Dolphins coach Adam Gase said on Saturday that he reached out to Cutler after starting quarterback Ryan Tannehill was injured on Thursday during practice. Gase was Cutler’s offensive coordinator with the Bears back in 2015. The two are close friends as Gase attended Cutler’s retirement party back in June.
Chicago released Cutler in March, and he decided to join the Fox No. 2 NFL announcing team along with Kevin Burkhardt and Charles Davis.
Cutler is familiar with Gase’s offense, so it probably won’t be much of a learning curve.
In 15 games in 2015, Cutler threw for 3,659 yards and 21 touchdowns against 11 interceptions. Last season, Cutler was limited to only five games due to injury and threw for 1,059 yards, four touchdowns against five interceptions.
In March at the annual league meetings, Gase said Cutler still had a lot to offer an NFL team.
“I do, because obviously, my experience with him was very good,” Gase said. “I guess I don’t get all the hatred towards him. I see a guy that worked hard and did everything he could to try to help his team win and sacrificed his body. To me, he was an athletic quarterback that could throw the ball and when you got to third down, you could call the worst play possible, and he was going to get you the conversion. He made a lot of the things that we did look really good. I guess I just don’t get it. I think he has a lot to offer a team. I think he’s a starting quarterback in the NFL, but that’s just my opinion.”
