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Jay Cutler – September 27, 2017 Download PDF version

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

QB Jay Cutler

(Does the team feel more complete now that LB Lawrence Timmons is back?) – “Yes, I guess so. He’s well liked in the locker room, so guys are happy to see him back out there.”

(Did LB Lawrence Timmons talk to you guys after coming back?) – “We haven’t had any formal talks yet, no.”

(How is it welcoming a guy back that did what LB Lawrence Timmons did? What’s it going to take? Is there a certain level of trust that needs to be rebuilt?) – “I think he’s got to come back in and do his job. It’s not hard. I think (Head Coach) Adam (Gase) said it a couple of weeks ago, there’s not a lot of rules here: play hard and be on time. ‘L.T.’ knows that and he’s going to come in and he’s going to do everything we ask him to do.”

(Do you think the team is convinced that this LB Lawrence Timmons situation is a one-time thing that won’t be repeated?) – “I mean if it’s not, it’s going to be dealt with. I don’t think it’s anything that we’re going to worry about or concern ourselves with. He’s back, we’re happy to have him back and I think we expect him to fall in line like everybody else.”

(When you broke down the Jets game, what stood out?) – “It was all around. Myself, we had a few breakdowns up front, we had some stuff outside, everyone kind of took their turn (making mistakes). As a whole, offensively, we’ve just got to play better. That starts with me, so I’ve got to get back to work and help everyone stay on time and be efficient offensively.”

(Head Coach Adam Gase, when he talked to us on Monday and again today, he had some pretty pointed words about how the offense played, I think he used the word garbage…) – “Strong word. (laughter)”

(Did he use those same words with you?) – “I think he probably went a little stronger for us, which is fine. He’s a passionate guy. He believes in this offense and so do we. There’s a lot of talent in that room and we feel like we should do better and hopefully we will.”

(One-for-twelve on third down, how do you fix that?) – “Well, we’ve got to get more yards and move the chains. There’s a lot of different things that go into it, so we’ve just got to fix a lot of things.”

(When you first came aboard here, Head Coach Adam Gase talked about how he had a plan for keeping you fresh and keeping your arm fresh. How are you feeling at this point in time after going through preseason and the first couple of games?) – “I feel like I’ve only played two games. I feel good. I took a few shots this past game, but my body feels fresh. Being off for OTAs and stuff, I feel good.”

(Do you even think about the shoulder anymore?) – “No.”

(How important is it for this team to be able to set up the run with the pass, as opposed to only setting up the pass with the run?) – “(For) anybody in the league, I think it’s hard to set up the run with the pass, or whichever way you said it, I forget. (laughter) But it’s hard to start passing a bunch and then say, ‘Hey, now we’re going to run it.’ That’s just an uphill battle to do that, especially in this league with defensive lines and safeties and really good athletes out there. You’ve got to be able to run the ball and have some play action and try to soften some things up a little bit. We’ve had success doing that, but that game (against the Jets), I think things got out of hand a little bit for us. We got into a one-dimensional (offense) and then when it was late third quarter, late fourth quarter, we had to throw the ball. If we do our jobs in that first quarter, early second quarter, hopefully we can stay out of those situations.”

(I added up the numbers and you guys are flying more in these three weeks than half the teams in the league are doing this entire this season?) – “That’s fun. Frequent flyer miles will add up, huh? (Laughter).”

(Are you road weary?) – “No. I feel good, I think the guys feel good. (Head Coach) Adam (Gase) does a good job of taking care of us, giving us off days, keeping pads off, cutting down practices, and this team’s just got to be smart. On our flight over, we’ve got to get some rest. We’ve got to go to sleep because when we get there it’s eight or nine in the morning. We’re going to have a walk-through and we’re going to get going. We’ve just got to be professionals about it and make sure that we’re doing everything that we need to do so that Sunday we are fresh, because they’re not changing the schedule. We’re not playing this one at home, they’re not moving the site, so it is what it is.

(I know that offensively, you want to play your best every week, but realistically, you haven’t been here for very long. How long do you think it will take this offense to hit its stride?) – “It could be this week. It could be next week. I don’t know. We’ve got the guys in the room. We’ve just got to make sure that everybody’s doing their job each and every play. Offense is a little bit tricky, because it’s going to take eight, nine or 10 guys each play for the offense to really go off, and that’s consistently throughout the whole game. We’ve got some young guys and we’ve just got to make sure we get everybody on board and everybody understanding that.”

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