NightLink: Gotta Love the Swagger- Cutler on Elway, Elway on Cutler

by Dane Noble on Jun 4, 2009 5:17 PM CDT

Pulling from back when Jay Cutler was a Bronco, an interesting article has some great (and possibly controversial) quotes from our new Gunslinger. And yes, I capitalized Gunslinger on purpose, because Cutler would want me to, at least based on some of these quotes.

Cutler on his arm vs. John Elway's: "I have a stronger arm than John, hands down. I'll bet on it against anybody's in the league. Brett Favre's got a cannon. But on game days, there's nobody in the league who's going to throw it harder than I am at all."

Cutler on his expectation that the Broncos will score every time they have the ball: "I think we can score 30-plus points a game. I don't see why we couldn't."

Elway on Cutler's arm vs. those of some NFL greats: "Joe Montana, Steve Young, Brett Favre -- they all could get outside and make big plays. Cutler is either more athletic or has better arm strength than each of them. His arm is pretty special, might even be as good as mine when I was his age. Certainly, it's better than mine was at the end."

Elway on comparisons between himself and Cutler: "Some people have asked how he compares to me. He's closer to me physically than personalitywise. But even I struggled a bit with expectations and the Denver spotlight when I was his age. It can be overwhelming. Once he wins some big games, he'll start to feel like he belongs. It didn't happen for me until my fourth year, when we went to Cleveland and won "The Drive" game. It was a big boost for me to win the AFC championship game, especially on the road."

Elway on what's next for Cutler: "Cutler just needs to keep growing. His teammates' confidence in him and the coaches' confidence in his abilities have grown by leaps and bounds this year. It's obvious. Hey, everybody follows a winner. And he's going to win a lot of NFL games."

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So this is what having a quarterback is like?

Still feels like something that only happens to other people, doesn’t it?

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by Allie on Jun 4, 2009 5:25 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

i like it

it’s not bragging if you can back it up. confidence is the key to performance.

by genetic on Jun 5, 2009 7:39 AM CDT up reply actions

Haha

Well said. I agree 100%. It’s hard to believe that he is going to play for us.

Getting Cutler was like playing Madden and being the GM of the Bears, making some ridiculous trade that in the real world would never happen.

by Skags on Jun 5, 2009 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions

Never agreed

with Cutler saying his arm was stronger than Elway’s. I’m mean who cares who’s is stronger? At that point, it really is a moot point….besides accuracy is more important once it’s known a QB has a NFL arm.

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by propheteer on Jun 4, 2009 5:37 PM CDT reply actions

Yup!

So True.

by pete banachi on Jun 4, 2009 8:47 PM CDT reply actions

That was nice of Elway to say.

Maybe Jay will send him some cash so he can finally fix his giant horse-teeth. He could have been their mascot if he hadn’t panned out as their QB.

"Well, we didn't block real good but we made up for it by not tackling."
- John McKay

by JerBear50 on Jun 4, 2009 10:47 PM CDT reply actions

awesome

didn’t elway win the preakness this year? they better put him out to stud before he breaks his ankle or something, you know what happens then.

by genetic on Jun 5, 2009 7:37 AM CDT up reply actions

Isn't he a gelding?

by ddub101 on Jun 5, 2009 8:16 AM CDT up reply actions

Elmer's has first dibs.

They out-bid Purina.

"Well, we didn't block real good but we made up for it by not tackling."
- John McKay

by JerBear50 on Jun 5, 2009 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions

If I was John I would counter with...

how many Super Bowls have you won Jay?

by SoulEater7 on Jun 4, 2009 10:57 PM CDT reply actions

Elway took his time, hopefully Jay won't have to wait so long.

by ThisIsJustBanter on Jun 4, 2009 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions

Didnt he lose

4 or 5 before he won one? And its not like Cutler said Elway sucked or something so why would Elway counter with that?

"Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. "---George S. Halas

by Halas is God!!!!! on Jun 5, 2009 6:54 AM CDT up reply actions

true...

but even elway admitted that it might be as strong… what quote also should also have been in there was elway on cutler leaving:

“I wish it hadn’t come to this,” Elway told the Denver Post.

“I’m disappointed. . . . It’s a sad day for one of the elite franchises in football and all the Broncos fans, and I’m sad.”

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

by windycity72 on Jun 5, 2009 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions

That quote couldn't have been in there...

because the article was from last October.

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by Dane Noble on Jun 5, 2009 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions

my bad...

thought you were pulling quotes from random/separate articles… never-the-less, it’s an important one.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

by windycity72 on Jun 5, 2009 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions

If he struggled with the denver pressure good thing he didnt play here.

If you live in Chicago you are a bears fan, if you move from chicago you stay a bears fan, if you move to chicago you will be a bears fan.

by chi-town on Jun 5, 2009 8:16 AM CDT reply actions

Cutler sounds like

he is still a young, cocky kid. But hey so far he’s backing it up.

by Sam Householder on Jun 5, 2009 10:56 AM CDT reply actions

Don't get me wrong, I'm excited to have him but

I can’t agree that he’s “backed it up” so far. None of the teams he’s been on in college or the pros have had a winning season with him at QB. I’m not talking about championships, I’m saying not even 1 game over .500. Let’s not get hung up on individual stats here, the name of the game is winning and this is the most important position on the team. Look at the Broncos’ record last year. They were 3 games ahead with 3 to play. I’m not blaming the losses on Cutler at all, but look at his stats in those games. They were very average at best and he threw more interceptions than touchdowns during that span. Like I said, I’m glad we have him and his talent is unquestioned, but I can’t say he’s proven himself yet either. The Broncos were 9-7, 13-3, and 11-5 in Elway’s first 3 seasons, again, I’m not saying Cutler’s teams were as good but the last team with Jake Plummer at the helm was 9-7, so they weren’t the Lions either.

by BearFan611 on Jun 5, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions

this is why I ALWAYS SAY...

you can’t mess with the numbers… and i’m one of his biggest fans!

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

by windycity72 on Jun 5, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Numbers are numbers are numbers

The question is what you think the reason for them is.

by Qgee on Jun 5, 2009 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions

well, i could go with the standard "D sucked" answer, but...

that’s still my answer. when you put that kind of stress on a young QB to have to go out and win every single game because his D can’t hold anybody to under 4 tds(avg28PPG).. . the final 3 games as mentioned above, the D gave up an avg of 37.33 PPG… so what happens??? you start forcing throws, going deep more, abandon the run, etc…. now, put that same quarterback on a team that led the league in first quarter scoring, a solid “run first” offense that just got better(IMO), a stud ultra back like forte. etc… imagine all those games that we were up 10+ PTS only to wind up with a loss… let’s be honest, a 10+ PT lead with a mobile, accurate, rocket arm QB at the helm and all of a sudden, opposing QB are looking alot more like cutler did last year…

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

by windycity72 on Jun 6, 2009 4:02 AM CDT up reply actions

I like it

So many people made such a big deal about how cocky he is, and all that. The reality is, he is confident in himself and has a certain swagger to him. Both things I feel, you need to really be a great player.

by packallday555 on Jun 5, 2009 12:08 PM CDT reply actions

Cutler is a tough guy, bad to the bone with lots of swagger.

Denver wasn’t for him, Chicago is. He will flourish here. We have always been a tough smash mouth team minus the QB, now we have the leader to lead us to our destiny.

Passion For The Game, Loyal To The Name, Chicago Bears, I Trust In Thee, Standing Strong Since 1983.

by Haightminow on Jun 5, 2009 1:28 PM CDT reply actions

Cutler needs to study

The super bowl shuffle so he can lead a remake this year.

by luckie815 on Jun 5, 2009 3:28 PM CDT reply actions

he said something about that

at the bears expo

"snuffalufagus fucks my shit up"

by leopoldjones on Jun 6, 2009 6:03 AM CDT up reply actions

Cutler is NO Elway!

This guy couldnt carry Elway’s jock strap in terms of leadership and KNOWING how to win big games. He also has a tendency to think that he can just rifle it in there and it will be great. He has a ton of growing up to do and when he gets upset, well, you will see the true Cutler come out. He is a baby, a talented baby for sure, but still a baby.

by DenverJoe on Jun 6, 2009 6:04 AM CDT reply actions

bitter much

"snuffalufagus fucks my shit up"

by leopoldjones on Jun 6, 2009 6:06 AM CDT up reply actions

and yet, again...

"I wish it hadn’t come to this," Elway told the Denver Post.

"I’m disappointed. . . . It’s a sad day for one of the elite franchises in football and all the Broncos fans, and I’m sad."

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

by windycity72 on Jun 6, 2009 6:23 AM CDT up reply actions

This quote needs to be a must post

EVERY SINGLE TIME a bitter bronco fan posts here!! Windy, this burden is yours.
(No offense DenverJoe)

by rdent4hof on Jun 7, 2009 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions

(No offense DenverJoe)

Why not? Not to get into a slanging match, but if Denver Joe wants to come to the blog of another team and bitch about their star QB like a lover who’d done him wrong, he’s just asking for trouble.

Personally, I suspect that coming to a team with firmly established leaders already in place will help bring Cutler’s maturity along that much more than if he’d stayed in Denver. He might be a big fish, but this is also a much bigger pond.

"They tried to take out the quarterback, and if they managed that, they tried to take out the backup." - Bears SB20 TE Emery Moorehead, on the mentality of *that* defense

by Spongie on Jun 7, 2009 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions