Transcripts

Search Transcripts
Jay Cutler – November 1, 2017 Download PDF version

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

QB Jay Cutler

(How do you feel?) – “Not bad. Not great, not bad.”

(Can you elaborate a little?) – “No. (laughter)”

(Are you sore?) – “At times.”

(How much is it going to affect what you do out there?) – “Practice went well today. Obviously (we are) wearing red jerseys, so we’re not getting hit. We’ll see how it feels Sunday.”

(What’s the most challenging part about this specific injury for a quarterback?) – “I think it’s challenging for anybody. Your core is instrumental in about everything you do. If you move, you have to use your core.”

(Is there or is there no risk that if you take another shot that you could make this much worse?) – “I was told there is a tiny risk. I mean there’s a risk every time you go out there. That’s football. We see it each and every week, guys getting hurt. That’s part of the game.”

(How did things go last Monday? You supposedly lobbied to play?) – “Well, I mean I’m always going to talk to (Head Coach) Adam (Gase) and try to get in the game and try to play – play through things. Everyone in the locker room is kind of banged up; but he wasn’t hearing much of that.”

(Have you played with a broken rib?) – “I’ve never had a broken rib.”

(How much do you think the offense changes without RB Jay Ajayi?) – “We feel good about the other guys in the running back room, so I don’t think it’s going to change much.”

(What was your reaction when you heard the trade?) – “You’re always taken back a little bit when a guy gets traded like that, and a guy that has a lot of friends in the locker room and means a lot to the community, and has put a lot of effort in this organization; but like anything else, we’ve got to keep going on and we wish him the best of luck.”

(How would you frame the importance of this being the week that the offense puts together a complete game?) – “I think we say that that’s the goal every week, to go out there and for offense, defense and special teams all play together and put together four quarters. That mindset hasn’t changed for us.”

(Did you practice throwing with a special type of vest? A new vest?) – “No.”

(Will you have to wear a specifically designed deal for the game?) – “I don’t think so.”

(So you’re not going to wear like a flak jacket or something to protect yourself?) – “I mean we’ve had talks about it. I already wear some pretty good pads. I don’t think … I don’t really want to reduce my mobility any more than I have to.”

(Head Coach Adam Gase said he detected a new sense of urgency on the offense today. Did you detect that?) – “Yes. I mean I think the guys, having a little refresher over the long weekend, come back (and were) ready to go. It’s kind of our bye week in a sense, so guys were anxious to get back in the building and excited to get back to work today. We had good walkthroughs; the coaches brought a lot of energy. Players brought some energy. It was a good day.”

(WR DeVante Parker practiced today. How much does he change what you try to do?) – “I mean he’s a big, big dude out there – a big weapon. He kind of changes the complexity of our passing game because you know you can put some balls in some areas that he’s going to go get. He’s going to make some tough catches for you. He’s going to stretch the field. Getting him back is big for this offense.”

(What’s specific about the skill set of RB Kenyan Drake and RB Damien Williams that might get some things going for the offense?) – “I mean we’ve still got to open up holes for them. We’ve got to block holes. We’ve got to get the ball to them out of the backfield. The other 10 guys, including myself, we all have to go our part to help the running back position. It’s not … I don’t think it’s an indictment on Jay (Ajayi) that we traded him because he’s a really, really good player and I think he’s going to go up to Philadelphia and do well. We’re going to plug these guys in and we expect them to play at a high level for us.”

Search Transcripts

Weekly Archives