CUTLER WILL LIKELY NEVER GIVE ANOTHER INTERVIEW, EVER

In the first game after the first print interview of his NFL career hit newsstands, Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler had a less-than-stellar outing in his team’s game against the Jaguars. Cutler completed 21 of 37 passes for only 192 yards in a 24-17 loss to the Jaguars. He threw two touchdown passes and one interception. Coupled with San Diego’s win over the Patriots, the Broncos now lead the AFC West by only one game. And so look for Cutler to re-assume his “say as little as possible” posture. Especially since his interview with Steve Greenberg of Sporting News projected anything but humility. “I have a stronger arm than John [Elway], hands down,” Cutler said. “I’ll bet on it against anybody’s in the league. Brett Favre’s got a cannon. But on game days, there’s nobody in the league who’s going to throw it harder than I am at all.” Yikes. It sounds like T.O. isn’t the only guy in the league who loves him some him. (Then again, Cutler isn’t the only guy on the Broncos’ offense who has a high opinion of himself. Asked by Greenberg to list the five best receivers in the game, Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall first said “me.” And then he paused before saying “me, me, me, and me.”) Cutler also said that there isn’t a team in the AFC with a better chance of making it to the Super Bowl than the Broncos, and that he would be "[v]ery surprised” if the Broncos don’t win the AFC West. Cutler previously had been viewed as a likeable and sympathetic figure in league circles, given that he didn’t miss a beat last season as 35 pounds melted from his frame due to undiagnosed Type I diabetes. “My mouth was always dry,” Cutler said in the full magazine version of the interview. “I didn’t really want to play football. I didn’t really want to go out there. I was tired before the game and exhausted after the game. I’d sleep all the time.” Though we previously threw stones at the Broncos’ doctors for not thinking to give Cutler a blood test, Cutler admits that he dragged his feet to get attention. He blew off a couple of appointments with doctors, and went to Atlanta to train with Marshall and tight end Tony Scheffler. “I felt a little better, but still wasn’t gaining a lot of weight,” Cutler said, “still was going to the bathroom a lot. But I didn’t go to a doctor. Why? I don’t know.” Yeah, we liked better Cutler a lot better before he decided to talk.