Bears vs Bengals recap: Jay Cutler, Jared Allen, and Will Sutton quotes

After the loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, a few Chicago Bears players spoke with the media.

JAY CUTLER

Obviously, you had a slow start for the first four possessions. Any sense what caused the rhythm to be off?

"Other than the first series where we had the third and short, the rest of them we were killing ourselves with penalties. We had second-and-long, third-and-long — we're making it tough on Adam (Gase, offensive coordinator). It's hard to dial up plays at that point. Offensively we've got a lot of room to improve."

How do you put this whole preseason in the proper context, being shorthanded a little bit on the outside?

"I thought the guys on the outside did a good job when their numbers…