CHICAGO, IL – JANUARY 23: Quarterback Jay Cutler #6 of the Chicago Bears throws out his right arm to avoid a tackle by Charles Woodson #21 of the Green Bay Packers in the second quarter of the NFC Championship Game at Soldier Field on January 23, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
With the seasons first Thursday nights NFL matchup between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears we see this over at USA Today.
Sep 11, 2012
Bears QB Cutler dares Packers to get physical with WRs
By Simon Samano, USA TODAYWe begin the first season of 13-straight weeks of Thursday Night Football with a rather intriguing divisional clash between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers.
Here’s what we can safely say about both teams after Week 1: Green Bay is the same it was last season on both sides of the ball; Chicago, on the other hand, is a much different offensive team.
The additions of wide receivers Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery make quarterback Jay Cutler a very happy man.
So if the Packers decide they want to jam the Bears’ receivers to disrupt Cutler’s passing rhythm, as they have in the six games Cutler has faced them, he seems to be quite comfortable with that happening this time.
“Good luck,” Cutler said, via CSNChicago.com. “We invite press coverage. We invite man.”
No way Cutler would’ve uttered such a brash message before, not with scrawny Johnny Knox and diminutive Devin Hester as his primary targets. But now that Cutler is working with the 6-foot-3, 217-pound rookie Jeffery and Marshall, who used to garner comparisons to Terrell Owens in his prime, Cutler’s beaming with confidence.
Read more at USA Today.
We wonder what Clay Matthews thinks of this? Should be a good game since the trash talk has begun.
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