I told you Brandon Marshall had a future in broadcasting. I just didn't say that future was now. B Marsh and Martellus Bennett are great sound bites...everyone else on the Chicago Bears roster is....well, they're paid to play NFL football not say interesting and engaging things. After getting approval from the Bears, Marshall now becomes the first active player to work a weekly … [Read more...] about Bears Brandon Marshall: first ever IN SEASON Studio Analyst
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Jay Cutler DON’T CARE Award to…..Taye Diggs and Jon Beason
Welcome to the August 29th, 2014 edition of “The Cuttys,” or the Jay Cutler DON’T CARE awards. They honor, as one Facebook commenter put it: “all the non-news that’s fit to delete.” Or more literally: “terrible attempts at creating news, that I instantly deleted upon seeing it in my inbox.” All media members receive dozens of press releases and story pitches from … [Read more...] about Jay Cutler DON’T CARE Award to…..Taye Diggs and Jon Beason
Boomer Esiason: “Jay Cutler has no excuses now”
Boomer Esiason is best known for his role on CBS Sports, primarily on The NFL Today, as well as morning co-host on New York radio station WFAN. Last year, he made national headlines when rated Jay Cutler in among the top half of QBs, just barely. And he described the Chicago Bears as a second rung team. This year Boomer articulated all the pressure that's on Jay right now, … [Read more...] about Boomer Esiason: “Jay Cutler has no excuses now”
Chicago Bears trim fat, bigger cuts coming
The Chicago Bears cut the required amount of players to get the roster down to 75. The initial cut usually involves players that had little to no chance of making the team, or were let go with the hopes of latching on elsewhere. The final day of roster reckoning is August 30. Rosters will have to be down to 53 by 4p.m. ET. There were a couple of surprise cuts, but the … [Read more...] about Chicago Bears trim fat, bigger cuts coming
Greg Gumbel on Jay Cutler, Bears preseason expectations
As we enter the 2014 NFL season, the main Jay Cutler story line is "will he earn his money?" and "what does he have to do to earn that $22.4 million this season?" He'll be the highest paid player in the NFL season. Greg Gumbel is a national media figure, a play-by-play announcer for the NFL on CBS. He's also a Chicago guy, having worked for WMAQ NBC5 Chicago before he went to … [Read more...] about Greg Gumbel on Jay Cutler, Bears preseason expectations
The Importance of Being Jay Cutler
In 2013, the Chicago Bears fielded their best offense in decades. Matt Forte was at the top of his health and his game, Chicago’s pass-catchers were literally unstoppable, and Jay Cutler was on track to a career year, when inevitably, injury once again cut the much-maligned quarterback’s season short. Cutler has not played a full 16-game season since 2009—his first season as … [Read more...] about The Importance of Being Jay Cutler
Chicago Bears head to Seattle with major roster questions
The Chicago Bears enter arguably the most important week of the NFL preseason with more questions than most teams would want to have answered. The Seattle Seahawks are the perfect test for a Bears team trying to gauge how likely it is for the team to be considered a real threat in a stacked NFC. Heading out on the road to one of the toughest NFL stadiums to play in, to take … [Read more...] about Chicago Bears head to Seattle with major roster questions
Jay Cutler and six other fantasy football sleepers
As football season begins to positively loom, fantasy leagues begin to kick into high gear. Almost everyone and their brother-in-law are trying to dupe each other in the fantasy draft by brushing up on stats for all their favorite players and catching updates from their favorite teams. Every sports fan thinks that he has the key unknown players that will make a difference in … [Read more...] about Jay Cutler and six other fantasy football sleepers
What every NFL team does best, according to Reddit
I found this because it's linked up to my Jay Cutler story, but GOOD LORD is this hilarious! And thank you to the Bears fans and Reddit users to named the Cutty tale as the very first thing they associated with the Chicago Bears. Thanks to the 49ers fan who asked for an explanation. Anyways, simply put, this is Reddit users describing what their NFL team does best. Some … [Read more...] about What every NFL team does best, according to Reddit
Exclusive Bart Scott analyzes the Chicago Bears
CBS NFL analyst Bart Scott is from the Midwest. Originally, from Detroit, Scott is familiar with Chicago, having played in the NFL for 11 seasons. He also did his college ball at SIU. Bart Scott is known as being opinionated; and he's taken the media to task on a few occasions. This serves him well with his NFL pregame show gig on CBS Sports. I had an exclusive with him at … [Read more...] about Exclusive Bart Scott analyzes the Chicago Bears