Neil Hayes never met the bottom of a bottle he didn’t like

A brief (albeit not the first and certainly not the last) moment of stupidity for Sun-Times columnist Neil Hayes when discussing the newly forged relationship bewtween Jay Cutler and Mike Martz.

Poor Neil, he knows not what he writes.

Speaking on Mike Martz taking over the offense…

The Bears need this to work out. More important, quarterback Jay Cutler needs this to work out. It’s still early in his career, but he could reach the point of no return sooner than anyone expected.

Cutler, who is only 26 years and will be playing his FIFTH professional season in 2010, has somehow reached the point in his career where he can not be saved. So he’s young, but he’s also too old to be fixed?

Let’s look at Jay’s numbers up against comparable QBs after their first four seasons in the NFL…

Jay Cutler: 81 TDs, 63 INTs, 12,690 yards
John Elway: 66 TDs, 65 INTs, 11,637 yards
Brett Favre: 70 TDs, 53 INTs, 10,139 yards

You’re totally right, Neil. I guess the Packers and the Broncos are really glad they didn’t hold onto these guys once they reached their point of no return.

The franchise has linked its fate to Cutler. Now Cutler’s success is intertwined with Martz, who is bound to Smith. Martz might be retained even if Smith is fired after next season. He might become the next head coach. Or they all might fall like dominoes.

Are you trying to say that the Bears would “fire” Cutler? After giving up two first-round draft picks and handing him a big-time extension, I’m sure it makes so much sense in Neil’s mind for the Bears to want to push Jay out the door after only two seasons. Then again, Neil Hayes probably thinks strippers are in love with him too (joke credit: Forgetting Sarah Marshall).

If anyone is going to want out, it will be Cutler demanding a trade. Not the other way around.

Neil Hayes, it’s OK to be a bad writer and it’s OK to be drunk. But it is not OK to be a bad drunk writer.

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