PR Train rolls out of the station: Cutler and Martz excited to be Bears together
by Kev H on Feb 4, 2010 1:00 PM CST
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There's an almost palpable feeling of excitement at Halas Hall. The big arm has the big coordinator, and all is right with the world.
Or at least that's what they're hoping you'll think. it's what I'd like to believe myself.
Over at chicagobears.com, they're beginning to work on building our anticipation for the 2010 season. Says Cutler:
"I felt very comfortable with him," Cutler said. "The results of his offense speak for themselves."
Truer words were never spoken. When it's on, it's on. When it's not...well...luckily Cutler's pretty resilient.
Cutler on learning the Playbook
"I haven’t run his system, but I am familiar with it. I’m anxious to start digesting the playbook and getting back on the field."
That's good, that's pretty much exactly the thing you need to say. You should have that binder, and any applicable film in your hands right away. From my personal viewpoint, the two people who know that playbook better than anyone else on the field should and will be Mike Martz and Jay Cutler.
Mike Martz offenses require a lot from the quarterbacks--it requires knowing where the receiver will be, the exact nanosecond to release the ball, and the ability to bounce back from being knocked down. I know Jay has some of that, and can be taught to do the others.
Martz speaking about Cutler
"The connection that we had on really I guess more less an intellectual level was so much fun for me," Martz said. "His expectations for himself are extremely high, and that was one of the great things about meeting with him. This guy’s all about winning now. He’s frustrated he’s not at an elite level and he can’t contribute to helping that football team win."
I really believe this is a good thing to be hearing, even if it is PR speak. One of the knocks about Cutler has always been that he seems really "pouty", as if he's an emo teenager, running around listening to My Chemical Romance, talking about the girl who likes the other boy.
But what if it really is stemming from the fact that he's just frustrated he's not better? Perhaps by working with someone with Martz' level of offensive play, he can get to that next status. He's certainly got the physical tools to be a QB, and if he can pair that with a really strong mental edge, there's no reason he can't be elite for years to come.
This is the time for Jay to step up and earn that money, especially that extension. Devote yourself to making this offense be the best it can be, regardless of whether you think the OC will be around in 2011 or not.
About that whole "Jay doesn't get it" thing
A main concern that was voiced as the Martz signing became eminent was the "Jay will refuse to come to OTA's if Martz is hired" rumor. That rumor was based in plain fact--Cutler's demeanor is again, often thought to be whiny and pouty. Martz, on the other hand, is very confrontational and often doesn't hold back when he has something to say.
So when Martz criticized Cutler earlier in the season, everyone thought this relationship was doomed from the start. Not so, say the two of them.
"I addressed that immediately with Jay," Martz said. "The thing I told Jay—and I said this a few days after that show—the thing I felt bad when I watched that was I felt like I knew who Jay was. I met with him when he was coming out in the draft [in the 2006] for quite some time up in Detroit.
Again, this is the exact thing we need to hear. If Cutler is as smart as I'd like to think he is, he has to realize he had a pretty underwhelming year, and Martz was just doing his job. If they were able to spend a day together, have dinner, be cordial, and were willing to come out and talk about it, I think they're going to be just fine.
As the title suggests, I know a lot of this is lip service, pandering to fandom to make sure we know all is well at the Hall that Halas built. Still, I think it does help put to rest the rumors that they don't get along. At least for now, they get along. It's hard to say what a slow start will bring, but they both bring pretty spectacular stuff in their respective departments.
Now hopefully we can find some fat athletic guys to stand in front of Jay, and we'll be well on our way.
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Superb post.
I think they’ll be just fine. And I’ve never subscribed to the theory that Martz better be careful what he says around Jay. I know we haven’t had a franchise QB in a very long time, but Martz is still Cutler’s boss.
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I am excited to see what...
this offense will produce, but it’s this crap that makes me despise Martz. He’s such a f—kin’ hypocrite! Martz is the guy who’s notorious for flying off the handle and “not respecting” his players. What a jackass! He and Cutler are adult enough to put this behind them for now, but honestly, Martz is such an ass! If this season goes poorly for the Bears, watch for Martz’s inevitable “throw anyone and everyone under the bus” speech.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO FIRE LOVIE!
Honestly ......
……… this makes me feel a bit better about the whole Martz / Cutler relationship . If these two can get along we could have an explosive offense . I’ve never been a big Martz fan but his track record of improving offenses speaks for itself . If he just gets us to being a consistant offense that would be amazing . My feeling on this now is maybe this was the best move for us . If Martz can pull us from 23rd overall in the league to say 10th ( which really isn’t a strech considering what he did in Detroit ) this will be a playoff season for us .
Feel all warm and cozy
Have you ever been excited about the possibilities of a future opportunity, but when you start to actually do the work or experience it, the darn thing turned out to be a bad idea? It similar to what is making fans feel good about the possibilities Martz can bring, his days in St. Louis.
Culter never played for Martz. Martz heard rumors about Cutler. So just wait and see how these guys feel after training camp or week 2. everything is speculation.
and Bears need to make sure the seat will be filled in Sept
the spin, but 2009 results with a prettier ending
Relax
Seriously.
Do any of you think cutler has the BALLS to defy Martz ?
Of course he can defy a guy that’s less than 10 years older than him. (McDaniels)
But you didn’t see him bitching about it when Shanahan coached him.
I think they’ll be just fine.
It’s a given that martz might give cutler a headache.
But i think he’ll come out a better player.
Just like warner said.
You just need to give him time to adjust to the Martz mentality.
Cutler understands that Martz will make him a better player,
for that alone this will be ok.
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Feb 4, 2010 1:46 PM CST up reply actions
I don't know how much better it will make him....
since he’ll be spending a lot of time getting sacked and pressured. No QB under Martz has had less than 30 sacks EVERY season. I hope he learns Marino’s quick release, but also learning a 7 step drop will be disasterous. I hope it works, but i’m skeptical! Just Sayin’
No QB under Martz has had any mobility as part of their skillset.
"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that." -- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)
Jerry Angelo trades for Jay Cutler! (4.2.2009)
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I think Cutler needs someone who isn't afraid to confront him when he needs it
- and Martz might be the guy for that. Lovie isn’t that type from what I can see.
"I am not an animal!" - Merrick
The guys on Around the Horn
All liked the move for Martz. Said he’ll completely rework Jay’s game, get his footwork right and stuff. Hopefully that works and is true and Jay will stop throwing off his back foot. I think this relationship will be the most interesting to watch develop.
I saw 1st and 10
And Skip was the only guy that liked Martz with us. But if they can both get along I smell top 15-10 offense. If the line can block.
Never thought you'd be saying this again...
“Hopefully that works and is true and Jay will stop throwing off his back foot.”
…after Rexy.
"The country is full of good coaches. What it takes to win is a bunch of interested players." -Don Coryell, ex-San Diego Chargers Coach
One other thing I do like about this
Is that to a large degree, I think Martz will be all about utlizing the ‘gunslinger’ potential of Cutler. Martz likes to go big often, and Cutler provides him the stuff to do just that.
I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule. -Randal Graves
Writer at windycitygridiron.com -/-I http://www.twitter.com/kdoggers
Martz is going to do everything in his power to be successful in 2010...
There weren’t many teams battling the Bears ownership for the right to interview Martz….He has to know that he has a reputation in the league, and if he can’t make it work in Chicago, his NFL career may be done. I have the feeling that he wants to be a Head Coach again, and that is only going to happen if he can come in and improve our underwhelming offense, and teach Cutler to be the QB we thought he would be when we traded for him.
I really hope that the Martz/Cutler marriage is successful… would love to have Martz’s atitude rub off on Cutler so he gets his swagger back…that was missing from Jay’s and most of the rest of the team last year…
I miss the chip the team had on its shoulder when we beat Indy the first game of the year a season or two ago and when Andrea Kramer asked Urlacher how it felt to upset the Colts…Urlacher said something to the effect of “It’s not an upset…because we knew we were going to win!” That attitude was missing last year…maybe because of Urlacher’s injury in the first game…If we can get the swagger back and stay healthy it’s going to be a fun season!
Unreasonable people make life difficult...
but will it hurt Forte devolpment cuz as we all know martz really does not like running the ball as much as he does passing but in that regard its great spot for Cutler because he has a bonfied offenesive genius coming in to work with, it is my hope he can help cutler stop being brett favre jr. and cut down on the interceptions. I HOPE
by Skins4ever on Feb 4, 2010 2:12 PM CST up reply actions
Not really
Martz loves to throw to the back, and that’s always been Forte’s strongest point, anyways.
I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule. -Randal Graves
Writer at windycitygridiron.com -/-I http://www.twitter.com/kdoggers
ok, but will cutler still be brett favre jr. or will martz turn him more into a int machine, he cant get worse can he?
by Skins4ever on Feb 4, 2010 2:26 PM CST up reply actions
What happened to the Queens that Saints game.
Was supposed to happen to them all season. Farve throwing picks and AP fumbling the ball.
I think Forte will do very well this year
If he is healthy…
Unreasonable people make life difficult...
by WisBearsFan34 on Feb 4, 2010 2:27 PM CST up reply actions
but the one we need to do is find a way to get a good number 2 wide receiver. maybe like anquan boldin.
by Skins4ever on Feb 4, 2010 2:28 PM CST up reply actions
If Anquan Boldin was here
I’m fairly certain he’d be the #1 receiver.
I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule. -Randal Graves
Writer at windycitygridiron.com -/-I http://www.twitter.com/kdoggers
Boldin was a big Bears fan when he was a kid too.
I think if they offered to trade for him, he would accept it.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand band-wagoner fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
I couldn't remember who kept calling her that...
But I figured you’d find my post :-)
Unreasonable people make life difficult...
by WisBearsFan34 on Feb 4, 2010 2:26 PM CST up reply actions
Jay rhymes with...
hahahaha…we do need more fat athletic dudes
Tray?
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"Newbie, if the next two words out of your mouth aren't 'See ya' then the third word will be 'Oh my god. My crotch. You've punched me in my crotch." - Dr. Percival Ulysses Cox
Bidet?
I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule. -Randal Graves
Writer at windycitygridiron.com -/-I http://www.twitter.com/kdoggers
Feng shui
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"Newbie, if the next two words out of your mouth aren't 'See ya' then the third word will be 'Oh my god. My crotch. You've punched me in my crotch." - Dr. Percival Ulysses Cox
HESTER WANTS TO BE A RETURN MAN AGAIN
Devin Hester wants to return to returning
Hester was a guest on “The Waddle and Silvy Show” on ESPN Radio in Chicago Thursday and told the hosts that while he was happy to do whatever the coaching staff asked of him, he’d like to resume his role as the team’s lead kickoff returner.
"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that." -- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)
Jerry Angelo trades for Jay Cutler! (4.2.2009)
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there was a fanpost up earlier about this
I think it’s perfect, because Martz will want him in the slot. From the slot Martz will be able to get creative with him.
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Feb 4, 2010 3:08 PM CST up reply actions
Thats good.
Hester has become a better receiver, but he is a better returner.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand band-wagoner fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
Guess "the rumor/report"Cutler skipping OTAs
If martz was hired may have been incorrect…..
"What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul...."
- Jay Cutler to Ron Turner during the season
That rumor
was started on the Boers and Bernstein show I think. I never believed it, that would have been a career suicide type of move on Cutler’s part and he is way too smart to do something like that. He is married to the Bears for a while and it is for better or worse.
If he had refused to play it would have left him with little to no room to silence his critics after leaving Denver.
Course what is he suppose to say?
“OMFG I CANT BELIEVE THIS POOP….I WANT TO BE TRADED BACK TO DENVER!!!”
"What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul...."
- Jay Cutler to Ron Turner during the season
Lets just hope Martz works out.
I’m getting more comfortable with it now.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand band-wagoner fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
It's do or die for lovie n co.
So don’t worry. We succeed or lovie gone. Win win. Qb’s improve under martz 6 is one the most talented qb’s in yrs. The thought of him improving is scary for the league. Forte b fine everyone talks about martz not running, excuse me anybody remember a guy by the name of Marshall??? He seemed to do ok. Frank gore too. Tice will get the most out of the o line, besides 6 is unbreakable.
by Papabear777 on Feb 4, 2010 4:53 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Love this line
Now hopefully we can find some fat athletic guys to stand in front of Jay, and we’ll be well on our way.
I’d prefer if they were more athletic and less fat, but we can’t be “choosers” I suppose.
"The country is full of good coaches. What it takes to win is a bunch of interested players." -Don Coryell, ex-San Diego Chargers Coach
That makes me think of
those NutriSystem commercials where he lost 51 pounds! Lol..oh brother
"A lot of fans were drawn to me because they knew that whatever the score was, I was going to run as hard as I could on every play. You don't have that now, you have guys waiting for next week or even next year." - Walter Payton
by Ashley Czuba on Feb 5, 2010 11:21 AM CST up reply actions
About coaching and Cutler
Confrontation doesn’t mean DEFIANCE.
Defiance is like..Brett Favre X Childress incident.
or even, a closer example, McMahon x Ditka.
McMahon conciously disobbeyed some of Ditka’s calls.
Cutler has never done that (at least not since i began following his career)
He gets frustrated and thats what he does. He complains to himself.
We all saw that video from that niners game where he was mic’ed up.
He didn’t yell at his teamates ONCE. He sort of stays silent and goes at it again.
the most i got was sor of an “oh man, this sucks” kind of vibe.
The people he often bitches about is the referees.
He’s not like Larry Johnson who called out and insulted his coach last year and got the boot from Kansas.
How could Cutler not be excited to work with Martz?
Or anyone not named Turner to be exact?
He gets to work with one of the most creative offensive minds in football…. who has a ring on his finger and ran the most prolific offenses in NFL history. If I’m Cutler… I’m thinking… “Where do I sign?”
"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that." -- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)
Jerry Angelo trades for Jay Cutler! (4.2.2009)
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I think
That cutler probably had nothing against Turner.
He probably didn’t like Pep, The Pepster, Hamilton though.
I don't think he cared for Turner as well.
I think he tried to make it work, but I don’t think he liked the way he called games.
Walter Payton lives on!!!
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