After encountering a tepid market for his services in free agency this year, longtime quarterback Jay Cutler elected to walk away from football in May and pursue a career in broadcasting. Three months later, the 34-year-old is having second thoughts. If Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill‘s left knee injury proves to be major, Cutler would be willing to sign with the team as a full-time starter, reports Jeff Darlington of ESPN.com.
Miami is the only team for which Cutler would consider resuming his NFL career, and he’s not coming back if it means sitting on the bench, per Darlington. The Dolphins haven’t considered signing him yet, adds Darlington, but Cutler already has a good relationship with head coach Adam Gase. The two worked together to positive results in 2015, Gase’s only season as the Bears’ offensive coordinator. That year will go down as Cutler’s last productive campaign if he doesn’t leave the FOX broadcasting booth to return to the gridiron.
A potential Cutler pursuit will be moot if Tannehill’s knee doesn’t end up being a problem. Since he left practice Thursday, optimistic and pessimistic reports have surfaced regarding Tannehill’s status. The 29-year-old missed the tail end of last season with a partially torn left ACL, and while the severity of the injury he suffered Thursday in the same knee is unknown, Dolphins officials do regard it as a setback, writes Darlington. Moreover, there are some within the organization who believe Tannehill should go under the knife to fully repair his knee once and for all. If that were to happen, Tannehill likely wouldn’t play at all in 2017, which could set up a Cutler-Gase reunion and leave FOX short a color commentator.
Eh, could be worse.
Yea , sign fare out of retirement
Much rather him than Kaepernick. Hell maybe they can talk Romo back into playing
Sorry in advance as I know this is going to post twice. Not sure why and I don’t know how to fix it
I think based purely upon performance I’d rather take Kaepernick. Kaep’s biggest problem is his erratic accuracy. He still can lead an offense in my opinion and takes care of the ball. Cutler? He’s not terrible, but defenses would struggle more against a Dolphins offense that has the 3 WRs they have (Parker, Landry, and Stills) and then the running threat of Kaep and Ajayi
It hasn’t posted twice the past few times you posted. Just FYI
It does that for me when I’m posting from the app, but I think only I see the doubles.
No chance of kaipernick after he wore Fidel Castro shirt. Could you imagine the backlash from the. Cuban people in Miami?!
Cutler might be an upgrade over Tannehill. He played really well under Gase in Chicago.