There are many things that go into making a winning football team. Talent, chemistry and cohesion, scheme, coaching and leadership, and spirit. It was that last one, Bears tight end Martellus Bennett feels, that his team was lacking the most last season."We had lots of mellow guys," he told Chicago Magazine.
"You didn't see a lot of guys running to the pile, helping their teammates up, or having each other's back. We weren't a bad team. A bad team is a team that doesn't have the talent to win. We just sucked. Everybody sucked. Coaches, players, everybody."
It was only a matter of time before Mr. Mellow himself, Jay Cutler, was mentioned.
"Why does everyone always assume the quarterback is the leader?" he said. "Leading the offense and leading the team are two different things. Sometimes I like Cutty, and sometimes I don't. When I think of a leader, I think, 'If he started a company, would guys come to work for him?' There's a lot of guys on our team who, if they started a business, it'd be, 'F- you, I'm gonna go work at McDonald's.'"
Working the 5-11 Bears was the equivalent of working the NFL's McDonald's last season, but if Cutler himself started a business, would Bennett apply for a job?
"There are veterans that people follow and then you've got guys that lead the offense, get everyone lined up, get to your spot, do what you need to do, let's do our plays," he said.
Which one Bennett thought Cutler was or is only he knows, but judging by his dim view of the Bears' roster overall, it might be safe to presume.
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