Monday Morning Quarterback
First of all, sandwiched between some of the less than stellar “you guys are loosers” (sic) comments are some very insightful thoughts by guys that took a lot of time to write them. Check ‘em out – they’re worth a read. Now on to yesterday’s game.
Jay Cutler did his best Kyle Orton impression yesterday, wowing no one but playing mistake free and coming out with an ugly victory. Throwing the ball only 17 times, Lovie Smith made the decision to “get off the bus running,” and despite a 3.2 yards/carry average, Smith kept ordering for the run. Smith also decided to try a fake field goal against one of the worst teams in football where any points on the board should be golden. Did I mention only having 10 players on the field in a punting situation deep in Chicago’s own zone, forcing a timeout to be called? If you want to sound off on those problems, there’s always www.FireLovieSmith.com for that. No, it’s not my website.
Despite giving the ball to St. Louis at midfield or better a handful of times, the Rams couldn’t get in the endzone. It’s fairly obvious that this 1-11 team has Steven Jackson and nothing more. Still, the Bears couldn’t capitalize on their chances, including converting the occasional 3rd down to ice the clock, and suddenly the lowly Rams were driving the field with a chance to tie the game with under a minute left. The defense finally put an end to the drive, sealing the Bears’ 5th win of the season.
As bad as it’s been, keep this in mind: Chicago is currently only one game worse than New England and Pittsburgh. What this game showed once again, however, is the complete lack of talent around Jay Cutler. As I have said time and time again, THAT is why the Bears need to trade him. Chicago needs help in so many areas that having a Pro Bowl quarterback behind center with no good draft picks in sight will only delay future success. More to come this week. Sound off!
Tags: Jay Cutler, Lovie Smith, Rams, St. Louis, Steven Jackson
Jay Cutler can be a good QB and here’s the formula:
Jay Cutler + good WRs + good O-line – INTs – his cry baby attitude + some maturing + experience = Good QB
That is a pretty bold statement above. I have also heard this reverberating thru many of the streets and back alleys of Chicago as well. So, as any good scientist would, I put this hypothesis to the test!
I began by entering other “random” QB names from over the years into the formula. Lets see how else this turned out:
Trent Dilfer/Doug Williams/Mark Rypien/Brad Johnson + good WRs + good O-line – INTs – No Cutler like cry baby attitude + some maturing + experience = Super Bowl Victories.
Wow I guess it is true, that this IS all that Jay Cutler needs to get a Super Bowl win, or for that matter, a winning season!
But as any good scientist would, I began to test outside of those parameters and then I added a few other random names to that formula: The Lawn Mower man/A Bilbo Baggins card board stand up/Rex Grossman/A Kleenex I used that has a booger in it/ The ghost of Bubby Brister + good WRs + good O-line – INTs – No Cutler like cry baby attitude + some maturing + experience = a trip to the Super Bowl.
Wow, I think I am on to something. This is truly a fool proof formula! It seems anyone with a great team can get to the Super Bowl or at least have a few winning seasons over .500… right?
So, since I am a good scientist, I continued my testing even further. But I needed a “control” dish. So I decided to use QB’s again, but this time I added true “thoroughbred” QB’s with ridiculous talent and cannon arms because this would give a good base to judge against. The results… STARTLING: Drew Bledsoe/Jeff George/Vinny Testaverde/Michael Vick/Ryan Leaf + good WRs + good O-line + good Coaches + good DEF + INTs + plenty of cry baby attitude + no maturing + experience = Loserville Loserville Loserville
Disaster! Oh my, I guess the formula is broken somehow, oh well, back to the drawing board
So after hours of intense research and study, and since Jay Cutler is clearly, CLEARLY better then all of those QB’s, the only logical answer is that it is Aliens that are preventing Jay Cutler from making good decisions on the field and in life. They are also making him throw more INT’s then anyone else in the league, and they will be preventing him from ever having a winning record. My only suggestion to Jay Cutler is that he reach out to Tommy Maddox. Last I heard, Tommy was writing a book entitled ” The secret to leaving Denver and becoming a successful NFL QB”.
This is an idiotic idea. He’s one of only 2 players the Bears should absolutely never trade. (Along with Briggs)
The formula clearly works. Even the klenex got to go to the Super Bowl. Too bad Cutler has no desire to gain experiance and drop his attitude. Clearly, the interception is his favorite play so you can’t count on that going anywhere either. Even a 5 MILLION dollar contract does not change the outcome. Maybe that’s the problem. Try running the numbers again with 7 million dollars. See if that gets him to the big game.
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So pleased to enjoy such a interesting post that does not fall back on lame antics to get the point across. Thanks for an enjoyable read.