Your list isn't accurate anyway.

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It's a vicious cycle. It's not a model. It's hard to find a good QB. No team is going to draft one, find out he's good, not pay him, and go find another one in the draft because the way to win is play young QBs.

You draft, if he's good, you keep him. If he sucks, you draft another QB.

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Well those were teams led by free agent QBs, to be sure. Did you mean it isn't accurate because they didn't win the SB the following season? If yes, then yes, that would be true for the Saints and perhaps the Ravens. Not sure about the Rams.

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Give me a number. That is what I am asking.

You seem to think that the rookie QB's are starting because they "earned" it. I disagree. It seems to me that they are handed the job with virtually no interference besides a manufactured QB competition with no name cheaper veterans.

Let's say that the Bears don't resign Cutler. Will any team who drafts a rookie QB in the first or second round sign Cutler? If Matt Schaub becomes available. Will any of those teams sign Schaub?

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Roethlisberger signed an 8-year/$100 mildo contract and won the Super Bowl that year.

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When it comes to pure talent there aren't 10 QB's in the league right now that have more talent. We all know that doesn't get you far. Right now I would rather have 5 of the QB's on that list.

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I don't have a number. I wouldn't be surprised if all of them start, or most of them, I don't have a problem with that. It may work or not, just like always.

As a fan I wouldn't be averse to signing a guy like Cutler or Schaub to be a stopgap while the rookie sits. That'd probably be more likely if the QB was a late round pick as opposed to being drafted in the top 15 or 20. A

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That's not the decision the Bears face. No other team would likely do it because they'd probably have to sign him for 4 or 5 years so they could wait a year or two to get a QB in the system.

The Bears need only commit to Cutler for a year so they would need to get a QB in the development track earlier. New England drafts QBs all the time. Ryan Mallett is sitting there, 3rd rounder, never plays. Osweiller on Denver, 2nd rounder, never plays. What's the problem?

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I think Nas meant a free agent leaving one team to sign with a different team, or that's what I thought.

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He also rapes women during the off season. I think the way the rookie scale is now and the offensive systems colleges are using it is going to be a lot easier to play rookies and have success right away. I would trade up in the draft to take a QB. It's not costing you $80M like it used to.

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I know. But that wasn't the question he asked.

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Well, let's look at the list of guys taken in the 1st round NOT selected in the top 5 of the draft. The Bears will NOT have a top 5 pick.

Brady Quinn
Joe Flacco
Josh Freeman
Tim Tebow
Christian Ponder
Blaine Gabbert
Jake Locker
Ryan Tannehill
Brandon Weeden

Let's look at the guys taken in the 2nd round:

Tarvaris Jackson
Kellen Clemens
Kevin Kolb
John Beck
Drew Stanton
Chad Henne
Brian Brohm
Pat White
Jimmy Clausen
Andy Dalton
Colin Kaepernick
Brock Osweiler


3rd round??

Chris Simms
Dave Ragone
Matt Schaub
Charlie Frye
Andrew Walter
David Greene
Brodie Croyle
Charlie Whitehurst
Trent Edwards
Kevin O'Connell
Colt McCoy
Ryan Mallett
Russell Wilson
Nick Foles


Are we starting to see a pattern??

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The draft is hit and miss. This shouldn't make you not go after a guy you believe can help your team.

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Cutler will never be Manning or Brady or Rodgers (I thought Cutler was better in 2009 )?

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Like I said earlier, you should draft a QB evey single year. It is a total crapshoot. But to think you can pick ONE next year and he will START next year and be GOOD?? You are OUT OF YOUR MIND! The odds of that happening are minuscule.

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So you'd give Cutler a 5 year deal? Why draft a QB ever?

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It's easy to pay a lot of money for Manning or Brady. They are probably worth it.

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Rookies don't develop anymore, they start right away. Given that this years QB draft class is the best in many years, I would lean towards letting Jay go & drafting a QB or 2 & I'm starting to get the impression that neither Emery or Tresty are sold on Cutler.
The problem with letting Jay go is that Marshall will cry like a baby.

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I have no idea what point you are trying to make.

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Maybe 5 or 6.

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Spmack - all those guys were taken in the top five picks. Won't be an option for the beloved.

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Why would you ever draft a QB? They mostly suck. Right?

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If Jay Cutler is replaced by a rookie, please name me the last QB that was replaced by a rookie that was better than Jay Cutler not due to an injury.

These guys playing this year are replacing Ryan Fitzpatrick, Mark Sanchez, and Josh Freeman.

The year before it was Matt Painter, Rex Grossman, Matt Moore, Colt McCoy, and Tavaris Jackson.

The before that it was Jimmy Clausen, 36 year-old Matt Hasselbeck, David Garrard (injured), Carson Palmer, and 42 year-old Brett Favre.

These teams start guys because they don't have other options, not because it's their best way to win.

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New England and the Broncos can justify paying a veteran big money because they are worth the money. It would be hard to say that Cutler will provide $16 million in value to the Bears with a team with so many gaping holes.

It's easier to accept Andy Dalton at his salary.

I just don't know what is really gained by an extra year of Cutler. Either build around him for the next 5 years or build around a rookie.

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If you are going to spend any money at any position it should be for the QB since he, moreso than any other position, could win you games even if the rest of your team sucks. Cutler has demonstrated, in the NFL, that he can win games. He can lose games, too.

But, on the whole, unless you plan on completely tanking and rebuilding, getting rid of Marshall, Forte, Bennett, etc., having Cutler gives you a better chance to win games than any rookie QB you'd get in the late 1st/2nd round.

But, a drafted guy could benefit from being in the system and working their way in over time. Meanwhile, you don't completely suck at football.

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Carson Palmer in Cincinnati. David Garrard in Jacksonville.

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Palmer vowed to retire before he'd ever play for the Bengals again.

Garrard was injured and didn't play for another 3 years.

Should I go back further? 2010 includes Kyle Orton.

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