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Jay Cutler – November 16, 2017 Download PDF version

Thursday, November 16, 2017

QB Jay Cutler

(Head Coach Adam Gase and Defensive Coordinator Matt Burke were talking about how much better it would be for the defense if the offense could get them an early lead and I’m sure it’s better for the offense also. Has there been any particular problem? I think you guys have been outscored 114-43 in the first halves. Has there been any particular thing or has it always been something different?) – “It’s things that make offenses not go. You can have penalties, third-and-longs, turnovers, basic stuff that inhibits you from moving the football. A little feedback.”

(Yes, I’m very thrown by that.) – “I can work through it.”

(Is there something that you saw after you were able to review the film that maybe wasn’t so obvious and immediate after the game?) – “No. We had a turnover, some penalties that hurt us, we didn’t execute. It’s stuff that’s been occurring all year long for us on offense.”

(Everyone knows a throw is better or easier if you keep your feet set and throw. Sometimes pressure forces you to drift a little bit. Have you been drifting too much or too often?) – “(laughter) It seems like you already have an answer for that.”

(I’m wondering what you think.) – “It’s always a constant battle. You’re always fighting it.”

(Are you having fun?) – “Am I having fun? Like at this very second? (laughter)”

(Playing football again.) – “Yes, it’s good being here. It’s a really good group in there. It’s a good locker room.”

(What is that “fight” about?) – “Whether to drift or not to drift.”

(Right.) – “You’ve got four to five guys coming at your at all times, so it’s a constant battle.”

(Could you talk about Sunday’s game, the Bucs and what the priorities are in your mind?) – “(They have a) good defense, a good front seven, (their) linebackers can go sideline to sideline, (a) smart secondary. I think they do a really good job of keeping things in front of them. They take gambles from time to time, create turnovers. ‘93’ (Gerald McCoy’s) an animal in there. We’ve got to account for him really at all times. They’re going to mix it up. They’re going to hold their coverages, they’re going to roll late, they’re going to disguise some things and they’re not afraid to bring zero, really anywhere on the field.”

(As WR DeVante Parker ramps up in his return from injury, do you sense him coming around? How aware would you like to be to get him as many targets as possible?) – “That would be great. I think you said it right. Him ramping back up from that injury and building week in and week out and getting back to where he feels 100 percent comfortable in himself and what we’re doing offensively. He’s a guy that we should be able to put him on the back side and if it’s one-on-one, we should be able to go to him.”

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