Jay Cutler Doesn’t Sound Ready To Be John Fox’s Hero

Jay Cutler has a reputation in the NFL. Not all of it good. Not all of it bad. One thing though that has been consistent about him is the issue of trust.

Cutler is a man who prefers to keep his personal life close knit. He’s not big on endorsements or interviews. On the field it’s no different. If he doesn’t believe in a wide receiver or a tight end, they aren’t going to get the football. He’s going to feed the players he knows will make a play for him. For better or worse. One can’t fault him for feeling this way. It’s a natural response for many human beings on this planet.

What many don’t know is Cutler extends this same stance to coaches. Throughout his professional career the man has had four different head coaches and seven different offensive coordinators. This has earned him a reputation for being a coach killer. Not entirely fair given some of the questionable names he had to work with but one of the overlooked aspects of this is how he has learned to become untrustworthy of head coaches.

This is a man who was becoming a Pro Bowl star under the watch of Mike Shanahan eight years ago. Then his world was turned upside down when the Denver Broncos fired the veteran coach after a late-season collapse. Josh McDaniels was brought in and he soured things right away during a destructive meeting with Cutler, in which he berated and criticized his game. One could say Jay’s mistrust of football authorities really began during those few months.

What has result from this is his tendency to check out of games or seasons when he doesn’t feel an organization is behind him.