Jay Cutler still considers former offensive coordinator Mike Martz "one of the brightest minds in the game," but he admitted that the Chicago offense was inflexible. Cutler said the Bears bought into Martz's system, but "there comes a point where you have to give a little bit, and you've got to take a look at the whole offense, what we're good at, and what we're bad at. "You have to be able to change a little bit, and I think that's kind of where we messed up a little bit," the quarterback added. "There wasn't flexibility as I think we needed." In January, Martz and the organization mutually decided to part ways over "philosophical differences."