Cutler & McNabb. Big Arms, Bigger News

…. that Jay was in a new offensive system . Thats one of the biggest reasons for the INT’s . The other things you mention do bear some credibility on his INT’s and are not just excuses by apologists .

First off lets look at the recievers . While they played great toward seasons end we did feel their growing pains from game one on . From Johnny Knox running bad routes , wrong routes and not finishing routes , to Devin Hester not catching very catchable balls , to Earl Bennett not having feild time and so on . This recievers group is young and talented and just needs time to gel with Jay , once they get it going we’ll have a good , solid recieving core . Another thing to look at is Devin Aromashodu’s late season emergence . Jay wanted the kid to start from day one and when he got his chance he showed us why Jay wanted him so badly . DA has size and speed and provides Jay his " jump ball " guy who can just erase QB mistakes . So overall the recievers were a poor group for the majority of the season , but came on and showed improvment late . So not any apoligies here just facts that lead to some of Jays INT’s .

Second the O-line was horrid . Pace let dudes walk all over him , Frank didn’t look comfortable until very late at LG , Olin was fighting injuries , Garza was his normal solid self and Williams ( when moved to LT ) looked like a stud . This line didn’t give Jay time to throw and its kinda hard to throw the ball from your butt . Yet again late in the season Chris Williams looked great ( completely stone walling one of the best pass rushers in the league in Jared Allen ) , Frank showed promise at LG , Olin kinda looked the same all year as did Garza and Kevin Schaffer looked decent at RT when he got his chance . Once that line gelled they looked solid and Cutler got his confidence in them back which cut his INT’s down .

And last in Jays INT issues were just plain bad luck . Hester slipping , ref’s picking off Hester , multiple missed INT calls and like I said just general bad luck .

So in finish Jays issues were team issues not just his . Ron Turner’s out right bad play calling not meshing with Jay and his recievers group helped Cutlers INT total , team issue . Jay and the WR’s not being on the same page , team issue . The O-line’s bad play at times , team issue . Yes Jay had some bad reads in there too , but his total would have been far lower had it not been for the issues we had as a team .

the diabeetus and the night vision. I hadn’t thought about that one in a while… good times.

Lovie is a dummy

I always thought that in the Madden games Lovie looked like Grady from Sanford and Son.

I hate lukewarm fans.

but the players run the plays to coaches call, Cutler was often seen trying to force a play… you know, cause the coaches call was predictable? easy to read? a fullback dive?

our defense could be out of focus come sooner than later, relying on our offense instead