It’s been a tough week for Jay Cutler. The former Denver Broncos the first round was reportedly arrested in Tennessee on Thursday evening.

ESPN‘, reports Courtney Cronin the details.

Former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler was arrested Thursday evening in Tennessee following a traffic accident and is facing four charges, a Franklin Police Department spokesperson said. ESPN.

“Cutler, 41, was charged with driving under the influence, possession of a gun while under the influence, failure to exercise due care to avoid a collision and implied consent,” Cronin wrote.

After responding to a report of a rear-end collision, police reportedly found two firearms in Cutler’s car, and he “had a strong odor of alcohol.” One gun was loaded, per ESPN. Cutler also reportedly refused a field sobriety test.

Police arrested Cutler at the Williamson County Jail around 7 p.m. and gave him a $5,000 bond. He was out of there and released at 10 p.m

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It’s an unfortunate blemish on Cutler’s post-NFL resume. The Vanderbilt product played three years in Denver after then-head coach Mike Shanahan made him the No. 11 overall pick in the 2006 NFL draft.

Cutler replaced Jake Plummer as the Broncos’ starting quarterback about halfway through his rookie season. Plummer was benched by Shanahan despite the Broncos having a commanding AFC West lead, and the team would ultimately squander it with a rookie quarterback and miss the playoffs.

That was the first of three straight playoff-less seasons for Shanahan, and after the 2008 season, the late Pat Bowlen fired his head coach. Josh McDaniels was hired to succeed Shanahan, and the young, up-and-coming coach promptly traded Cutler for the Chicago bearswhere he would spend most of his career.

Cutler earned one Pro Bowl nod in twelve NFL seasons and it was his final year in Denver in 2008. Although he is considered one of the 100 Greatest Bears of all time, he never fully realized his enormous potential after retiring taken from Shanahan.

Cutler played one final NFL season for the Miami Dolphins before hanging up his cleats. But don’t feel so bad for him. From 2008 to 2017, he earned more than $127 million playing for three NFL clubs.

Still, Broncos fans will always wonder what could have happened if Cutler had found a way to win the 2008 season finale over San Francisco and the team had made the playoffs. Shanahan wouldn’t have been fired, and Cutler’s prospects after that impressive Pro Bowl campaign would have been a mile high.

We’ll never know.

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