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Jay Cutler – September 13, 2017 Download PDF version

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Quarterback Jay Cutler

(In all your years, this has to be the strangest start of the season for you by far.) – “Oh, it’s not even close. I mean, to come into camp halfway through training camp and then have to evacuate and come here and miss … having the first game cancelled. It’s been a wild ride.”

(Having said that, how do you treat it differently or can it be normal?) – “I think it’s a great setup for us right now. We’re living right here – the weight room, meetings, a great practice facility. So it is what it is. I mean there’s a little bit of a transition for guys, but I thought they battled today and we had a good practice, so we’ll continue to go on that.”

(On spending more time with his teammates) – “Absolutely. I mean it’s like training camp essentially. That’s kind of what our mindset is. Everyone is together. We meet together. We eat together. There’s nowhere for anyone really to go. So it’s a good experience for us.”

(Have you been sequestered away with a team in a situation like this before?) – “I don’t know. I mean I think we probably had some snow situations in Chicago where we were delayed or we couldn’t go on a day and we had to stay together; but nothing to this magnitude.”

(With your family, did they come with you or …?) – “Here? No. They’re in Tennessee. So they were away from the hurricane and they’ll come out at some point this week.”

(Is it hard to stay focused on the first game with all that was going on in Florida?) – “We were ready to play. We were ready to play Thursday or Friday, so the guys were locked in. Our game plan was ready to go. It’s unfortunate we didn’t get to play it; but I thought they gave us ample time on Wednesday to let us know we’re out of here and you know guys, I think most of the guys were able to leave Florida and the ones that weren’t, (Owner) Mr. (Stephen) Ross was kind enough to get a plane and get everyone out.”

(Is there any sort of time period where you have to reset, restart the focus that you had built up?) – “Yes. I mean think that’s valid. I think that’s valid and I think most of the guys got here either Sunday or Monday and that was kind of the day to start kind of prepping that our bye week is over and we’ve got to get football going. I mean we were a little bit rusty today since we haven’t practiced. We got a little bit going yesterday, but I’m sure that as the week goes on, we’ll get back into it.”

(What makes you confident that the offense is going to be able to hit the ground floor running in Week 2 now?) – “We might not. I mean we don’t know how it’s going to go. We’re going to practice as hard as we can. We’re going to prepare as much as we can; but like any game, like any NFL season, there’s going to be some ups and downs out there and these guys are … It’s a resilient group, so we’ll just battle through them.”

(Did you watch the Chargers game on Monday night?) – “I did. I did.”

(Did anything stand out to you with their defensive play?) – “I thought they played a tough game. A division opponent like that, they fought back there in the third and fourth quarter. I think Philip’s (Rivers) always going to give them a chance to win throughout the game; but it’s a good defense. The front seven is good. The secondary is talented. So we’ll have our hands full.”

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