Rhodes Unloads on Sweet Baby Jay

Ya know that creeping belief that Jay Cutler is either: A) a thumbsucker, B) a punk or C) a young man out of touch with the fact that being able to throw a football hard and fast entitles him to act like his crap don't stink?

It keeps getting reinforced.

New York Jets safety Kerry Rhodes carved up Cutler in an interview on New York's WFAN.

"He's a good player, that speaks for itself," said Rhodes. "There's more to being a quarterback than just having the big arm, getting passing yards, and getting touchdowns.  His team was 8-8.  They didn't make the playoffs.  He didn't lead them to the playoffs.  That's one point.  Evidently, a lot of people besides myself don't think he's doing the right thing."

And while it's dumb to presume Cutler's going to be dealt anywhere given head coach Josh McDaniels desire to fix things with Cutler in Denver, New York is one of the possible destinations for Cutler.

At the owner's meetings, rumors were rampant the Jets want in on talks if Cutler is going to be moved. Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum smiled and said he couldn't talk about a player under contract to another team when asked directly about his interest.

Appreciating there's a chance - however remote - that he and Cutler may be teammates at some point, Rhodes said, "If it gets to that point, it's not like when he stepped into the locker room I'm going to go run over and sucker punch him. It's not just about me and him, man.  It's a team game and if he came in and helped us win, of course we would get along."

Here's the whole interview.