(AP)

The dumpster fire that is the 5-9 Chicago Bears continues to burn following Monday night’s 31-15 humbling by the New Orleans Saints.

Jay Cutler slogged through another dismal performance, throwing three interceptions and going 17-for-31 for 194 yards.

After the game, Cutler sat down form his usual press conference, prepared to be roasted soundly by the Chicago media. The only problem was that the Chicago media wasn’t there.

ESPN’s Mike Sando fired off three questions, which Cutler answered. When a fourth didn’t come, the Bears quarterback scrambled away shaking his head.

The Chicago Tribune’s Rich Campbell explained the media’s tardiness.

Cutler usually hosts his postgame press conference after coach Marc Trestman, but he arrived at the podium first on Monday. It was sparsely attended because most reporters were interviewing players in the locker room.

 

A Bears public relations official informed reporters in the locker room that Cutler was at the podium. The announcement prompted more a dozen reporters to hurry out the locker room, with several even jogging to press conference area, which is about 200 feet away.

The moral of this story is that reporter fitness needs to be addressed. If the press conference area is 200 feet away and you can’t reach it in the time it takes to ask and answer three questions, you need to consider some agility training or at the very least plyometrics.

The silver lining of this story for Bears fans is that it was the first time Cutler was able to escape pressure all night.