Cutler retires and moves to TV booth
Quarterback Jay Cutler finally has landed a new job, but in the TV booth, not on an NFL sideline.
Cutler retired from the NFL after 11 seasons to become a colour analyst on NFL games with Fox.
He’ll work in a three-man booth with play-by-play man Kevin Burkhardt and analyst Charles Davis.
In a statement, Cutler said: “I don’t know if retirement is the right word. I don’t feel that anyone ever really retires from the NFL. You are either forced to leave, or you lose the desire to do what’s required to keep going.”
Cutler, 34, thanked family and coaches, and cited a quote attributed to rocker Henry Rollins: “I did that, I gave everything I had to give to that. Now, if I returned to that it would be repetition — it might be fun repetition, but it wouldn’t be meaningful repetition.”
In three seasons with the Denver Broncos and eight with the Chicago Bears, Cutler threw 208 touchdowns and 146 interceptions. Cutler finished with a 68-71 record as a starter.
CANADIAN CAMPERS: Seven Canadians are taking part in NFL rookie mini-camps. One player was drafted, three signed as priority postdraft free agents and the other three received invitations to try out:
OT Justin Senior of Montreal, Mississippi State, sixth- round draft pick, Seattle Seahawks, May 12-14 rookie mini-camp.
OG Geoff Gray of Winnipeg, U of Manitoba, free-agent signee, Green Bay Packers, Friday and Saturday.
TE Tony Auclair of Notre-Damedes-Pins, Que., Laval University, free- agent- signee, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Friday to Sunday.
DL Eli Ankou of Ottawa, UCLA, free-agent signee, Houston Texans, May 12-14.
LB Christophe Mulumba Tshimanga of Montreal, University of Maine, tryout, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Friday to Sunday.
LB Jordan Herdman of Winnipeg, Simon Fraser University, tryout, Kansas City Chiefs, Saturday to Monday.
K Felix Menard- Briere, of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que., University of Montreal, tryout, New York Giants, May 12-14.