NFL Week 11

Assuming Lovie is a human being, based on Cutler's history there is a 98 percent chance they didn't get along.

 

True.

 

Im not quite sure anyone's prediction of quarterback success from college to the NFL is worth much. Rodgers was a late 1st round, Brees was early 2nd round. Brady was taken off a strawberry farm after being scouted by a blind melon picker. Kaepernick was a late 2nd, Wilson a middle 3rd. Only Luck and Peyton were properly evaluated. Eli,Rivers and Roethlisberger seem to have been selected correctly, though you can argue Ben, Phil and Eli was the proper order. Where's Vince Young? JaMarcus, Leinart? Cam Newton seems mediocre, at best if you believe Steve Smith.

Winston has bust written all over him, unless he goes after the 3rd round, has a chip on his shoulder and matures.

 

Trading Cutler this offseason would require the Bears take a $38m dead money cap hit. It's functionally impossible.

 

Asked before when people mentioned Cutler trades - forgive me if I've missed it - but is it even financially feasible, cap-wise, to trade Cutler?

EDIT: Rick JUST answered this. Thanks Rick!

 

Besides, how awesome would Benched Eight-Figure Jay Cutler be in Chicago?

 

He's still not been remotely bad enough to seriously consider benching him.

 

Fuck that. Jimmy Clausen can TOTALLY complete 67%+ of his passes. In his sleep. While making out with an emu.

 

You know, for somebody subservient to advanced statistics you don't seem receptive to the ones that show Cutler in a very poor light.

 

I'm open to seeing the ones that show him in a very poor light.

I mean, "very poor" compared to the entire pool of available NFL quarterbacks, not just "he's being paid like an elite quarterback and he's not elite so he's very poor by that measure."

Jay Cutler is regressing before our very eyes, but he's still a better NFL quarterback than James Richard Clausen, so he's not being benched.

 

Part of the reason for the Bears' aggregate 94-7 deficit in the last three opening halves has been Cutler's quick three-and-outs.
I have watched these halves.
People really will defend this guy to the bloody end, almost maternally.

 

So your "advanced statistics" are the aggregate score and some vague, unspecified number of three-and-outs?

People make nonsensical, ridiculous arguments because they don't like his attitude. This causes right-thinking people to reasonably assess him, and then the nonsensicalists play the "Why are you always defending him!?!?!" card.

For the season, he's been mediocre. The last few games he's been bad. He's not close to being a worse option than anyone else on the team.

And speaking as a Bears fan who has crossed over to rooting for the whole thing to blow up spectacularly, it's going to be annoying when he "leads" them to home wins against two terrible teams the next two weeks and we have to hear Halas Hall talk about how they're coming back.