Comments on: More thoughts on Cutler

By: DaveK

DaveK — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:11:27 +0000

All this talk about Cutler giving up or not giving up. Is he aloof or just shy. Is he a complete jerk or just bad at the PR game. Yada yada yada. On and on about his intangibles (or lack of them) and it masks the fact that Cutler, the franchise QB of the Chicago Bears, simply played terrible in the biggest game of his career. He was 6 for 14. His footwork was sloppy. He wasn’t accurate. He missed 3 or 4 throws a good QB just has to make. He threw a terrible INT before half. The offense did nothing that didn’t involve Matt Forte. Cutler was terrible and it had nothing to do with his shyness or demeanor or leadership ability. I watched him in Denver and now two years in Chicago and Cutler will tease you with good throws and a strong arm but he’ll never be a guy that can lift up a team or carry a team when needed. Josh McDaniels knew it. Chicago fans are starting to realize it.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:33:40 +0000

Had a mini blow up on the team picture issue. REad here:

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth

Hopefully this doesnt come back at all. Looks like Barnett and Finley were not very happy (which I understand). Probably more of a clerical thing than anything, but glad to see all the guys that contributed in that picture.

By: 400metres

400metres — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:52:24 +0000

Srsly? You’re clinging to that stat for validation?

Not that I give a shit because the Packers won and that’s the only stat that counts, but I’m sure if that funky INT that bounced off Driver’s hands/foot right into the hands of a hard-charging Lance Briggs hadn’t occurred, Rodgers’ qb rating would be higher than Hanie. I mean, you can’t seriously put that pick on Rodgers considering how completely goofy it was?

By: 400metres

400metres — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:41:45 +0000

“and that neither Starks nor Rodgers were going to do that against the Bears.”

Um, Starks had a better game rushing against the Bears than he did against that “seriously overrated Atlanta team.”

Bitter much?

By: Ron LC

Ron LC — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:17:57 +0000

Cutler is the Bear’s problem. On to the Super Bowl. Let the Bears age yet another year and see what happens.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:43:34 +0000

I think Culter is getting a bad rap on this. The guy should be getting props for trying to play in the second half.

That said, I am experiencing a bit of Schadenfreude watching many of the Bear’s fans trash their QB as a wimp, when, factoring the number of hits he took this year, he is really a pretty tough SOB.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:37:23 +0000

“The Packers may be safe as long as that idiot is the Bears GM.”

Agreed. Angelo is not a very good GM.

By: 56coop

56coop — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:35:31 +0000

Glad to see you learned a new word there Shrill

By: PackerBelle

PackerBelle — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:20:49 +0000

There is a video on NFL.com with people talking about this issue and I thought Deion Sanders made a good point. Cutler’s perception in the media probably played a part but so did the fact that we didn’t really see him get injured or see any significant visual evidence of an injury. Typically when a player, but especially a QB, gets injured enough to not be able to play it is obvious that something happened. Had Cutler come out after a hit like the one Peppers put on Rodgers, or after a pile up where you could see his knee get twisted I think the response might have been different.

By: Ted

Ted — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:36:57 +0000

Yeah, I can see you are really shy Bill.