Cubs Peace On Earth Card

Webb's agent must not like him to put him in AL and Texas to prove himself.

As a BEARS QB, Cutler in two years has set a Record for back to back 3000yard, 20 TD seasons. A fact Steve Young clearly did not mention to be sure. I have maintained all along he is not Tom Brady, but the best Bears qb in decades which is generally an opinion shared by most of the Chicago sports media (you would not know living in Houston) which have watched the garbage at that position for years - something that Young probably does not know about. He certainly is inconsistent, but has had two different offensive coordinators in two years. and a bad offensive line thay has played together as a group for less than a year. this matters too. I can counter your opinions with articles in The Sporting News and NY Times today agreeing that Cutler played an excellent game. Yet, you want perfection and "Steve Young, who knows more than me - and also picked the Colts to win the Super Bowl last year - says something I know already: "Cutler is inconsistent". No shit Sherlok! Like you said, we'll "wake you up" when Cutler stops making mistakes even when he plays well and his team wins. You can watch your hot Texas teams if its too painful b/c he's gonna make more, no doubt. Maybe you still want Grossman, Orton, P.T. Willis, or Steve Stenstrom? And no, I don't play fantasy football as my brother is a Season Ticket Holder and I would rather watch the games in person from the 50 where his seats are. GO Texans!!

Actually Steve Young's opinions on Cutler are much more complex than what he indicates on national TV. There is a sports radio station in San Francisco that has something called the Steve Young show and I was fortunate to hear him talk at length about Cutler the last time I was out there about a month ago. Young actually likes Cutler quite a bit, and he thinks he can be an elite quarterback if he works out his kinks. He is a pretty big believer in the notion that QBs are often a work in progress, even excellent ones. He's fun to listen to because he gets so pumped up when his co-hosts ask him specific questions about a QB. He's very passionate, and went into detail about Cutler's flaws. His biggest critique was how sometimes Cutler will throw off his back foot. However, he mentioned in his show that Cutler has an almost impossible situation with the offensive line the Bears have put in front of him. He admires his guts and tenacity. His guts and tenacity are something I myself did not expect to see. He keeps getting his head cracked open but just keeps stepping back up, and in fact seems pretty fearless to me when he starts to scramble. Young mentioned in his show that he doesn't think there's a quarterback in the league that is better at threading the needle than Cutler. Most of his bad decisions, according to Young, are things that are teachable. I mentioned this in another post, not because I'm an expert, but because I basically stole a Steve Young quote and just didn't give him credit. I wouldn't be surprised if Young said what he said to motivate Cutler a bit, since I'm sure that the quarterback fraternity is close enough that the quote got back to him. Regardless, if that's the same quote I remember, it was made during a game before the bye week, when Cutler was really sucking. Just as aside, I used to live in the bay area and listened to Young a lot on the radio station, and he HATED Grossman. He was especially appalled when Grossman through one interception -- I think it may have been in the super bowl, and just watched as the last man in the interceptor's way and had, according to Young, a chance to at least try to make a tackle. I didn't notice that, but Young was appalled. As a fan, Cutler reminds me a little of the Cub's Wild Thing, Mitch Williams. He makes me nervous every time he's out there. Not as nervous as Williams did, just in the sense of, "which Cutler will we get today." But he's young enough to keep getting better. His upside is still pretty high.

Well, there should be one of those.

I agree it was a bad decision, at least it was under duress. He did the exact same thing last year, according to the replays. The interception and the sack he took at the six were bad decisions Cutler made - while not being under duress. I'd argue that both of the TD passes to Knox were not good decisions either - they did have good outcomes, however. Now, what happens this week, and in week 2 of the playoffs when he has to face teams with a pass rush? If you give up a capable starting QB, and punt your draft for two years for a QB and pay him $20 million - yeah, I think it's OK to expect that the guy is an elite quarterback, not just a good athlete who's a work in progress. Call me crazy, I don't mind. The guy also seems to have the mental toughness of a ballerina.

Except for making the playoffs in 2005 and then going to the Super Bowl the next year, you're right on.

I think that cycle goes like this: bad year, bad year, bad year, good year & contract extensions, bad year, bad year, bad year, good year & contract extensions, bad year, bad year, bad year, bad year, bad year, good year & contract extensions

there's only 2 games a year now decided by records, everything else is on a yearly rotation, every 4 years for AFC, every 3 years for NFC I'm sure most folks thought getting the AFC East and NFC East would be tougher than it ended up being this season. For 2011, Bears should get the AFC West 2010 - AFC East 2009 - AFC Central 2008 - AFC South 2007 - AFC West and the NFC South (ouch!) 2010 - NFC East 2009 - NFC West 2008 - NFC South their 2 flex games will be against the winner of Seattle/St. Louis on Sunday and Philadelphia and 6 games against their own division so opponents for 2011: Packers, Lions, Vikings x2, Raiders, Broncos, Chargers, Chiefs, Saints, Falcons, Bucs, Panthers, Eagles, Rams or Seahawks

Eli Manning has 29 turnovers this season. Cutler has 20. So unless Manning is spotless next week and Cutler turns the ball over 10 times, I think he's passed the torch. FWIW, Brees has 21. P. Manning has 19.

Let's let him complete one good season before annointing him the best QB in franchise history, though, OK? I have never said that he is the "best QB in franchise history" ever. Just like I never said anything regarding Phil Simms. Don't infer shit or say shit others don't say. The record shows, and with all the names mentioned here, that unfortunately the Bears just have had a combination of horrible draft picks plus poor free agent acquisitions over a long time period at the QB position. It is frustrating and maddening. However, while I don't believe Cutler is the second coming, I certainly have the sense to know that he is a cut above what Bears management has given us since Jim McMahon. And, Jerry Angelo, as ROB G mentioned here, has not done well with first round picks anyway. It was a ballsy move that got the team in the Playoffs - where Cutler will shine or stink. I can live with it for another year at least based on what I've seen here in my life. He has upside and is still young. They have plenty of other problems other than him which you do not allude to: Offensive line, no number 1 receiver, Tommie Harris. He is the least of these things, imo.

Yea... because the Bears often average 5 yards a carry. Wait... what?

Jeff Shamardza? Ummm, Jeff .... oh I give up. Hey, at least you aren't saying shit like Jose Pena like I did the other day.

62. Tough challenge, but a fun one.

I know, it's been at 41 for 2-3 weeks now. The move has certainly been made by now, just nothing announced.

Yep, it could read it that way, I guess in that "Back" means defensively back to where he was. I bet it meant both though, to Levine, because his HR's and RBI's were down.

He tweeted a bunch of stuff about the Sox organization that pissed off Kenny Williams. The kid was employed by the Sox at the time, so Ozzie made him resign, I believe.