The Chicago Bears, following their lifeless leader, were pathetic in all areas in their preseason opener. The Bears were the NFL’s worst team in Week 1, when only one team managed to get shut out.
“I watched the first quarter of that game, and just watching Cutler run on the field, he looks so unemotional,” Golden Nugget sports book director Tony Miller said. “There’s no fire. There’s something about that guy. He’s not good for that team.”
Cutler was ditched by Denver after the 2008 season, and the Broncos have not regretted it.
Mark Sanchez, Trevor Siemian and Paxton Lynch led the Broncos to a 22-0 romp over the Bears at Soldier Field on Thursday. Denver has a competitive quarterback derby going in August.
The bad news for the Bears is they have all sorts of problems that probably will carry over to September, October, November and December. Chicago’s offensive line allowed seven sacks against a Denver defense that was missing its top players — linebackers Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware and cornerback Aqib Talib. Cutler was sacked twice and passed for 18 yards in one quarter of action.
“We need to get better. It starts with everybody. It starts with me,” Cutler said, pretending to be a stand-up guy.
Chicago coach John Fox said he was “disappointed” with his team’s performance, something he often said in 2015, when the Bears went 1-7 at home and finished 6-10.
It’s obviously too soon to trash Cutler and toss the Bears’ season in the dumpster, but no team got off to a more discouraging start. The Broncos, who closed as 1-point underdogs, were the best bet of the week.
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