Joe Montana says pressure got to Jay Cutler
February 4, 2010 5:17 PM |
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A former player who knows a thing or two about pressure thinks Jay Cutler may have had a hard time handling the heightened expectations during his first season in Chicago.
Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana appeared on
"The Waddle and Silvy Show" on WMVP-AM 1000 Thursday from South Florida and was asked what he thought of Cutler's shaky performance with the Bears.
"Part of it is pressure," Montana said. "Sometimes you bring it on yourself a bit. You're not happy somewhere, and you leave and you think it's better somewhere else ... and maybe when you get there and it's a little bit more than you expected, and maybe it's not what you expected.
"A lot of the times you're trying too hard, and you're emotional, and you have that on top of it, and you're trying harder. You're doing things you don't typically do as a quarterback, and you're trying to make plays instead of letting plays happen."
Former Rams running back Marshall Faulk also appeared on the show and said Mike Martz will help Cutler become a more fundamentally sound quarterback rather than just relying on his arm to make plays.
But Faulk warned there could be some friction between the two strong personalities.
"I think Jay will have to make the concessions," Faulk said. "Ron Turner was making the concessions for Jay Cutler when they got Jay. Mike is the more accomplished guy. He has the quarterbacks, he has the background. Jay will really have to sit and do some listening. This could be good or this could be bad for Jay Cutler because Mike Martz and the quarterback positions, we know what he's done with those guys. Jay Cutler is going to tbe be the best quarterback Mike Martz had from the start before he got his hands on him. This is the best product that he's ever had."
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