Former Bears quarterback Jay Cutler is retiring in order to pursue a new career. He’s joining FOX’s NFL team, as Peter Schrager of NFL Network tweets. Cutler will be in a three-man booth alongside play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt and fellow color commentator Charles Davis. 
Before deciding to go to FOX, Cutler had real discussions with the Jets and less-promising talks with the Texans, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets. In a statement issued to Adam Jahns of the Sun Times, Cutler admits that he did not find a ton of interest on the open market this offseason.
“I don’t know if retirement is the right word; I don’t feel that anyone ever really retires from the NFL. You are either forced to leave, or you lose the desire to do what’s required to keep going. I’m in between those situations at this point in my life,” Cutler said.
Not everyone is convinced that Cutler is done playing football, however. Mike Garafolo of NFL Network (video link) gets the sense that he would get back on the field if a team offered him a starting job and starter money to go along with it. In theory, the three-man booth protects FOX against Cutler leaving to join a team midseason because Burkhardt and Davis could move forward as a two-man team.
Cutler wasn’t necessarily warm and fuzzy towards the media during his playing days, so it will be interesting to see him in the broadcast booth. However, Cutler has extensive experience playing in the NFC and that should help his transition to FOX. Those close to Cutler also say that he’s well-suited for TV.
“I think Jay Cutler would be on point as an analyst,” guard Kyle Long told Jahns. “He’s one of the most cerebral guys I’ve ever played with, one of the most well-spoken guys I’ve played with. Whether the public knows it or not, he actually is a funny, nice, cool guy. [Media members] have seen that side of him sometimes. You’ve also seen Jay when he’s having maybe not the best day. Unfortunately, that’s kind of the all-encompassing stigma there. But I think if you see him in a suit and he’s got his hair done and he’s got that beard lined up, people will fall in love with Jay Cutler again.”
In his 11 NFL seasons for the Broncos and Bears, Cutler amassed a career 68-71 record. With the Bears, he went 52-52 across eight seasons (including the playoffs). His best season came in 2008 for Denver when he threw for more than 4,500 yards and 25 touchdowns. That season earned Cutler his sole career Pro Bowl selection. In 2016, he made five starts and was a far cry from the best version of himself.fre
Good riddance.
Surrously, betta not come back to Chicago in that boof, ‘s’all I say’n!
Lol
Hahaha
Cutler never had the desire.
Right, because a Glennon/Trubisky duo is much better? You guys will be chasing a top-3 pick for years to come.
Thank you!! Bears fans are idiots
Bears fans and the entire league are idiots for not wanting anything to do with this loser?
You forgot someone, it’s Glennon/Sanchez/Trubisky. Yea the Bears certainly upgraded. As a Vikings fan, thank you Ryan Pace!
I can’t see Cutler as an analyst. The dude never smiles!
Cutler is a moron and a jerk. I don’t know a single person who likes him.
Great hire, FOX.
I love him, always have.
Another blow to the packers defense 🙂
I don’t get it, their defense is bad enough the way it is.
I don’t get why all the hate towards this guy. Sure he wasn’t a great player but damn the media portrays him as a jerk and everyone has to follow suit? People need to get a grip on reality
Maybe everyone sees something you don’t see. Maybe you’re the one need to grip reality
You really suck at life don’t you…. erase the hate
Nah, I’m with fisher40. He was a frustrating QB to root for as a Bears fan but he didn’t kick your dog. Horrible decisions at times and wasn’t a friend with the press so he gets painted with the ugly brush.
Cutler’s personality lends itself to a certain narrative created by Chicago sports media, who happen to be the religious leaders of most Bears fans. Unfortunately for Cutler, he played for an organization that didn’t give him many opportunities to challenge that narrative.
It’s a little scary how accurate that religious leaders comparison is. As the national media continues to blast the Bears for their horrid draft the local Chicago media has flipped their original opinion and is now in favor of it and suddenly Bears fans are too. Goes to show you should never only listen to homer biased media.
The national media always criticizes the Bears. When was the last time you ever heard anything positive about anything related to Chicago from the east-coast based national media?
You are 100% correct. He’s nowhere near as bad of a person as the entire football world apparently thinks. The local and national media just continued to push that narrative as hard as possible, and people ate it up. He had absolutely no chance of changing that narrative.
I, for one, would not be surprised at all of he is pretty good at this gig.
If you’re not aware of the way Cutler conducted himself during games, then you haven’t been paying attention.
Jay clearly lacked what I like to call social intelligence. He had no self-awareness to speak of. He also didn’t care about anything or anybody but himself when he played.
It’s hard not to come off like a jerk with that kind of behavior, in a professional team sport no less.
This is the reason why he sat by himself on the bench pouting all the time. He acted like a big’ole baby who refused to hold himself accountable for poor play, but regularly cussed out his teammates when he got sacked, intercepted or fumbled the ball (which was often).
That’s why most of Cutler’s teammates hated him, and quite a few wanted to punch his stupid face.
In his time in Chicago, the guy who left for Miami got the best out of him. It’s the best I’ve ever seen Cutler move around & make a play in the pocket. As a result his turnovers were well down.
Last year, he looked like a dead duck & his sack strips were worse than his INT’s. Chicagoans understood then the great importance of the assistant coaching staff. That area digressed more than Cutler did which doesn’t bode well for Glennon/San/Trub.
It’s always someone else’s fault when Cutler fails, right? The coaches, offensive line, defense, the fans. Maybe it’s time to accept an obvious fact about Jay. He’s never won anything at any level for any team. In short, he’s just a loser.
Cutler had 7 different offensive coordinators, I’m not sure anyone could succeed with that.
What does that tell you about how well he played here, or anywhere else for that matter?
I think Gase was his name. Had he stayed I think Cutler would have had a much better year.
Physically, he could do everything you ask of an NFL QB. He could make all the throws. Mentally he never made the adjustments Brady did & he should’ve after just 3 seasons. He held the ball too long & that resulted in both sack/strips & INTs. The strips cost the team more. It shouldn’t have been that hard to maintain a 2 sec clock in his head. If nothing’s developing either throw the ball away or move up in the pocket. That’s what Brady does & he’s won 5 SB’s now.
Sure, it’s the offensive coordinator’s fault when Cutler can’t hit a wide open receiver (routinely threw balls into the dirt). Once you look past the “rocket arm,” it’s quite obvious he had mediocre QB skills and no pocket awareness.
Except for the year with Gase. He showed solid pocket awareness then.