Fran Tarkenton isn't very impressed with the ability of Bears quarterback Jay Cutler. "I really question whether he can play," Tarkenton said Friday on "The Waddle and Silvy Show" on ESPN 1000 in Chicago. "Quarterbacks need to make their team better. If it's a bad team, they can even make a bad team better. Somebody may say well, even Peyton Manning couldn't help the Bears. Yes, he could. Tom Brady could, too. They might not win the championship or get to the playoffs, but they would make that team better. Those wide receivers who are struggling would be better because they would make them better." Cutler threw five interceptions in a 10-6 loss to San Francisco on Thursday night. Tarkenton is a Hall of Famer and a former Viking. "Great quarterbacks, good quarterbacks, make plays," Tarkenton said "Mechanics is overwrought. Whether they're strong-armed, weak-armed, throw sidearm, throw overhead, they're fast, they're quick, I don't care. I just want someone to make plays. Peyton Manning doesn't look beautiful back there. "Jay Cutler had every opportunity to make plays for his team last night and every opportunity he didn't. That's how I judge a quarterback: Either you make plays or you don't. I don't even want to talk about mechanics."