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Jay Cutler: Ghosts Of Chicago Bears’ Offensive Coordinators’ Past

By Jordan Campbell

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Jul 30, 2015; Bourbonnais, IL, USA; Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler (6) during practice at Olivet Nazarene University. Mandatory Credit: Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports

If Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler is the Ebenezer Scrooge of the NFL, then logic would suggest that the previous offensive coordinators that Cutler has worked with while quarterbacking for the Bears serve as the ghosts of the Christmas past. Will Cutler see life in a different light in his first year with new offensive coordinator Adam Gase?

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    • It was jubilation in the city of Chicago in April of 2009. That is the month that the Bears traded for quarterback Jay Cutler and the team was on the cusp of winning their first Super Bowl since the infamous 1985 season.

    The Super Bowl victory for the Bears did not come in the 2009 season. 2010 wasn’t the Super Bowl year. Wait it was 2011…no, that’s not right. Oh yes, 2012? no that can’t be. Silly me, how can I forget that the Bears are coming off two straight Super Bowl victories under head coach Marc Trestman? No, this isn’t the CFL, so that isn’t right either.

    Alright, may be our excitement get the best of us when we said the Bears were on the cusp of winning the Super Bowl after the team acquired Cutler in 2009.

    The year is now 2015 and the Bears have only made the playoffs once with Cutler as their quarterback. While quarterback productivity is not defined by playoff success, it goes without saying that Cutler has been bust since the team acquired him from the Denver Broncos in 2009.

    Yes, Cutler himself has been a large reason why the Bears’ trade for him has been defined as a bust. But, the hope is that can change in Cutler’s first season under new offensive coordinator Adam Gase.

    But before we look at the ghost of Bears’ offensive coordinators’ future, we must first visit the ghost of Bears’ offensive coordinators’ past.

    Next: The Ghost of Ron Turner

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