Staff report
A former player who knows a thing or two about pressure thinks Jay Cutler may have had a hard time handling the heightened expectations during his first season in Chicago.
Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana appeared on "The Waddle and Silvy Show" on WMVP-AM 1000 Thursday from South Florida and was asked what he thought of Cutler's shaky performance with the Bears.
A former player who knows a thing or two about pressure thinks Jay Cutler may have had a hard time handling the heightened expectations during his first season in Chicago.
Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana appeared on "The Waddle and Silvy Show" on WMVP-AM 1000 Thursday from South Florida and was asked what he thought of Cutler's shaky performance with the Bears.
"Part of it is pressure," Montana said. "Sometimes you bring it on
yourself a bit. You're not happy somewhere, and you leave and you think
it's better somewhere else ... and maybe when you get there and it's a
little bit more than you expected, and maybe it's not what you expected.
"A lot of the times you're trying too hard, and you're emotional, and you have that on top of it, and you're trying harder. You're doing things you don't typically do as a quarterback, and you're trying to make plays instead of letting plays happen."
Former Rams running back Marshall Faulk also appeared on the show and said Mike Martz will help Cutler become a more fundamentally sound quarterback rather than just relying on his arm to make plays.
But Faulk warned there could be some friction between the two strong personalities.
"I think Jay will have to make the concessions," Faulk said. "Ron Turner was making the concessions for Jay Cutler when they got Jay. Mike is the more accomplished guy. He has the quarterbacks, he has the background. Jay will really have to sit and do some listening. This could be good or this could be bad for Jay Cutler because Mike Martz and the quarterback positions, we know what he's done with those guys. Jay Cutler is going to tbe be the best quarterback Mike Martz had from the start before he got his hands on him. This is the best product that he's ever had."
"A lot of the times you're trying too hard, and you're emotional, and you have that on top of it, and you're trying harder. You're doing things you don't typically do as a quarterback, and you're trying to make plays instead of letting plays happen."
Former Rams running back Marshall Faulk also appeared on the show and said Mike Martz will help Cutler become a more fundamentally sound quarterback rather than just relying on his arm to make plays.
But Faulk warned there could be some friction between the two strong personalities.
"I think Jay will have to make the concessions," Faulk said. "Ron Turner was making the concessions for Jay Cutler when they got Jay. Mike is the more accomplished guy. He has the quarterbacks, he has the background. Jay will really have to sit and do some listening. This could be good or this could be bad for Jay Cutler because Mike Martz and the quarterback positions, we know what he's done with those guys. Jay Cutler is going to tbe be the best quarterback Mike Martz had from the start before he got his hands on him. This is the best product that he's ever had."
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Oh well, he brought it on himself.
who ever you are you sound stupid for saying that Montana won't make a decent qb coach there's not a D-fence that man aint seen get cutler in the film room and pick his brain apart.And for you saying they wide out's not decent they are young hell tori holt didn't start out being a great WR give them a chance YOU HATER.they need to try for L.T. put him in the back field on 3rd downs screen play's will open other AVE. I will say hester needs to play corner back maybe go after one of the chargers wideouts all of them 6-3 or taller great hands thats something 2 think about.
who ever you are you sound stupid for saying that Montana won't make a decent qb coach there's not a D-fence that man aint seen get cutler in the film room and pick his brain apart.And for you saying they wide out's not decent they are young hell tori holt didn't start out being a great WR give them a chance YOU HATER.
Now I can respect Joe Montana talking about Cutler as opposed to Jim McMahon talking about Cutler like he did last week.
"torres on February 4, 2010 6:43 PM
If the bears was smart hire MONTANA as Q.B. coach you can't go wrong.they could do some things next season if they play it smart use the young talent they have damn good W.R. put them to use."
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Just because someone was a great player doesn't mean he'd make even a decent coach. And their receivers are not good...I wouldn't even call them average.
I hope the Bears will get a running game to compliment Cutler's talents.
If the bears was smart hire MONTANA as Q.B. coach you can't go wrong.they could do some things next season if they play it smart use the young talent they have damn good W.R. put them to use.
Martz better handle Cutler carefully or Cutler might throw 26 interceptions - and a bunch of them in the red zone.
As long as Lovie Smith doesn't give Martz a crash-course in slack-jawed coddling, Martz will be the best thing that ever happened to Cutler.