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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I admit. I was glad to see that the Broncos had won. McDaniels has ben through hell over there. Glad he got a bit of sunshine....
Yep, pretty much a "year in review" type highlight reel of his career in Denver, wrapped into one game. You got the inopportune picks, horrible decision making under pressure and just enough of a hint of what could be that a coach will throw his career away trying to get 100% out of him. It isn't going to end well in Chicago if they don't find a few receivers that can catch a football.
That's really it in a nutshell. They were about to universally write him off after his first full season as a starter in Denver. Then came the off season diagnosis which supposedly explained everything and a year in which he put up a lot of empty yardage stats and suddenly he was cracking elite status again... Shanny lost his job over bad decisions, Jay was one of them. And yet last night over on the Broncos message board it was like a civil war between those who would prefer Cutler even in a loss over Orton and a win. Camp Cutler kept whining about what he could have done in McDaniels system while their counterparts tried in van to point out the fact that he is the antithesis of that system because of his consistently piss poor decisionmaking.
Nevertheless, the odds are that Cutler will rack up some big numbers over the course of the season mixed in with his poor decision making and inopportune gaffes, and will get voted to the Pro Bowl, where people will rave about his arm strength and lament that he doesn't have better WR talent around him in Chicago.
Nevertheless, the odds are that Cutler will rack up some big numbers over the course of the season mixed in with his poor decision making and inopportune gaffes, and will get voted to the Pro Bowl, where people will rave about his arm strength and lament that he doesn't have better WR talent around him in Chicago.
Of his 36 throws, seven went to Olsen and Forte, with only one completion, total, to them. I mean, Hester, Olsen and Forte combined had three fewer balls thrown to them than did Earl Bennett, who had never caught an NFL pass until Sunday but who was Cutler's teammate at Vanderbilt. That distribution has to change in the coming weeks.
I think, now that Bill Belichick has dispatched two men who helped him win three rings to the NFL's pasturelands -- Kansas City (Mike Vrabel) and Oakland (Richard Seymour) -- if I were Brady I'd be thinking, when my expiration date comes, Belichick's gonna send me to the Hamilton TigerCats.
Some interesting observations and stats in MMQB. One of the problems Shanny had with Cutler early on was his renegade devotion to 6th rounder Marshall even as he failed to develop any rapore with the established WR's or the FA TE Shanny bought him. Seems he's taking a similar path in Chicago, creating his own binky unknown from Vanderbilt. Saw a little of that with Ben as a youngster (when he and El were devising their own plays sans OC/HC) though after year 2 he outgrew it (as El got sent packing...). Cutler is repeating the same mistakes wherever he goes. Tough to coach because coaches fear stiffeling the tools/talent that got them noticed...
Adrian Peterson, Drew Brees not the only Week 1 impressive outings - Peter King - SI.com
He also talked to Josh about the Stokely play. Saved 6 seconds and multiple shots at the EZ by Palmer. They do cover end of half/game situational awareness and appreciate it when players prove they were listening.
Had a nice shout out to Mike Reiss as he heads to his new gig.
And some comments on tonights double header.
And a great tongue in cheek assessment in the wake of the Seymour deal:
Now that's the Jay Cutler I know. Like Aaron Rodgers, he had one drive to win the game. Rodgers threw the game-winning touchdown pass; Cutler threw his fourth interception. There's a reason Cutler is 17-21 in the NFL and hasn't won anything since high school.
Sorry, I can't help but pile on to this guy. I hate guys who are full of themselves and think they are bigger than their team or the league.
Clark Judge of CBSSportsline on Cutler:
Week 1 Judgements: Timing is everything with McNabb's injury - NFL - CBSSports.com Football
Sorry, I can't help but pile on to this guy. I hate guys who are full of themselves and think they are bigger than their team or the league.
Cutler = J George with a southern accent
Cutler is from Illinois.
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This thread is a thinly veiled attempt at more McDaniels ball washing.
Seriously, just become Broncos fans already, it's amazing how much some stat whores still love a guy who doesn't even coach here anymore.
Just noticed the banner at the top of the CBS page. Urlacher likely lost for the season... So no way it will be Cutler's fault...no matter how many picks he throws.
Urlacher is out for the year according to PFT. Damn it, just when I thought it was Cutler's fault!
I don't think so. As far as I know, the southern states are Georgia, Alabama, Richmond, Atlanta, South Carolina and South Dakota.Isn't Illinois in the south. Just south of Mississippi I think. As a proud graduate of the public school system, I know these things.