Jay Cutler signed with the Bears this off season. He comes to Chicago with a swagger and a 'prima donna' attitude that has even some fans in Chicago soured upon his arrival. This 23-year old brat lands in the Windy City after spending his first three seasons with the Denver Broncos, in the fairly tame AFC West.
He's now thrown right into the middle of the NFL's oldest rivaly, Bears vs. Packers. It's quite fitting that this ego-maniacal quarterback is under center in Chicago just one year after another ego left Green Bay. Cutler is perfect for this division and even more fitting for this rivalry. For Packer fans he will be way too easy to hate. Let's be honest, it was kind of tough the past couple of seasons to get the blood pressure boiling for the Wisconsin cheeseheads with Rex Grossman and Kyle Orton under center for the Bears.
Not anymore. The Bears have brought in one of the great arrogant, "I haven't achieved jack squat, but I'm a superstar," quarterbacks in the league. The NFC North needs this. Cutler has one of those faces that make you feel like he just hit on your girlfriend at the local bar.
The Packers have already experienced the satisfaction of beating Cutler. Quite frankly, they didn't just beat him...they cast a spell on him so badly, he threw a career-high 4 interceptions in his season opening loss at Lambeau Field. Packers 1, Cutler's Bears 0.
These two teams will meet again December 13th at Soldier Field in Chicago. Cutler walked away from round one with a bruised ego. Welcome to life in the 'black and blue' division.
Living in Chicago (but not being a Bears fan), it was amusing to see the change in attitude regarding Cutler in just the last few days. A week ago, Bears fans were convinced that they'd found the answer at QB ("best Bears QB since Sid Luckman" was something I'd heard over and over...not that these people ever saw Sid Luckman play).
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In all fairness to the Chicago media (and I owe them no fairness as a die-hard Packer fan), they did call out Cutler immediately for being an arrogant fool at the press conference following his performance vs. GB. Ironic how Cutler and ARod claim to be good buds. Rodgers is as articulate and selfless as Cutler (and Favre for that matter) are not.
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