Bears' Cutler unsure he can last

[marmar]

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Still raspy-voiced from a kick to the throat and beatdown by the New Orleans Saints defense, Bears quarterback Jay Cutler rapped twice on a lectern when pondering whether he could make it through the rest of this season with this type of punishment.

"I don't know," Cutler said. "I don't know."

Cutler absorbed six sacks, in addition to 16 hits against the Saints in the club's 30-13 loss on Sunday, resulting in extreme soreness in the quarterback's throat, "hips, we can go down the list," he said, jokingly.

But in all seriousness, the crushing blows to Cutler could continue Sunday when the Bears face the Green Bay Packers, given the blueprint provided to other teams by the team's shaky offensive line, not to mention the fact that sacks in many ways are merely the cost for doing business in the scheme of offensive coordinator Mike Martz. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/story/_/id/7000616/chicago-bears-quarterback-jay-cutler-unsure-survive-season-getting-hit-rate

[Auggie]

1. This paragraph says it all:

From 1999 to 2010 (Martz didn't coach in 2009), Martz's offense ranked in the NFL's top 10 in sacks allowed in nine of the coach's 11 seasons, and in the top three in each of his last four. Martz's offenses with the Rams, Lions, 49ers and Bears gave up 40 sacks or more in 10 consecutive years after allowing 33 in 1999.

[trumad]

2. Funny---most armchair douchebags question this guys toughness.......

I would love to see a writer or an armchair endure one sack let alone 6.

[Auggie]

4. That's why the Fox story is so especially heinous n/t

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. "Still raspy-voiced from a kick to the throat and beatdown by the New Orleans Saints..."

:rofl:

[Faygo Kid]

5. He'll be fine. He only has to play Ndamakong Suh twice.

And the rest of the Lions' defensive line.

Not a problem.