Looking at all 26 picks from Jay Cutler

he played for the Eagles. He, as a rule, believes the O-line is NEVER at fault because all defenses bring pressure as he has said so in the past (no I don’t have a quote or link). Also, he does not know what routes/adjustments the WRs are expected to make by the QB. He can comment properly on the mechanics, though his mechanics were awful when he played. I agree with his assessment of Cutler’s mechanics, but that’s been Cutler’s albatross since he got to the NFL. All in all, I believe much of the critique is sound, but it does fail to account for the biggest problems the Bears had last season:
1. The o-line sucked so bad that the running game was a JOKE.
2. The o-line sucked so bad the passing game suffered as well; doubly since they couldn’t run anyway.
3. The defense could not stop any good teams from scoring 30+ points.
4. The offense was predictably dumb and badly coordinated.
5. The WRs are average and inexperienced.

Cutler was expected to raise the play of the offense and took that burden too literally. He needs to settle down and execute and I think Martz will teach him that. It was nice to read the critique and it does have value, but laying the entire failure of the offense on Cutler is VERY short-sighted. I still think Lovie’s defense will destroy any positives that come out of his firing this season, but we’ll see.

were due to poor route running or guys stopping their routes. The others were definitely on Jay with poor throws/decisions. Jaws, ehh….

they got a QB who dinked and dunked his way to an average year and they drafted Robert Ayers who hardly produced at all?? Let’s see how pick 10 goes before they announce the winner..

Which is not that bad; problem is how to get rid of the 9 extra and another couple from Jay

MIKE HARTENSTINE!!!!!

From an interview with Tom Brookshier:

Bears-Eagles, 1980, Ron Jaworski is the Philly quarterback and it’s a pass play and his left tackle whiffs a block. Here comes DE Mike Hartenstine, past the checkpoint on full security clearance.

“Jaworski was standing there, in an almost Heisman-like pose,” remembers Brookshier. "Hartenstein just drilled him, right in the back. Luckily, Jaworski didn’t see him coming, so he didn’t tense up, but the hit knocked him to the ground in a fetal position. He was lying in the ground, sorta sucking his thumb. It wasn’t an illegal hit, but Hartenstine was still fined $2,000 even though there was no flag.

“They carried Jaworski off the field, and then Summerall said to me in his real matter-of-fact tone, ‘What do you think of that?’

“I said, ’They ought to give him a bonus. A guy waits a whole season for a shot like that!

Hilarious..

I could only make it through 11 picks and I had to stop…it was bringing back memories of ’08.

For what it is worth, I think Martz is a good match for Cutler. I don’t think he’ll be able to reign in the INTs much, but the aggressive down-field offense Martz likes plays to Cutler’s strengths.

And yeah, you got fleeced…to argue otherwise is a practice in futility. Orton for Cutler straight-up would have been a fair trade.

There were a couple plays where the protection broke down, but Cutler’s main issue is mechanics. If he works within the play call and has good mechanics, his ints drop dramatically. He was late on too many throws and mechanics were off on most of his ints.

Personally, I’d rather it be a fixable issue with one man than a lack of skill (which is unfixable) at 5. Martz, as we all hope, will be able to fix or start to fix those issues with Cutler.

that weren’t necessarily Jay’s fault. Still, horribly erratic and poor execution of fundamental mechanics.

Is he punting Jay?