Bears' Loggains, Cutler Have Respect For Each Other

New Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains believes his strong relationship with quarterback Jay Cutler will offset the offseason departure of Adam Gase, the former Chicago playcaller who was hired as the Miami Dolphins' head coach in January.

"I think [Cutler and I] have a mutual respect," Loggains said Friday. "I think I respect him, and he respects me. I think that when you have that mutual respect, then all dialogue is legal. So whatever I say to him, he knows where it's coming from and vice versa."

Cutler, 33, has plenty of practice adapting to new coaches. Since arriving in Chicago in 2009, Cutler has gone through five offensive coordinators and five scheme changes.

But unlike his predecessors, Loggains said he intends to keep Cutler in essentially the same offense.

"Well, the shell of the offense will stay the same," Loggains said. "It's been the same since coach John Fox has been a head coach. The language and everything will be the same, but it will evolve like it would have if Adam would have been here."

Formerly the offensive coordinator of the Tennessee Titans, Loggains spent one season as the Bears' quarterbacks coach before Fox promoted him in January.

Hayne Retiring After One Season

Australian running back Jarryd Hayne is retiring from the NFL after one season, choosing instead to pursue a chance to compete with the Fiji Rugby Sevens in this summer's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

"I am retiring from the NFL because the Fiji Rugby Sevens team reached out to me about the opportunity to join the team for the upcoming Olympics, and I simply could not pass that chance up," Hayne said in a statement. "The Olympics has been something I have admired since I was a little boy, and it is an opportunity I feel very similar to me joining the NFL."

Hayne, 28, signed with the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in March 2015 after he gave up a lucrative rugby career in Australia to take a shot at the NFL. While Hayne was born in Australia, his father, Manoa Thompson, is Fijian. Hayne previously represented Fiji in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. He played for Australia at the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.