Boilermaker Rick wrote:
The major difference though is that it isn't really that McCown is winning. It's that this year McCown is playing better than Jay Cutler has in his whole career either in Chicago or in Denver. Jay Cutler has never been this good in his life.
I think that's the most remarkable thing going on here. Not only that he's playing well, but that he's playing better than Cutler ever played. That's definitely a chink in the armor for whatever Cutler's image (talented guy whose been on the cusp of greatness for four consecutive years now) was going into the season.
But signing Cutler is not a Cutler vs McCown question. Even though one can agree with JORR about a QB's efficacy into the late thirties, most teams want to hand the keys off to a younger guy with more long-term potential. That guy could have been McCown if he had a better track record, but guys having career years at 34 years old are not going attract much attention on the market, IMO. Forget Bernstein, he's wrong about McCown and is digging into his position despite much evidence to the contrary, which makes his arguments a bit disingenuous if you ask me. Make McCown the highest paid backup in the league next year if you let Cutler walk.