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Jay Cutler: Misunderstood Messiah

posted by Paul at 2:31 pm.

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In Chicago Bear lore, the elders often spoke of a great quarterback who would come when our need was greatest, and lead our team to victory with an average QB ratings of 110.5, erasing jokes about Syd Luckman and Erik Kramer holding franchise records. So it was written, and so we believed, and when word reached Bear Nation of the trade with Denver for Jay Cutler, many believed that the prophecies had come to fruition. If you’ll remember, 2008 was the year of Orton, and his totals for the season were a measly 18 TD’s and 12 INT’s. People thought that once Cutler took over, numbers like that had gone the way of Grossman, never to be seen again, that we’d overcome problems like an aging O-line, a defense decimated by injuries, and play calling that seemed, even to the most amateur viewer, cliche and hackneyed. When the interceptions began, we said he was still getting used to the new offense, but soon the boo birds descended upon soldier field, and the words bust and mistake were often used in conjunction with Cutler’s once holy name. As we look back upon the year, Jay finished with 27 TD’s and 26 INT’s,(that’s +1 by my calculations) 3,666 yards, and set the Bear’s franchise record for single season completions by a QB. Listen, Jay Cutler is not Peyton Manning or Drew Brees (who I think is better than Manning. Disagree? Leave a comment and say something beside “intangibles”) and he isn’t going to win us games with his golden arm alone. We still have to strive to be a complete football team, with a strong system and balanced talent, in order to make a realistic playoff run. However, if said team can be assembled, I, for one, see no problem in having Jay Cutler with the reins.

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