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?