Comments on: LOWER THE BOOM: Jay Cutler – A History of Violence

By: deez

deez — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 03:07:16 +0000

How about the bears develope some young guys like webb and williams. Its been a revolving door for the past few seasons and the few veterans keep getting older. I think the coaching has been lacking. An o line needs to have cohesion with repetition, look at guys like gandy and colombo who the bears gave up on.

By: Mr. Pickles

Mr. Pickles — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 01:43:03 +0000

Heh, McCaskey’s not so hard earned dollars…I like that. Boom you’re spot on as usual. I dreaded the idea of Cutler taking a beating both this year and last, and that was before a history of brain damage came into play. It’s been said before but it bears repeating, over and over, Logan Mankins is looking for a new gig isn’t he?

By: windy Cynic

windy Cynic — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:46:49 +0000

Invest two first rounders on anyone, protect them adequately. Yeah Dcon….. Logan Mankins sounds real good, but not for a single draft pick.

Maybe trade NE Garret Wolfe for Mankins straight up! If Bill balks, throw Rashied Davis in as good measure…. yep, that’ll do it. Who knows, maybe Bellycheck will settle for a blocking tight end! Anyone in mind?!

By: dennis

dennis — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:04:47 +0000

But I do agree with you Boomer, Bears are not protecting their investment. They are desperate to get to the playoffs …unfortunately it may be at the cost of their QB investment.

By: DeCon

DeCon — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:56:32 +0000

Concussion-gate 2010….dun-dun-dun-dun!!!!

By: dennis

dennis — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:44:08 +0000

Thank you Boomer for the links. However, no where in those articles does it state that Cutler was taken out of the Vandy or Denver games because of concussions. On the contrary, it clearly states he missed a little out of each of the games and then returned to finish out both of them.

I would like to see the actual story written on 11/03/04 by the Tennessean that states what Brad Briggs is claiming. No one can seem produce where that info is coming from…the actual Tennessean article. Until then, to me it is just a rumor from a rumor told by Mr. Briggs.

By: Boomer

Boomer — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:14:58 +0000

This from my buddies at Windy City Gridiron (http://www.windycitygridiron.com/2010/10/14/1751381/jay-cutler-and-concussions-this-wasnt-his-first), who got the game summary from ESPN:

Update #2: And here’s a link to an ESPN recap (http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=232910238) of the Georgia-Vanderbilt game on October 18th, 2003, which mentions Cutler being out a series due to concussion:

Vanderbilt drove to the Georgia 23 in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter, but backup quarterback Stephen Bright, with starter Jay Cutler out for a series with a concussion, missed receiver Brandon Smith with a pass on fourth-and-3.

By: dennis

dennis — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:54:24 +0000

Before everyone blows this out of proportion once again when it comes to Cutler, I’d like to see the Tennessean article. No one has yet to produce it, find it, post it. And if he have 3 concussions at Vandy, would that not have been something teams would have known about or looked into, or the media reported prior to Cutler being drafted? See that’s the thing about rumors…people assume they are true just because someone said so.