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Jay Cutler – December 27, 2017 Download PDF version

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

QB Jay Cutler

(Is your approach to this game any different than any other game, either because of your possible future or because you guys aren’t in the playoffs or any reason?) – “No. I think (Head Coach) Adam (Gase) did a great job setting the tone this morning and it’s like any other game for us. We’re going to do everything in our power to go out there and win it. Guys are going to prepare and we got a good jump on it today.”

(It seems like we ask you every week about your future, has any of your thinking changed?) – “It hasn’t.”

(Quick follow up then, if you are on the fence…) – “So we’re going to go hypothetical right now? (laughter)”

(Right. No, this is a real question.) – “Okay.”

(Why would you want to come back in 2018? What would be a reason to come back?) – “I love playing football. You can only do it for so long. Everyone has a point at some point in their career where they can’t play anymore, whether it’s your decision or someone else’s decision. It happens. You guys can write and type for a long time. We can only play football for so long.”

(What would be the reason for not coming back?) – “(laughter) Being away from my family (or) if someone doesn’t want me to play anymore. A lot of these decisions are out of players’ control.”

(Did you make a good decision when you decided to come out of retirement?) – “I think so, yes.”

(And why do you say that?) – “It was a great experience. It’s a really good locker room, really good coaches, a great organization, a great owner. I had a really good time.”

(This isn’t specific to you because every player knows this year could be their last year. If this is your last game, how will you look back on your career?) – “I don’t know. That’s something that I’m not really focused on now. It’s like the perspective question we talked about after the Kansas City game, you gain perspective as you go on and put some distance between yourself.”

(Just out of curiosity, did you ever move out of a hotel?) – “No.”

(What was that like?) – “It was cool at first. Maid service every day, that’s kind of nice. The movies, you get the on-demand movies, but they don’t change as often as you would like. (laughter) It’s kind of a monthly thing. (laughter) So after you watch them all in a month, you’ve got to wait a little while; but it was fine. I wasn’t there that much.”

(Did you get the points?) – “I did get the points. I think that’ll pay off somewhere down the line, right?”

(You’re pretty close with G/T Jermon Bushrod, how did he handle this year?) – “He’s a pro. He’s disappointed. There’s a ton of disappointed guys in there. I don’t think anyone saw it going this way. There was a lot of confidence in there, a lot of hope, a lot of positive attitudes. Any time that last game you’re not playing for anything, it’s a disappointing feeling.”

(A lot of players say there’s nothing quite like the locker room after a big win. You even alluded, after the Patriots win, that it was special. Can you put that into words a little bit? Describe what that feeling is like.) – “Winning and losing in this league, it’s an extreme high and low. I think whenever you win, no matter how you really win, all is right with the world. You can cover up a lot of problems and things just seem right. Whenever you lose, it’s the opposite end of that spectrum. It’s tough. I think going into the last one, you’ve got to find a different motivation for this one. I think this group of guys, they want to end well, they want to play hard and I don’t think you’re really going to see anybody shut it down early.”

(There are NFL starting quarterbacks who have success a lot of years as a starter like former NFL QB Matt Hasselbeck who are content later in their career being a backup. Would the idea of playing appeal to you only if you’re going to be playing?) – “Yes, I think so. I wouldn’t want to move again or go somewhere just to back up.”

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