The Onion, a satirical news website, posted a satirical article in which Jay Cutler says that, in light of the team’s recent struggles, they need to get a new punter. Here is the fake quote from the Onion article:
“It’s certainly not an easy thing to say, but at the end of the day, someone has to step up and accept that mistakes were made by our punter, Pat O’Donnell,” said Cutler, who pointed to O’Donnell’s blocked punt in the third quarter as playing a major role in the team’s unraveling and conceded that blame for the team’s loss rested squarely on the rookie punter. “Going forward, there will have to be some serious adjustments made to our punt unit—when individual players aren’t doing their part out there, we’re going to fall short as a team. Pat didn’t play well, and he needs to accept responsibility for that.”
Some Chicago Bears fans did not realize the article was satire. So, they freaked out at Jay Cutler via Twitter.
Jay Cutler says the bears are in desperate need of a new punter. You sir are a special kind of stupid.
— Spatticus Finch (@Donnie_rydz) November 12, 2014
Jay Cutler honestly blamed the punter in the loss? Is this dude serious? Cutler is AWFUL
— Ryan Gomes (@SmoothRyan23) November 12, 2014
Jay Cutler gets interviewed after getting killed 55-14 and first thing he said is they need a new punter… Bro get some first downs then
— Sam Foltz (@samfoltz27) November 11, 2014
“Special kind of stupid.”
