For someone who told reporters earlier this month that quarterbacks don’t need to be in “great cardiovascular shape”, Jay Cutler is harboring some strong confidence in his abilities to lead the Miami Dolphins to success this coming season.
In fact, it took Cutler just a few snaps in the preseason to declare that he’s fully fit, mentally and physically, to get back into regular season football action, telling James Walker of ESPN that he’s good to go again.
“Mentally I feel really good; physically I feel good,” Cutler said. “I think these next couple of days, just getting some more reps (will be important). Then just getting into game week, where we’re really game planning and honing things, getting a game plan exactly where we need to be. That’d be good.”
Cutler was headed to the broadcast booth after “retiring”, but a season-ending knee injury to Ryan Tannehill prompted the Dolphins to come knocking at Cutler’s door, asking the former Chicago Bears quarterback to un-retire and be Miami’s starting signal-caller this season while showing him a $10 million check.
In two preseason games for the Dolphins, Cutler has registered 129 passing yards on 8 of 14 completions with a touchdown and a fumble.
There’ll be no shortage of talent for Cutler to work with in Miami, as he’ll have talented receivers downfield to targe, including the pair of Jarvis Landry and DeVante Parker, who many are expecting to breakout this season.
Cutler inherits a Miami offense that ranked 19th last season in scoring offense and 25th in total offense, per TeamRankings.com.
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