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Jay Cutler – December 20, 2017 Download PDF version

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

QB Jay Cutler

(Do you still look at playoff options possibilities right now or is it just about playing football?) – “I don’t think we looked at it last week. It’s just one game at a time. That’s what (Head Coach) Adam (Gase) preaches and that’s kind of our mindset.”

(You’ve spent some Sundays in Kansas City before. What’s it like?) – “(It’s an) awesome atmosphere. I don’t think you could ask for a better place to play in the NFL than KC. It’s a fun one.”

(You guys are 2-5 on the road. Are there teams that are just bad road teams for lack of a better term? Can you separate home and road or you’re just one team and that’s whatever your record is?) – “We don’t look into that.”

(I know this has been a topic the last few weeks, but have you thought at all about playing beyond this year? If so, what’s the thought process that you will go through to determine if you’re going to play beyond this year?) – “I haven’t thought about it. I’m focused on KC. I think that stuff is going to be a concern of mine when the season is over.”

(How much is the pursuit of the postseason the thing that keeps you going at this point in your career?) – “Absolutely. That’s what everyone plays for. I think early on in your career – I’ve told some of the young guys – early on in your career, you think that you’re going to play forever. So if you miss one here or there, you’re like, ‘I’ll come back stronger the next year, the next year.’ And as you get older, you realize how quickly years start taking off and how valuable and precious each November, December is.”

(Having said that and being at this point in your career, for the team to be in this situation…) – “I mean, it’s tough. Anybody in the situation that we’re in, in the NFL, you look back at some games (and say), ‘You should’ve won this. Felt like we should’ve won that.’ It’s not that case. We made a bed; we’ve got to keep working and look towards KC right now.”

(When you look back at film from Sunday, was there one thing that came up again and again?) – “No. (We) had our opportunities, didn’t play as well as we wanted to offensively. I didn’t play as well as I wanted to. I don’t think you can look at one thing and say, ‘If we changed this, we would’ve won the game.’”

(Were you surprised WR Jarvis Landry didn’t make the Pro Bowl? Did you expect him to make the Pro Bowl?) – “I don’t follow it as much as maybe you guys do, but I felt like he would’ve got in. I know how valuable he is to this team. I know how valuable he is to me. (He’s made) a ton of catches, a ton of production. (He’s an) unbelievably unselfish player – blocks, hits people, does everything we want him to. So I was kind of surprised.”

(Do you have any regrets with TE Julius Thomas, just that you guys didn’t establish a little more there before his season ended?) – “You’re 6-8. There are a lot of things you look back and say, ‘We should’ve done that better;’ but right now, all we can focus on is getting better as a team and looking forward to KC.”

(How much of a motivating factor is it that you’re still not out of it technically?) – “We know that. The locker room knows that. It doesn’t matter the situation. This is a team that’s not going to quit. We’ve done it all year long. We’ve played hard in the fourth quarter, and we’re going to play hard in the fourth quarter this season.”

(There were a lot of expectations of WR DeVante Parker coming into this season. From a quarterback perspective, why haven’t things clicked with him this year?) – “It’s something that we’ll … everyone is going to discuss in the offseason. He works hard. He’s going to keep working hard. We’re going to try to get him ready for KC.”

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