TE Desmond Clark: Communication on Offense Needs Work
by The Sports Exchange of BearReport.com, September 16, 2009 at 8:53am ET
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Lovie Smith talked to Jay Cutler after the Pro Bowl quarterback threw a career-worst four interceptions in the loss to the Packers.
"Yeah, we talked to Jay like we did all of our team on anything that we didn't feel comfortable with that they did," Smith said. "Jay made mistakes like a lot [of guys]. There were a lot of opportunities we left on the football field. For Jay, he knows that some of those passes he can't throw, and he won't. [There's] a lot of football to go in the season. We didn't play as well as we needed to in the first game. We'll bounce back."
Cutler's first interception was a deep pass intended for tight end Desmond Clark where there appeared to be some confusion between thrower and catcher.
"Not really," Clark said. "Not confusion. Just not on the same page. He was anticipating one thing, and I was anticipating something else. It wasn't anything where either one of us really did something that was absolutely wrong."
Clark refuted allegations that Cutler lambasted his receivers.
"That stuff about him yelling and all, no, he never yelled at me," Clark said. "He didn't yell at any of his teammates on the sideline, so I don't know where that came from. Walking back to the sideline, all he said was, 'I thought you were going to do this,' and I was like, 'I saw you scrambling, so I did that,' and that was the whole conversation."
Since 1970, Kyle Orton is the only Bears quarterback who has thrown more interceptions (5) in a game than Cutler's four. Cutler's pick-4 puts him in a group that, since 1970, includes Henry Burris, Bobby Douglass, Vince Evans (twice), Brian Griese, Rex Grossman, Jim Harbaugh, Gary Huff, Erik Kramer, Mike Phipps and Mike Tomczak (twice).
Zeke Bratkowski holds the Bears' all-time, single-game record with seven INTs in 1960.
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