Jay Cutler Slapped With $20,000 Fine By NFL

Bears quarterback Jay Cutler was slapped with a $20,000 fine for badgering a referee during the team's one-sided loss to the Arizona Cardinals Sunday, ESPN reports.

Cutler earned a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct -- and now the subsequent fine -- after he shouted at a game official in the Bears' blowout loss to the Cardinals.

The highly touted quarterback currently leads the NFL in interceptions with 17. He sealed the Bears loss to San Francisco Thursday night with a pick, his fifth of the game, in the 49ers end zone on the game's final play.

Bears defensive tackle Tommie Harris, who was ejected for punching a Cardinals lineman early in Sunday's loss, was $7,500 for his cheap shot.

Comments

[gop4obama]

Jay Cutler is a smart athlete, a talented QB, and he is doing what he can to be a leader for this team.

He has a relatively high number of picks, but so did B Favre at the same point in his career. Cutler brings high reward, but with a limited receiver corps and a haphazard O line, the risks are going to be higher. Half of his picks can be attributed to poor receiver routes, and poor pocket protection. Were Cutler to have a competent corp around him (save the TE and RB positions) he would be a Pro Bowl candidate.

Jay Cutler is presently one of the few leaders this team has. The head coach lacks competence, and though he's by all accounts a nice man and a good person, he is not competent to be a head coach. His supporting staff is a group of dysfunctional yes men.

Cutler signed an extension for less money than he would otherwise have commanded (a selfless act) , in order to free up money for other positions. He wants to be part of a rebuilding effort for the Bears, a team he followed growing up in Indiana.

All of you Cutler critics can sit on your wide bums and pound the keyboard. Cutler is a winner and a fighter, one of the few left on the team. I'll take him any day to lead this team, once some coaching and personnel changes are made in 2010.

[DDike88]

I salute your objective & pragmatic take on Cutler and his propensity for throwing INTs. I'm a die-hard Bears fan, and it's quite aggravating to see him put up incredible numbers each week and have those numbers neutralized by his INTs. Once the Bears enter the red zone, it seems Cutler is actively working for the opposing team.

Still, your assessment is a good one. I'm hopeful, and will not be surprised at all if the Bears go 11-5. It's a long shot, but stranger things have happened, and rooting for the Bears is not nearly as futile and soul crushing as being a Cubs fan. Bear Down!

[wagthedog1001]

As one sports writer put it, Cutler has been CRAPTACULAR!

Whatever problems the Donkeys, and I call them that lovingly, may have in the next few years, at least it won't be dealing with an immature prima dona who seems to throw more passes to his opponents than his own team.

[youngblood]

Cutler is over rated and the great city of Chicago should get a great quarterback instead of this loser!

[Black Knight]

I hope Culter doesn't throw the 20k. it'll get intercepted.

[Tom95134]

$20,000? Pocket change!

[wagthedog1001]

These fines to these overpaid million dollar players are all chump change.

[Schottey]

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[chosn12]

How about this, fire everyone and start fresh. What could it hurt...

[murphy80]

ya know, i just may wind up a fan of Jay Cutler

[writerjohnny]

20,000 for yelling and 7500 for punching. What law school did the commish go to?

[Mahi Joe]

Yeah..Cutler could have punched the referee twice and still saved himself a cool five grand.

[jmar829]

Can the Bears fine him for poor play!? PLEASE!!!

[mick7191]

Or fine Ron Turner for running high school plays?