Like Jay Cutler or hate him, the following stat cited by Clark Judge in his article today, helps to explain why Chicago gave up so much to acquire the guy:
Cutler has a passer rating of 100 or better in his past three starts, the first Bears’ quarterback to achieve that since the statistic was first introduced in 1973. When Cutler has a passer rating of 100 or better, his teams are 13-0.
Amazing no Bears’ QB has done that for 36 years, amazing.
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October 16, 2009 at 2:10 pm |
Not even Drew Brees? That is a surprise.
October 16, 2009 at 2:47 pm |
Ron – sorry, clarified it there in the post…no BEARS’ QB has done that for 36 years. I wouldn’t be surprised if Brees/Manning and co do it multiple times a year. I would bet that every other team in the league has had a QB attain a 100 rating for 3 consecutive games at least once over the last 36 years.
October 16, 2009 at 2:59 pm |
That’ll teach me to try and read without my glasses on. In the case of the Bears, that’s not surprising.
October 16, 2009 at 3:48 pm |
Here’s to Atlanta breaking Cutler’s streak and crushing Chicago. Couple that with a Minnesota loss and the Packers are right back in the hunt for the division (not that they were ever out of it).
Also, a side note: one often hears the media talking about franchises with a “win now” mentality. The Vikings are such a team. Perhaps it’s just me, but one of the great things about the Packers is that they definitely are still in the middle to closing stages of rebuilding a franchise, or in other words a “win later” mentality; yet, in many ways they nevertheless have the potential to win now and win big. I know this isn’t in any way a novel revelation. However, it really makes me excited about the future!
October 17, 2009 at 9:06 am |
That explains why Favre held many of the passing records in Soldier’s Field despite only playing there once a year.