If you don’t like Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler, you will now, because this story makes Jay Cutler a million times more likable.
It’s taken over three years but…the underground, urban legend of Jay Cutler has finally gone mainstream. For years, my friends and I have discussed this AWESOME story. I’ve hinted about knowing it in past articles, but never published any details.
Well here it is in all it’s glory:
Note: this a re-post from 2013.
At a trendy sushi restaurant in Chicago during the off-season, a guy goes to the bathroom and sees Jay Cutler, hat on backwards, at the urinal. So the guy starts going to the bathroom next to him and says:
“Hey, Jay, I also went to Vanderbilt, we might know some of the same people…”
Jay cuts him off mid-sentence with: “DOOOONNNNTTTTTT CAAAAAARRRREEEEEE.”
Bar Stool Sports did an interview with Cutler. And he neither confirmed nor denied. He said he didn’t remember, but inferred that the fawning guy was likely exaggerating it. Cutler didn’t yell or scream.
I dug up a witness to this story. Here’s his story and he’s sticking to it. He did say that the yelling part of the story is exaggerated.
Anyways, I told it live on stage at The Laugh Factory in Chicago and on numerous radio stations all across the world; including CBS Radio Chicago.
Even the NFL’s official website has recognized this anecdote.
Jay Cutler, we salute you! As does this Bears fan, via his jersey. This incident has even been re-created in a parody music video. Why not?
It works on so many levels in so many different situations in life.
Hear an insipid anecdote? “DOOOONNNNTTTTTT CAAAAAARRRREEEEEE.”
Boring, pointless story? “DOOOONNNNTTTTTT CAAAAAARRRREEEEEE.”
Telling me how your fantasy football and/or bracket is doing? “DOOOONNNNTTTTTT CAAAAAARRRREEEEEE.”
Posting pictures of your food to Facebook? “DOOOONNNNTTTTTT CAAAAAARRRREEEEEE.”
Press releases about individual player/coach awards? “DOOOONNNNTTTTTT CAAAAAARRRREEEEEE.”
Spring college football intra-squad scrimmages? “DOOOONNNNTTTTTT CAAAAAARRRREEEEEE.”
Tim Tebow? “DOOOONNNNTTTTTT CAAAAAARRRREEEEEE.”
Paul M. Banks is the Founding Editor of The Sports Bank. He’s also the author of “Transatlantic Passage: How the English Premier League Redefined Soccer in America,” and “No, I Can’t Get You Free Tickets: Lessons Learned From a Life in the Sports Media Industry.”
He currently contributes to USA Today’s NFL Wires Network and RG.org. His past bylines include the New York Daily News, Sports Illustrated and the Chicago Tribune. His work has been featured in numerous outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the Washington Post and ESPN. You can follow him on Linked In and Twitter.