Sunday, April 5, 2009

It's a help...

By: Harvey

Guido and I both timed our chastising of Jay Cutler pretty badly, seeing as he ended up on our favorite team very quickly afterward.

Personally, I stand my my original contention that Cutler came off as a whiny pussy in his departure from Denver. It's a business, and there's a reason the Broncos were interested in Matt Cassell. Cutler needs to grow up and realize if he doesn't want his new coach looking at other QBs, he has to play well enough — and consistently enough — to make it so.

That said, I'm thrilled to have Cutler in Chicago, although I am also quite sad to see Kyle Orton's sexy neck beard leave town. I stand my belief — and Guido's — that Orton is indeed a golden god, and I hope he takes a swig of Jack Daniels for me as he leaves town.

Cutler certainly has the potential to be the best signal caller the Bears have ever had, although that's sort of like saying "Too Shy" was the best song Kajagoogoo ever had. It can be like comparing a turd to many, many larger, smellier and runnier turds.

Sid Luckman hasn't played in nearly 60 years, and personally I get irritated every time his name comes up in the Chicago quarterback conversation. Jim McMahon was more personality than talent and lived off a killer defense. Erik Cramer and Jim Miller were okay and nothing more . . . and those are pretty much the high points of the last 50 years. I don't consider Rex Grossman to be the spawn of Satan like some of the less astute Bears fans, and I was never unhappy with Orton's play. The team won when he played.

This development certainly ends the excuse of Chicago never having a franchise quarterback, but it doesn't really solve anything.

Chicago's receiving corps is currently pathetic — there are high schools in Florida and Texas that would probably laugh at who the Bears are lining up wide right now. Cutler isn't some Peyton Manning/Tom Brady type who is going to make bad receivers look mediocre and mediocre receivers look good. He needs more help than this team has right now. The only good receivers are a tight end and a running back.

The offensive line is also weak. Orlando Pace is a big fat sack of fat, and an old, frail one at that. The fact that he is considered an upgrade to the OL says a lot about that group as a collective unit.

Also, the defense is beginning to become pretty suspect. Vasher and Tillman are great corners, but may never be able to stay healthy. We know Mike Brown can't. Urlacher is getting older and isn't the freak he once was, and the line was awful at pressuring the opposing quarterback this past season.

So congratulations, Jay Cutler. I'm not sure where I'd rather be, but I'm guessing Denver is probably chuckling at its ability to unload a whiny — but potentially great — quarterback for a pretty decent one and two first-round draft picks that should help out its shitty defense and keep it more than competitive in what should be a winnable AFC West.

Chicago, meanwhile, may have propelled itself to the top of the NFC North heap. Of course, that another one of those "Too Shy" sorts of comparisions.

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