.  The Martz Recovery Effect© then left a young promising Marc Bulger lost of all signs of potential and is toiling away among the Baltimore Ravens bench. We already mentioned Kitna, who had so many concussions in his time with Martz, that God had to intervene. Finally, in the spirit of not totally hating on MM, we’ll bring up the San Francisco 49ers and poor Alex Smith. It isn’t his fault that he was Smith’s 4th OC in as many years. Still, Alex couldn’t even get out of the pre-season when Martz was there.

Which brings us to the here and now: Chicago and Jay Cutler. Can Martz make Cutler and the Bears look any worse than last year? Will it be his fault even though the Bears only have WR’s Johnny Knox and Devin Hester to pass to? True that his Super Bowl Championship came when HC Lovie Smith was the Rams Defensive Co-Ordinator, but can they re-create that magic with such a depleted and non-spectacular roster? In our opinion, it doesn’t look good. What say you?

I don’t care how good you are or if you think your arm is stronger than John Elway’s, a subpar receiving core and some bad decisions will cause one to make 4 interceptions. Granted it was against the defensive powerhouse Green Bay Packers, still, the Chicago Bears Jay Cutler got his one way ticket-to-ride on the Loser Xpress. It’s okay though, he can sit next to Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme, he’s been riding that train since last year.
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I don’t care how good you are or if you think your arm is stronger than John Elway’s, a subpar receiving core and some bad decisions will cause one to make 4 interceptions. Granted it was against the defensive powerhouse Green Bay Packers, still, the Chicago Bears Jay Cutler got his one way ticket-to-ride on the Loser Xpress. It’s okay though, he can sit next to Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme, he’s been riding that train since last year.