Bears coach Lovie Smith has publicly praised the leadership skills and toughness of quarterback Jay Cutler. "First off, guys always watch you -- in the classroom, on the practice field and of course your play on game day. And they like what they've seen from him in that sense," Smith wrote on the team's official website. "Jay is a tough guy, and the quarterback of the Chicago Bears should be a tough guy. The number of hits Jay took this past season, our guys saw that he constantly got up, didn't complain, and took responsibility for what was happening with our offense. To me, that's a leader."