ESPN: Cutler Says There's "Outside Chance" He'll Play Against Green Bay

by vermontaigne on Dec 14, 2011 1:57 PM CST

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Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, who has missed the last three games while recovering from thumb surgery, said Wednesday that there is an "outside chance" he'll return on Christmas Day to face the Green Bay Packers in Lambeau Field, but he warned Bears fans not to get their hopes up.
“
Outside shot, let's not get anyone's hopes up, let's not ruin anybody's Christmas dreams, but outside, outside.
” -- Jay Cutler on possibly facing Packers
on Christmas Day
Cutler was asked a hypothetical question on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN 1000 on Wednesday about the possibility of him returning to face the Packers if the Bears beat the Seahawks on Sunday in Seattle. The Bears have lost all three games that Cutler missed, but their wild-card hopes could remain alive with a win in Seattle.

"I'll say outside," Cutler said. "I wouldn't say it's good or definite or a real possibility, but there's always a chance, but like you said, we have to get this one first."

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How about Forte

is Forte going to be back?

by Acme on Dec 14, 2011 2:18 PM CST reply actions

Have the Bears cut Marion Barber yet?

by MikeDB on Dec 15, 2011 10:38 PM CST up reply actions

Please do, Jay.

You’re already careless with the football, now you want to play against our defense with your fucked up hand? You’ll make Palko look good.

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by Tepo6688 on Dec 14, 2011 2:36 PM CST reply actions

I think their game against Seattle is in Chicago.

If it isn’t that would be 3 straight on the road, which I think is pretty rare.

Watching the Cubs piss it away for 31 years.

by CarolinaHawk on Dec 14, 2011 2:36 PM CST reply actions

you are correct.

the last game of the season in Chicago

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by White92 on Dec 14, 2011 4:06 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah REAL outside chance.

Chicago’s done.

"Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." - Vince Lombardi

by AdamA on Dec 14, 2011 3:02 PM CST reply actions

I don't know. They're in the same position the Packers were last year.

Even with a win against Seattle, they’ll be a desperate team when they head up to Green Bay. How sweet would it be to knock them out two years in a row?

Watching the Cubs piss it away for 31 years.

by CarolinaHawk on Dec 14, 2011 4:22 PM CST up reply actions

I've thought about that

but I just can’t see the Lions or Falcons losing enough games to help the Bears in.

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by AdamA on Dec 14, 2011 6:09 PM CST up reply actions

Well, the Lions are going to lose their finale,

so I guess the Bears will have that to hang onto.

Watching the Cubs piss it away for 31 years.

by CarolinaHawk on Dec 14, 2011 8:51 PM CST up reply actions

But, the Bears are going to lose their penultimate game.

So, that evens out.

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by NorthStarr on Dec 17, 2011 1:43 AM CST up reply actions

You think the Vikings can beat the Bears?

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by Wiedmann on Dec 17, 2011 2:25 AM CST up reply actions

penultimate means second last.

football does not build character, it reveals character.

by sheehan on Dec 17, 2011 3:24 AM CST up reply actions

Yeah, I did know that

I should stop posting at 2:30 in the morning

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by Wiedmann on Dec 17, 2011 12:21 PM CST up reply actions

Same position in the standings maybe...

but they are going in very different direction than last year’s Packers. They don’t have their starting QB for the foreseeable future (Rodgers only missed one full game with his concussion), and they don’t have the playmakers that the Packers do on the offensive side of the ball.

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by texwestern on Dec 15, 2011 2:32 PM CST up reply actions

I think it would be fun . . .

if he were able to play.

by vermontaigne on Dec 14, 2011 3:22 PM CST reply actions

I am going to provide this opportunity for Charlie Kelly to make a statement...

cough…culter/grossman funnies…cough…

That dog just won't hunt.

by Bush League All Star on Dec 14, 2011 3:59 PM CST reply actions

Cutler..

Apparently tried to “throw” this week. He called it more like shot-putting. Even if he tries to play, his accuracy will be worse than normal.

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by White92 on Dec 14, 2011 4:08 PM CST reply actions

can't be worse than Hanie

football does not build character, it reveals character.

by sheehan on Dec 14, 2011 11:37 PM CST up reply actions

i would love to see him play

so that CM3, Woody, and the rest of the D can have a field day against him. but, we all know cutler’s a pussy so it wouldn’t suprise me at all if this was just talk

by StevieV17 on Dec 14, 2011 4:12 PM CST reply actions

one of the tougher QBs in the NFL IMO

definitely not a pussy

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by sheehan on Dec 14, 2011 11:37 PM CST up reply actions

Agreed...

I would have made that joke a year ago, but after this season…. no way. That dude takes a beating.

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by PhoenicianPakFan on Dec 15, 2011 2:36 AM CST up reply actions

Yeah that is a completely unfounded reputation. Probably comes from the playoff game last year but Cutler is a tough guy, he’s played through a lot and taken some HUGE beatings in his time with Chicago and their siv of a line!

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by TrevorR on Dec 15, 2011 3:17 PM CST up reply actions

A gimpy Cutler or Hanie...

It’s gonna be the same outcome regardless

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by RaY210 on Dec 14, 2011 4:26 PM CST via mobile reply actions

This should be a poll

Who would we rather face – a rushed-back Cutler with a messed up thumb……..or Caleb Hanie, who was over-matched by Tim Tebow’s PASSING skills?

That’s a tough question.

Angelo: Right….so anyways Jay, I’m sure you understand that we needed to make this move and I wanna wish you the best of luck.

Cutler: (Swoops bangs out of eyes by throwing his head back) Whatever, I don’t need this team or you.
/Leaves in a huff
//Writes bad poetry on his blog

Grossman: What the fuck is Wilford Brimley’s problem?

by Packers3485 on Dec 14, 2011 5:52 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

Decisions, decisions there....

I think at this point, just for selfish purposes, I wanna see them face Hankie. Just because Bears fans are saying “We almost beat you with our backup so we should’ve won that game!” Yeah, that’s the usual Bears fan logic right there.

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by P-Townfan on Dec 15, 2011 9:56 AM CST up reply actions

ya..

irritates me when I hear that too..People here act like if they would have scored a TD instead of Shields making the pick, that they would have won. That would have only TIED the game.

I love wins. Wins are good for the soul.- Barry Alvarez Sep 25, 2005

We expect to win.- Ted Thompson July 28, 2011

by White92 on Dec 15, 2011 2:22 PM CST up reply actions

I agree to a point...

And that point is that the Badgers would have absolutely beaten the Spartans in overtime if the Hail Tebow had fallen to the ground where it belonged.

by Ben T on Dec 15, 2011 4:13 PM CST up reply actions

Yup just like the Vikings would have won against the Bears last week and the Eagles would have beat us in week 1 last year.

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by TrevorR on Dec 15, 2011 3:18 PM CST up reply actions

Please come back you little bitch Cutler!!! It would be a honor to watch you quit on your team two years in a row!!! Only this time we get to see it at Lambeau!!

by sonny113006 on Dec 16, 2011 7:26 AM CST reply actions

I wish Jay nothing but the best and a speedy recovery to come back to green bay able to play.

it’s no fun when you know the other team can’t score more than 12 points on you. We need the challenge to get us ready for the playoffs.

He is a strange kid that Cutler. On one hand, you’ve got people who love him and think he’s the toughest guy in football, and everywhere else in the world, people mock and ridicule him for quitting on his team.

The truth is somewhere in between. What is unmistakable is that the bears are better with him on the field than without him. as are they with forte.

however….

if they can’t beat Seattle this weekend, their season is all but over. I wouldn’t expect to see either of them rush back to the team when their chance at the playoffs is all but done. Those two guys going down killed their season.

So watch this weekend gents, and know that if they win, the chance of seeing him in lambeau and cheering “you tapped out” shoots up about 800%.

Let’s go get some chiefs. Time to make it another indian massacre (i’m part sioux, so it’s all good if i say it.)

by Nels Winkler on Dec 16, 2011 8:49 PM CST reply actions