Jay Cutler, the Bears’ franchise leader in most passing stats (except, perhaps strangely, interceptions) was let go at the end of the 2016 season. It seemed like the gunslinger was going to hang up his cleats for good.
Instead, he is about to reunite with the coach who helped keep his career afloat once before—Adam Gase, now the head coach of the Miami Dolphins. Back when Cutler was first cut by the Bears, his former offensive coordinator had good things to say about him:
When you got to third down you could call the worst play possible and he would get the conversion.