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To be fair it looked like he might have suffered it earlier, as the reads he was making later in the game were not nearly as sharp as his normal reads. If true this might be a bigger worry, as most of the new info on concussions shows that it's the post concussion impacts that do the most damage.
after a sack last night, Cutler was spotted walking to the wrong sideline. True story.
I was thinking the exact same thing.. they were talking about the same thing on 670 in Chicago this AM as well. could have been as early as the 3rd or 4th sack when it actually occurred
Yep, it wasn't the hit by ross that caused it. The Ross hit may have sealed the deal for the night, but he was loopy on the sidelines. Almost looked drunk at times.
He had a glazed look in his eye that I observed (and I believe some others mentioned in the NYG/CHI game thread) on one of the later sacks (like 5 or 6). The later sacks were ones clearly caused to a certain degree by holding the ball too long, even when guys were open right in front of him, and I have to wonder if that delayed decision making was caused by one of the 5 or 6 earlier sacks. He did get pounded back there, but in this scheme you are supposed to be letting it fly at 3 or 5 steps and often he didn't.
I didn't see that, but if true would like to know on which sack that occurred.
This is pretty much what I was thinking. If he'd been sacked 7+ times with few picks I'd be more likely to call it typical 'bad Cutler' but it looked more to me like there was basically no decision making process taking place then he was out there making bad decisions. Never seen Cutler scared to make a throw before last night.
I've got to agree with this sentiment. I recently went through a "concussion training" course in order to do some high school coaching, and one part of the course that showed video of an NFL quarterback getting pummeled in a game he played. He said that his eyes were open and he was on his feet, but he didn't remember anything after the 2nd sack. He said looking back at the video he realizes the reason why he took most of those sacks was because the decision-making part of his brain must have essentially shut down. This was in the 90s I thin, when they didn't know (or didn't care too know) as much about concussions. I watched the whole first half and Cutler was a different QB after a certain point in the game (early second quarter, maybe?). At that point he just seemed like he was unable to see the game fast enough to deliver the football. While the announcers were chastising him for being slow I thought to myself, "He's got a concussion right now." I wasn't at all surprised that he didn't come back out in the second half... I can't believe they continued to send him out in the first half after a certain point.If the NFL is going to be serious about concussions they're going to have to do more. Maybe have an NFL-paid (not team-paid) physician on the sideline who has carte blanche to assess any player he feels might have a concussion. The teams have next to 0 incentive to accurately diagnose a concussion, especially teams like the Bears have have 0 viable backup QB options. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping the Bears come to their senses on this.
The one where Olsen whiffed on Osi. Around the 6th sack.
Completely agree. If anything he forces the ball short or sails the ball towards the WR out of bounds. The getting up and walking towards the NYG sidelines and two other plays: the one where he just ran out of bounds with the ball for a loss and the play where he almost did that again and flipped it at the last minute were not characteristically Cutler type plays which in hindsight makes be believe he was knocked out much earlier than that last sack.
Emotions can get the best of you....especially at QB. When a QB makes mistakes you have to forget about them and move on.DonnyT33 said:
What are you Cutler owners thinking right now? It looks like he is practicing and will play against a Carolina D that hopefully wont be able to exploit the Bears horrible OL as much as some of these better pass rushing teams. You trotting him out there with confidence or playing a backup?
Yeah, that was my thinking. I'd have to grab Gradkowski, Bradford, etcThe only thing giving me confidence is that it's against the Panthers..
same situation, but i'm going with Cutler unless we get closer to gametime i'm not hearing good things
mellow out Francis.
We Culter owners are very sensitive lately ... tread very cautiously.mellow out Francis.
Because he never had a concussion.
I think the bears would have rather not found out about this. now they have to be even more cautious with his handling. and if they knew this when they got him why bring in Martz whom is know to get his QB hit, and not address the offensive line.
