Jay Cutler By The Numbers

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Mar 31, 2011 11:00 AM CDT in Notes

Jay Cutler has played a grand total of 31 games in his two years in Chicago. And he's already up among the All Time quarterbacking greats of the franchise. That tells more of a story of how inadequate the Bears have been in finding a guy to play under center than it does to how good Jay Cutler has been. He's had his ups and downs, but this isn't a post for me to get into my feelings about Cutler, I've been there and done that, this is a post to simply look at his numbers and see where he is so far after 2 years in Chicago. If you guys want to take the comment thread in a totally opinionated direction that's your call.

I'll be using Pro Football Reference for the numbers I pull for my post.

Cutler's 597 pass completions rank him 7th all time. He has a shot at passing Jim McMahon for 4th in Chicago history in 2011, as he's only 277 completions behind the Punky QB.

His 987 attempts is just 1 behind George Blanda for 9th place. Jimmy Mac is in 4th in this category as well with 1,513 and in 3rd is Eric Kramer with 1,557. Both are attainable for Jay in 2011.

For completion percentage he currently sits behind three former part time Bears. Cutler's 60.5% is behind Shane Matthews (366/599), Brian Griese (179/294), and Steve Walsh (208/342).

Jay's 6,940 yards passing places him 8th all time for the Bears. If he throws for 3,500 yards next year, he'll jump to 5th behind Kramer's 10,582.

He's tied for 5th with Jim Harbaugh with 50 touchdowns passes. He should easily eclipse Bill Wade's 68 for 2nd all time, behind only Sid Luckman's 137.

His 42 interceptions has him down at 16th. But he should reach the top 10 in that dubious category by passing 10th place Vince Evans and his 53 picks. Then again, maybe Cutler will drastically cut down on his ints...

His 87 sacks in just two years ranks him alarmingly high at 5th place.

Jay Sizzle is tops in two categories, his 223.9 yards per game and his QB rating of 80.9 is best all time among those Bears passers with more than 88 attempts.

In two more seasons Jay Cutler should have every Bears passing record.

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Jay Cutler will throw 100 td's this upcoming season. Book it!

But in all seriousness those are great stats but sadly this organization isn’t known for it’s QB’s. I think Cutler takes the necessary leap to be a good and consistent QB but as far as elite goes it all depends on what he is given to work with. He has made the receivers on the team look better than they are IMO. I saw improvement in his play but it’s not easy to take the gunslinger out of him and I don’t think they should try. He just has to know when to sling it downfield and when to throw it away and that decision-making is something that’s coachable and I think he has responded to it fairly well, although he needs to do better IMO. But for the sake of the entire offense the line needs to be fixed and that starts in the trenches. From the chatter this offseason and with Mike Tice here it sounds that they are finally taking that philosophy seriously and for the sake of the offense they need to. Because whether it’s Jay or not, no QB will succeed on this team if they are constantly being beaten to the ground.

by frenchbears113 on Mar 31, 2011 11:30 AM CDT reply actions

Jay Cutler is our QB!

by rdent4hof on Mar 31, 2011 12:39 PM CDT reply actions

I guess his knee is ok....

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/jay-cutler-superstar/2011/03/jay-cutler-and-kristin-cavallari-enjoying-the-offseason.html

by frenchbears113 on Mar 31, 2011 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Hello!

His knee was never inured. Didn’t you see him strolling around LA with his girlfriend the day after the NFCC?

sarcasm

by boondock_saint812 on Mar 31, 2011 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions

I know right what a quitter. The guy just got back from Africa and instead of working on his fundamentals he's too busy visiting school kids. What a selfish douche!

by frenchbears113 on Mar 31, 2011 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm not worried about Jay.

Not after last season when he played as he needed to and got us to the playoffs and won a playoff game. There’s too many other concerns on this team and specifically on the offense to worry about the QB position. Jay will be fine.

Just look at my signature for my thoughts on Cutler.

Jay Cutler is still my quarterback.

by Sam Householder on Mar 31, 2011 1:51 PM CDT reply actions

Punky QB

Jim never liked that title. Why don’t we quit using it?

by Rainman9856 on Mar 31, 2011 2:10 PM CDT reply actions

I'm pretty sure people have called him worse thank "punky".....

I'll roll up

by suckmyditka on Mar 31, 2011 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions

than*

I'll roll up

by suckmyditka on Mar 31, 2011 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions

He used it, I'll use it

If you go in the bathroom, turn off the lights, and say "Da Coach" 5 times while facing the mirror... Ditka will appear and slap the wussy right out of you.

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Mar 31, 2011 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions

Damn right you will.

When the world slips you a Jeffrey, stroke a furry wall.
- Aldous Snow

by Ditkavsworld on Mar 31, 2011 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Jay Cutler

with Sidney Rice BEAST!!!

Rose: Who in the blue hell are you?
Rondo: Well
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE!

by T.Moore on Mar 31, 2011 2:53 PM CDT reply actions

To quote Lovie Smith .....

….. " Jay Cutler is our QB " . Cutler is our QB and will be for the next 10 or so years .

" Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth. " ~
Mike Tyson

by MidWayMonster54 on Mar 31, 2011 4:51 PM CDT reply actions

Cutler is our QB and will be ~~for the next 10 or so years~~ until he’s not.

When the world slips you a Jeffrey, stroke a furry wall.
- Aldous Snow

by Ditkavsworld on Mar 31, 2011 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions

By the way this little tidbit for ya

I was watching ESPN’s team review for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Dilfer says" David Garrard is underrated and had a very good year for the Jags"

Garrard stats

Yds 2,734 TD 23 INT 15 Rush yds 279 QB rating 90.8 sacked 33 times

Cutler stats

Yds 3,274 TD 23 INT 16 Rush Yds 232 QB rating 86.3 sacked 52 times

Which is it Dilfer you Moron..Jay is terrible and will never get it or a very good year?

On to bigger and better things next year!

by tfrabotta on Apr 1, 2011 9:29 AM CDT reply actions

You see

it’s because he’s “underrated” whereas Jay is overrated in his mind, which is largely goat mush.

"More cowbell" - Bruce Dickinson; "More bell cow" - Lovie Smith

by Pete Dixon on Apr 1, 2011 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions

"In two more seasons Jay Cutler should have every Bears passing record."

Impressive

Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Phoenix Suns/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].

by JoeCB1991 on Apr 1, 2011 5:05 PM CDT reply actions

Also very sad.

After a possible 4 years on a team that he could have every bears record. At least we finally, hopefully solidified the QB position. I did like Erik Kramer, I forgot what happened to him; he had a couple good years for us. Of course McMahon did as well. We have one good year from Cutler, hopefully we will get a few more.

by Captain Kangaroo on Apr 4, 2011 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions