Sweetness_34 said:
Ghost Rider said:
Cutler hasn't played 16 games since 2009, and while he did play 15 games in two of those four seasons, he seems to get dinged up a bit every year. In other words, better make sure you get a good backup, cause you'll likely need him.
It's also noteworthy that despite having those weapons to throw to last year, he was't exactly lighting it up. 19 TD passes in 11 games isn't lighting the world on fire.
Buyer beware.
Reason he did not light it up as much was it was his first year in that O and remember,
McCown got the easier part of the schedule - Cowboys; Vikings; Lions; part of the Redskins game; Packers. When Cutler played against the VIkings in week 2 and Packers in last game of year, he did light them up. So it was just bad luck that he was injured during the easier part of the schedule....
Bears have the Vikings; Lions; Packers; Cowboys again on their schedule in addition to bad pass Ds from the NFC South (Falcons; Bucs and even Panthers are bad at pass D) and AFC East (Jets and Bills are terrible against the pass and Bills just lost their best playmaker on D)
here's mccown's easier part of the schedule:
cowboys --- this is actually correct, mccown did play this team
vikings --- they
both played minny
packers --- they
both played the packers, as chronicled by an above poster
part of the redskins game --- cutler's part amounted to 28 yds and a pick on 3 of 8, so I assume he had the harder part of this game
lions ---
mccown threw a total of 9 balls vs detroit, but I'll assume he got the easier part of those games as he completed 6 for 62 yds and a score
meanwhile,
cutler threw 87 balls against detroit completing 55%, a figure 35 qb bettered on the year
he did light them up for 283 yds/game, along with a total of 3 td and 4 picks in those 2 games