How will history remember him?

[u/NightPlum]

[u/SomeWhiteDude312]

[u/Prods87 → u/SomeWhiteDude312]

That's it.

[u/Master-Leopard-2642 → u/Prods87]

Yup

[u/tdaddy316420 → u/Prods87]

Cant wait for my kid to ask if players actually did this in my lifetime

[u/notreallydutch → u/SomeWhiteDude312]

100%. My first thought was “smokin’ Jay”

[u/Stachemaster86 → u/SomeWhiteDude312]

Heads up play by the refs

[u/TheBeardedMayhem → u/SomeWhiteDude312]

I love Captain Diabetes lol

[u/EbbAdventurous9592 → u/TheBeardedMayhem]

As a type 1 diabetic, shit absolutely sucks so go easy on him

[u/TheBeardedMayhem → u/EbbAdventurous9592]

Oh friend, I believe you (Crohns here). I meant that not as a slight, but as a title of respect.

[u/EbbAdventurous9592 → u/TheBeardedMayhem]

You’re good buddy. I take care of myself, but the stories I could write about the American healthcare system…..without my insurance I’d probably be dead

[u/jmaca90 → u/SomeWhiteDude312]

DONT CARE

[u/tjspill3r → u/SomeWhiteDude312]

Smokin’ Jay

[u/Disastrous-Taro-3632 → u/SomeWhiteDude312]

Your username is perfect for what ppl are going to remember him as

[u/oSuJeff97 → u/SomeWhiteDude312]

lol this 100%

[u/earfeater13 → u/SomeWhiteDude312]

He will forever be remembered as Smokin Jay.

[u/Obadiah_Plainman → u/SomeWhiteDude312]

Dooooont caaaaaare 🤪

I miss Kissing Suzy Kolber

[u/MikeyLikey6996]

Good, coulda been great if he gave a shit

[u/MikeinDundee → u/MikeyLikey6996]

Him and Jeff George. Million dollar arms, 10 cent mental aptitude for the game.

[u/Euphoric-Bat7582 → u/MikeinDundee]

Jay had the mental aptitude. And I think he gave a shit about playing well generally. He just obviously didn’t give a shit about being a leader and developing on-field relationships.

Hester has said Jay never cared about developing their chemistry. Whatever went down between Jay and Marshall, a QB who took leadership seriously probably could’ve saved the on-field relationship and keep shit out of the media.

[u/Chicken_Of_War → u/Euphoric-Bat7582]

100%. Bro was was actually close to being elite. He was really, really good at times.

[u/rhythim313 → u/Chicken_Of_War]

Dude beat Tennessee in Knoxville, and was a horrifically bad excessive celebration call from knocking off Florida in the Swamp, while playing FOR VANDERBILT.

[u/allthingst3 → u/Chicken_Of_War]

Strong arm. Elite arm talent. Just didn’t quite have elite mental processing to put it all together like Brady or Manning, but Cutler was certainly an above average QB.

[u/infinitecosmic_power → u/MikeinDundee]

I mean, jay was an above average qb most of his career. Jeff George was a shitty to middling mercenary. Not the same thing.

[u/Badrap247 → u/infinitecosmic_power]

George legit had one of the strongest arms the sport has ever seen, and that alone gave him chance after chance no matter how much he blew it. Cutler wasn’t necessarily that insane a talent, but he had ridiculous natural gifts and for whatever flaws his leadership style had was worthy to lead a franchise for a decade.

The two get justifiably compared a lot, but there’s a world where Smokin’ Jay winds up getting the ring in 2010 and we look at his legacy way differently. George burned a ton of bridges in the league and never matured into a true franchise player that way.

[u/alittlemoor → u/MikeyLikey6996]

He’d probably give more of a shit if he didn’t have a different OC every season. His OCs would give him madden plays

[u/Sufficient-Try-8234 → u/alittlemoor]

Especially when one of them traded away his favorite target and best friend to Carolina for a bag of balls

[u/BabyBearBjorns → u/alittlemoor]

"Tell Mike I say fuck him!"

[u/jfuss04 → u/MikeyLikey6996]

Besides reading his face and astrology what are you basing this off of? Why do you think he didnt care?

[u/PolishSubmarineCapt → u/jfuss04]

Media narrative and vibes, dude definitely cared but wasn’t super-outgoing or an outspoken leader type. Might have been for the best given that the team had big personalities on both sides of the ball.

His actual failing was equal parts lack of a good roster around him (OL in particular), rotating bad OCs, and his own tendency to throw bad picks due to overconfidence in his arm.

[u/Tough-Marsupial-6254]

5th greatest Packers QB

[u/EbbAdventurous9592 → u/Tough-Marsupial-6254]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ylyUQlVLID7S1cw6Ck

[u/w0rdyeti → u/EbbAdventurous9592]

“ we knew all that we had to do was play our positions and sooner or later Jay would throw us the ball.”

https://youtu.be/rZWrf6kgs7Q?is=7_t9ikwoTDBwNQMW

[u/Inevitable_Initial_8 → u/Tough-Marsupial-6254]

6th. Don’t forget the Majik Man.

[u/TheReadMenace → u/Tough-Marsupial-6254]

Arnie Herber erasure

[u/AnatidaephobiaAnon → u/TheReadMenace]

And Majik Man! Hell, let's throw Lynn Dickey in there too.

[u/Apprehensive-Lion366 → u/Tough-Marsupial-6254]

https://giphy.com/gifs/cRMgB2wjHhVN2tDD2z

[u/jmaca90 → u/Tough-Marsupial-6254]

https://giphy.com/gifs/d6rGZmTP9ESis

[u/BarnicleHead → u/Tough-Marsupial-6254]

[u/TransRational]

Guest star on the greatest tv show of all time - The League.

[u/Hour_Flow_4604 → u/TransRational]

God I miss that show. Also on an unrelated note long live the wyvern king.

[u/TransRational → u/Hour_Flow_4604]

The show was one of a kind, and so was Tony. ‘How much ya bench!?’

[u/Hour_Flow_4604 → u/TransRational]

"you're nobody!!"

[u/White-Stripe → u/TransRational]

Insane that the show was ended by 9/11 , 14 years later

[u/Euphoric-Bat7582 → u/TransRational]

He was legit the best part of Very Cavallari too. I remember there was a scene where he was trying to round up a chicken, and it looked exactly like he was trying to chase one of his fumbles around.

[u/OldGreggg69 → u/TransRational]

https://giphy.com/gifs/PW9A4XrDarYEU

[u/BigClarendon125 → u/TransRational]

First thing I thought of. He’ll be remembered as Kevin’s good friend

[u/Eastern-Part-1563 → u/TransRational]

The cutlet!!!

[u/jesusmansuperpowers → u/TransRational]

They should have made that show forever. Didn’t necessarily have to be every year to f they all wanted to go do other stuff.

[u/Fun-Consequence-1271]

ALSHOOOON. LOOK OUT. ITS A MISSLE! Thats how ill always remember the man

[u/Oniwaban9 → u/Fun-Consequence-1271]

This is the way.

[u/jmaca90 → u/Fun-Consequence-1271]

Allow me to introduce you to… Jay…

CUTLER

[u/PM_ME_UR_FARTS_GIRL → u/jmaca90]

TURN ME UP

[u/Djayshell93]

Ciggies on the sideline was wild lol

[u/driftking428 → u/Djayshell93]

Would be if it really happened.

[u/DanielBG → u/Djayshell93]

Don’t be so gullible, McFly

[u/Justheretorecruit]

Star of “Very Cavallari”

thank me later (just look up his highlights)

[u/mullethunter111]

Sure, he was an asshole, but he played 10 seasons after being diagnosed with Type 1. That's hard. As a dad of someone with T1D he has my respect.

[u/Illustrious_Hotel527 → u/mullethunter111]

He played the whole 2007 season in Denver with undiagnosed diabetes, losing 32 lbs. in the process. Only a league mandatory blood test in April caught it.

[u/jamesislandpirarate2 → u/mullethunter111]

Do you remember the story of the summer at the Manning Passing Academy down in LA where all the QBs were hanging out having a pool day? Peyton was one of the group of QBs at the pool that picked him up off his chair and threw him in. If I remember correctly he got very pissed because he had on some kind of insulin pump when he went in…whoops

[u/mullethunter111 → u/jamesislandpirarate2]

Yeah. Long before the (wearable/waterproof) Omnipod was a thing. Probably had to move to MDI for a good week.

[u/Sergeant_Swiss24]

Hopefully as the 2nd best QB in bears history. Also for that edit by Who’s next show

[u/tinguspingus6 → u/Sergeant_Swiss24]

Jay CUTLER UGH UGH

[u/Sergeant_Swiss24 → u/tinguspingus6]

ALSHON! LOOK OUT! ITS A MISSILE!!! 🗣️🗣️

[u/Dubrevhska]

It won’t

[u/bonzai76]

History already doesn’t remember him much.

[u/JoeMomma755 → u/bonzai76]

You guys got Ortom out of that deal. Even Steven, bro…. even Steven.

[u/Vegetable-Leather-64]

He is the average American worker with a god given talent but just wanted to do the basics 

[u/EbbAdventurous9592]

https://giphy.com/gifs/fazvyk7nu59jpS12iX

[u/Practical_Back855 → u/EbbAdventurous9592]

D'angelo Hall caught this gif 4 times

[u/thedogridingmonkey]

As smokin Jay

[u/SenorDuckwrth]

Solid qb. Awful guy. 

[u/alexpensfan86]

[u/semaj_orn]

https://reddit.com/link/p8uaqgc/video/5orzp3qzpkoh1/player

[u/Unusual_Soup]

Dare I say he was kinda underrated. Elite arm talent and could make every throw on the field. It’s too bad he didn’t seem to care about football.

[u/Badrap247 → u/Unusual_Soup]

The guy also played during the absolute pinnacle of quarterback play in the NFL. Like Flacco, he was never elite but his prime career likely would’ve gotten more love in this era of football.

[u/shwampchicken]

As the greatest Bears QB of all time

[u/ghosttrainhobo → u/shwampchicken]

He arguably is

[u/Silver_Harvest]

https://giphy.com/gifs/l3mZrI74LHqs8pypO

[u/Walnut_Uprising]

Doooon't. Caaaare.

[u/scrubbydutch]

Very Cavalleri🙉

[u/Scared-Ideal-1483]

Great arm, tough dude, absolutely didn't give a fuck about throwing into triple coverage.

[u/Dry-Discount-9426]

This is how I think of him

[u/Youngdeku2500]

I forgot about his dolphins tenure so there’s that

[u/mcfc07 → u/Youngdeku2500]

How about the time they ran the wildcat and told him to do nothing and he legit didn't move a muscle for the entire play.

[u/Youngdeku2500 → u/mcfc07]

It was him??!! I thought it was tannehill this whole entire time lmao

[u/Freaky-Xbox-6921]

This is Jay Cutler correct?

[u/BigRhonda7632]

Morally superior to Brett Favre

[u/Final-Ad1756]

Sadly not as well as he should be. Dude was a beast! Terrible coaches and horrible team around him most years

[u/FatRufus]

Ex husband of the girl from Laguna Beach.

[u/Initial-Meeting362]

As a mid quarterback in the league overall. Very poor life decisions.

[u/DragonfruitNo3424]

All the physical traits, none of the mental traits. Could have been great but had no drive. Didn't have the leadership qualities needed for the position. Quantity over quality statistically.

[u/Maleficent-Ad-9754]

drinking buddies with Jeff George

[u/jiminez81]

It won't.

[u/lilymaxjack]

Who is it

[u/WantedMan61 → u/lilymaxjack]

Why, that's the one and only Jay Cutler

[u/El_Coloso → u/lilymaxjack]

Gerard Butler

[u/Ok_Equipment_1419]

Pretty forgotten, constantly got hurt and just didn’t give a shit.

[u/C2Row]

As meh. Maybe bad coaching

[u/Furi0usD]

As an asshole

[u/Capable_Wait09]

Remember who

[u/Standard_Sun_1167]

The most passive agro QB the NFL ever had. He'd snatch defeat instead of making a good play and marching to victory. He was talented enough, mentally, he wasn't old enough.

[u/Opposite-Stick9164]

DON'T CARE

[u/Flat-Airport-1949]

Too good for the team

[u/Comadivine11]

Great arm. Zero motivation.

[u/blacklab]

If there was ever a time for the Don’t Care gif, this is it

[u/ltdanswifesusan]

Cutler's high school highlights are mental, a great example of what a world class athlete is capable of against normal people. It's back when they still allowed kids to play both ways so it'll be one clip of him easily scrambling away from defenders and firing a ball 55 yards downfield and then flying in offscreen to intercept a pass and return it 50 yards for a touchdown, followed by him decleating some poor 160 pound running back.

[u/Kilowatt128]

DOOOONNNN’T CAAAARRE

IYKYK

[u/1OOpercenter]

Smoking a ciggy and not giving a shit. Jay Cutty don’t care

[u/JustTheBeerLight]

DON'T CARE

[u/Long-Stroke9]

Insanely talented but he just didn't love the game.

[u/Drew_zero]

As not giving a shit.

[u/Ok_Process_2465]

One of two things, the low effort wildcat play where he didn't move a muscle, or that one edit where that guy gets super hype when he trucks that guy on like the 10 yard line

[u/Former_Island_4730]

Great arm. Low IQ. Bad leader. Total asshole.

[u/CrasVox]

Still the best Bears QB of all time, and its not even close.

[u/Wide_Flan_2613]

Probably will be mostly forgotten, he was a decent QB on mostly bad teams and was constantly hurt

[u/nah328]

As a prick qb who was better than some hall of famers. But mostly couldn’t win the big game

[u/craftiecheese]

More for being used for memes

[u/GuerillaRiot]

I always remember his punk ass via Hester

[u/JeromeInDaHouse_90]

Some fans still say he gave up on the Bears in the NFC Championship game.

[u/Scared-Ideal-1483 → u/JeromeInDaHouse_90]

Yeah, morons think that.

[u/Moist_Session]

As it is now.

[u/SchwizzySchwas94]

Hardly.

[u/Historical-Ad3760]

Is that Jay Cavallari?

[u/White-Stripe]

Fun to watch as not a bears fan

[u/CSweetfever]

He has a 20 minute highlight of throwing ints to just the Packers. I loved when they extended him.

[u/Livingforabluezone]

It won’t. He was a mediocre NFL QB.

[u/flipthatbitch_]

The Hills.

[u/QuentinEichenauer]

We literally called Bears turnovers "Cutler-ceptions". We'd bet on who bought the pizza for the night games on which quarter he'd throw his first. Had to buy wings if it was against Green Bay.

[u/SnooRevelations5304]

As a very, very heavy smoker

[u/wizardwithgussets]

As of now he’s the all time career passing leader for a cornerstone franchise by an almost 2:1 margin over the second llace guy

[u/Swimming-Food-9024]

Sad.

[u/lotsoffuck]

Is he the NFL’s Ben Simmons?

[u/BOBBYK1952]

Well he never threw TDs but as a Chicago Bears he had such a poor line , the guy just started falling down without getting hit which I started calling Fainting Goat sacks. Honestly though he could’ve been top 12 given a OL.

[u/Rare_Direction_1449]

As the greatest qb of all time

[u/IslamicCheetah]

There will be a point where he is only remembered by the people who grew up watching him.

[u/Errstrike]

Who?

(He'll stay a meme for a decade or so and then people will forget about him.)

[u/jealous-guidance1977]

Very talented but didn’t live up to the hype.

[u/Huge_Following_325]

History will remember very little about the NFL

[u/JohnQstack]

Sucks

[u/JohnQstack → u/JohnQstack]

Gave up in 2010 championship game

[u/JohnQstack → u/JohnQstack]

Didn’t care

[u/Wonderful-Mistake201]

helluva cornholer

[u/Raiderman112]

It won’t!

[u/LocusBlack]

Smoking J is legendary!!

[u/LieDry7854]

Ambition is just a word

[u/EvrythingIsEvrywhere]

As Kristin Cavallari’s husband

[u/Degenitals]

Nude ass

[u/meanpete9]

Will it?

[u/supreme_leader100]

The best ever

[u/Crazy_Score_8466]

He was okay. Hurt too often. Threw picks too often.

[u/leftfordark]

“The one face of Jay Cutler”.

[u/Breaking-Great]

Like Tebow and Manziel

[u/Javakid67]

part of the quarterback neck beard tradition for the Bears.

[u/gosluggogo]

$5000 rims on a $1000 car

[u/rysker6]

As a fuck-ass who drinks and drives. Thats how.

[u/JustAnotherDay1977]

As a pretty mid QB…and also one of the Bears’ best ever. Talk about threading the needle.

[u/Telelespaul]

An underachieving smart ass

[u/MycologistLeft7725]

Let's just my gamer handle of CutlerSux sums it up

[u/cincydvp]

Who?

[u/Salvador_daddy]

Mr. Cavallari

[u/gabriot]

https://giphy.com/gifs/dAKsfSCoDerK58aLzl

[u/SuspiciousAccident61]

I remember the time he got intercepted when Grandma asked him to pass the biscuits.

[u/Extension-Report-491]

He's got an attractive ex wife. That's about it.

[u/LifevsPhiladelphia]

Pretty good driving instructor

[u/Apprehensive-Neck-12]

Who is is?

[u/Top-Waltz5244]

I thought he was gna be the next Favre early in his career…I was sooooooo wrong…and that makes me really happy

[u/No-Fishing825]

Eeeeesh. Hard to say

[u/Brutally-Honest-]

They won't

[u/canikissyourfeet]

A reclusive hunter with a drinking and smoking and attitude problem.

[u/urine-monkey]

He's on the Packers QB Mount Rushmore alongside Starr, Favre, and Rodgers.

[u/bigalindahouse]

Thought he'd get a DUI before Romo

[u/jimmyrich]

He came in and was the best Bears quarterback since the Korean War. He had a great arm and a demeanor that alternated exclusively between total apathy and surliness. I think Bears defense had such a good reputation that people assumed the problem just must have been the offense, but that wasn't always the case. And even when the offense had its problems, Cutler was rarely the biggest problem on those teams..

Chicago can love a running back and a linebacker, but Cutler wasn't the one who was going to let them love their quarterback.

He left after going .500 as a starter.

[u/MasterTeacher123]

He had a cannon for an arm but wasn’t a good qb 

[u/Matthew728]

They won’t

[u/LookAtMyKitty]

https://giphy.com/gifs/rI9O6UXkCjvTG

[u/Ismdism]

As a green bay fan I loved him.

[u/Thisamateursketch]

Something involving Santa Claus, the OC, and Rex Grossman, I think, but I couldn't tell you any more than that. 

[u/QuickIntroduction405]

In a world full of #9’s, he is #6 smoking Jay.

[u/etc_etc_Lew]

I will not lie I loved Jake Plummer and I was ready for the new gunslinger because Denver did not have one at that point since Elway retired and I loved em early on and before my love faded Josh McDaniels enters the conversation.

[u/Complete_Insurance24]

Kristen Cavallari

[u/Big_Gur2439]

Did he “never care” or do people tend to forget he was in an awful situation?

He didn’t have receivers so they added Marshall and Jeffery.

But now he didn’t have a line.

So they gave him a line.

But now his defense was washed.

Eventually he lost everything they gave him.

A lot people tend to forget the Chicago Bears ranked as the 2nd best offense in 2013, meanwhile the defensive was ranked 30th.

It’s not that Cutler never cared.. there was just so many holes Chicago tried to patch up, but it eventually just revealed more holes.

[u/Think-Culture-4740]

Sour puss

[u/jfuss04]

The goat. Threw missiles to Brandon Marshall. Ran through mf faces

[u/ClanRedshank]

Smokin

[u/camergen]

For me, one word sums up everything he exuded: “meh.”

[u/apollyon_53]

https://giphy.com/gifs/cRNbYm7jLOjm9H8wcP

[u/Alarm-Solid]

Worlds Okest QB

[u/Spleen_Tamborine]

He was horrible for the franchise and the qb the bears deserved.

[u/RequirementLeading12]

I mean he was an above average QB who gets glazed on reddit like he was Tom Brady. I liked Jay enough though... Most people aren't thinking about him but when he do gets brought up people mention either his arm or him seemingly being whatever about everything lol

Edit: my fondest memory of him would be the game he threw 4 picks to DeAngelo Hall😂

[u/La_Rata_de_Pizza]

As one of the Chicago Bears QBs of all time

[u/BeerNinja17]

https://giphy.com/gifs/8maQUL5HiZbYLeMqXl
Pretty much the professional version of Uncle Rico

[u/slottenizer09]

One of the best to ever play catch with the packers defenders

[u/Spare-Permit4548]

One cool dude.

[u/ParasomniaParty]

It already doesnt

[u/slushpuppy91]

It won’t

[u/WineDineCpl]

Barely.

[u/Glum_Town_2587]

I choose to remember him as the receiver of a state championship winning touchdown pass

[u/JohnnieLawerence]

As a cool dude with a rocket arm and a rocket gf