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Martellus Bennett: Why does everyone assume the QB is the leader?

The Bears are heading into another season with Jay Cutler at quarterback and that means we’re hearing all the familiar discussions about Cutler’s shortcomings as a player and leader.

Tight end Martellus Bennett thinks the leadership questions about Cutler are misplaced. In an interview done earlier this offseason with Chicago Magazine as part of a lengthy profile of Bennett’s on- and off-field lives, Bennett took issue with the entire notion that a quarterback has to be the team leader.

“Why does everyone always assume the quarterback is the leader?