Bears QB loses cool during 4-interception, 7-sack debacle
September 14, 2012|David Haugh's In the Wake of the News
GREEN BAY — Now would be a good time for Bears fans to tell their quarterback to please, please, please tone it down.
Like everybody else in Chicago, Jay Cutler got carried away by the Bears' 41-point performance against the Colts. When Cutler wasn't telling people when to cheer at Soldier Field, the cocky quarterback was offering the Packers "good luck'' in stopping the Bears wide receivers.
Turns out they didn't need it. Preparation met opportunity in a 23-10 loss Thursday night at Lambeau Field as the Packers made Cutler look like a quarterback who talked big and played small.
Nothing wrong with an NFL quarterback showing bravado. Confidence can be as important as a quick release. But Cutler's mouth wrote a check his body couldn't cash, going 11 of 27 for 126 yards and four interceptions. He dared the Packers defense to raise its game, and that is exactly what happened in a humbling loss.
"It's the same old Jay,'' Packers cornerback Charles Woodson told ESPN. "We don't need luck, Jay will throw us the ball ... proof is in the pudding."
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