Jay Cutler said in an interview with an ESPN affiliate in Chicago that he ultimately made the decision to ask for a trade, not agent Bus Cook. "This was my decision. Bus Cook's my agent and I ask his advice, but at the end of the day I've got to do what's best for me," said Cutler, who then compared the situation to Cook's ordeal with Brett Favre in 2008. "I felt what's best for me was moving on. I don't know how influential Bus was with Brett, but this was my decision. I thought over it long and hard and I think I made the right one at the end of the day."