The Facts: HC Todd Bowles filled the final opening on his staff, hiring Jeremy Bates to coach the quarterbacks, the team announced Wednesday. The move raises some questions. Bates has spent much of his NFL coaching career around one quarterback: Cutler, which immediately fueled speculation about whether the Jets will pursue Cutler this offseason. Cutler is expected to be cut or traded by the Bears, but don't expect him to land with the Jets.

Diehards Line:From what ESPN.com's Rich Cimini hears, the Jets won't be suitors for Cutler. Instead, Cimini believes Tyrod Taylor (if he's cut by the Bills) and free agent Mike Glennon are higher in the Jets' pecking order than Cutler. That said, Bates has spent four seasons with Cutler -- 2006-08 (Broncos) and 2012 (Bears). Cutler made his only Pro Bowl in 2008, when he, Bates and a wide receiver named Brandon Marshall were regarded as three rising stars. Bates, Cutler and Marshall reunited in Chicago, but it was one-and-done and it doesn't appear another turn is imminent.