Jay Cutler played in the National Football League from 2006-17, and he sustained numerous hits to the head that he knows he will pay for now and later.
Cutler recently revealed in an interview with GQ Magazine that he suffered a “double digit” amount of concussions and believes “chronic traumatic encephalopathy” is in his near future.
“I’ve damaged enough things and brain parts and heart and everything in my life, if I make it to 80, or anything after that, I’ll be happy,” Cutler told Clay Skipper of GQ.
The former Chicago Bears QB added that he believes CTE is on the way.
“Oh, absolutely,” Cutler said when asked if he thinks about it. “I would say definitely my memory isn’t the same as it was five years ago. The amount of concussions I’ve had are probably in the double digits. It’s gonna catch up to me at some point. I’m just trying to delay it as much as possible.”
His last documented concussion came on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017 in a 30-20 Dolphins loss to the Buccaneers.
So, how exactly is he delaying the ramifications of those crippling head injuries?
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“Trying to cut sugar. Heavy amounts of fish oil have been tied to health in the brain,” Cutler told GQ.
“I’m doing Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD) therapy. I’m doing it through IVs now. NAD is in all the cells in your body, the mitochondria, the energy that pushes each cell to function. As you get older, you lose NAD. So I’m doing NAD therapy, which, at a core level, helps everything in your body. I’ve noticed that that’s definitely helped me. Anything I can do these days, I’m trying to get involved in.”
In 153 games with the Broncos, Bears, and Dolphins, Jay Cutler threw for 35,133 yards. He racked up 227 passing touchdowns and 160 interceptions.
