At 5:15 a.m., Tony Khan, the team's senior vice president of technology and analytics (and the son of Jags owner Shahid Khan), walked into Bradley's office and placed three handwritten sheets of paper on the coach's desk. Later that morning -- once Bradley had deciphered the penmanship and presentation, which had the look of a seventh-grade book report -- he began to understand the significance of the data Khan had compiled. This wasn't a grizzled old scout asking him to trust his gut. This wasn't a spreadsheet of stats any fantasy football player could acquire. This was something different, something more. This was the future.

The page titled "Blaine QB Rating Stats" revealed that when adjusted for drops, throwaways and spikes, Gabbert's passer rating in 2012 was a respectable 82.8. The next page, "Blaine Time in the Pocket," detailed the Jags' woeful pass protection: The line gave Gabbert an average of just 2.56 seconds to throw the ball. When he had more than 2.6 seconds to throw, his QB rating jumped to 84.5. The final page, "Blaine Under Pressure," showed that when facing a six-man rush, Gabbert ranked first among QBs in completion percentage

He's going to fuck up. They all fuck up. Tom Brady fucks up. But I'd rather he fuck up in the 1st quarter than the 4th. And he's generally been excellent in late game clutch situations.

I love him and have never thought of him as clutch. What games? The San Francisco game in 2009 has always stuck with me.

I don't feel like looking it up. But I think he's consistently among the highest rated 4th qtr QBs.

I don't feel like looking it up. But I think he's consistently among the highest rated 4th qtr QBs.

I don't see how a QB on consistently 10-win teams can be getting garbage 4th quarter stats. If they are winning, he's not throwing much and they usually aren't losing too often at about 6 losses a season.

3-win teams have QBs with garbage 4th qtr stats.

He did nothing great or horrible yesterday. He's just there, and I want him to be more than just there, I guess.

He did nothing great or horrible yesterday. He's just there, and I want him to be more than just there, I guess.

The point is his passing yards and other stats are fairly meaningless if you've watched all the games. The game recaps are always there to look at too. If he completes 7 of 8 passes for 60 yards in a game the Bears were already in control of or if he does what he did in 2 games this year and score 4 meaningless touchdowns against prevent defenses his numbers don't tell you that. They say Cutler is great in the 4th quarter. He has been clutch in a few games over the past couple of years but I wouldn't say he's been the best as his numbers do. Do you think that's unreasonable?

I guess I watched a different game. Wasn't he like 11/12 for 150 on 3rd downs? That seems pretty clutch and great to me.

The point is his passing yards and other stats are fairly meaningless if you've watched all the games. The game recaps are always there to look at too. If he completes 7 of 8 passes for 60 yards in a game the Bears were already in control of or if he does what he did in 2 games this year and score 4 meaningless touchdowns against prevent defenses his numbers don't tell you that. They say Cutler is great in the 4th quarter. He has been clutch in a few games over the past couple of years but I wouldn't say he's been the best as his numbers do. Do you think that's unreasonable?

I'll take those 3rd down numbers every week but there was more to the game than that. He was mediocre and turnover prone. That pretty much describes his entire time as a Bear. So much talent but he can never consistently put it together. It's frustrating to watch.

Fair enough, but if we're talking about cherry-picking in this thread, don't forget McCown played against a prevent defense the entire game in St. Louis. Also don't forget Cutler's 4th qtr game-winning drive against Cincinnati, the best defense the Bears have seen all year.

BTW he is still injured too. There were a couple of plays where it was clear he is still nursing an injury.

The turnovers were early. He was great when they needed it. Isn't that what you want?

I didn't think so. He said on his show he got hit in the ankle and he was fine.

Yeah, the running plays hitting at a 5+ YPC clip that made third and short a game of pitch and catch...especially after Haden went down.

Do you think he should have been better in the first games of the season? I do. He needs to be at least a top 10 quarterback, maybe 5. He's not.

I wonder what his stat's look like if he didn't have a top 5 RB playing with him?

Do you think he should have been better in the first games of the season? I do.

The Cincinnati score was set up by the Bears defense a drive after Cutler hit a defender in the numbers but the defender dropped it. I don't remember McCown playing against a prevent defense against the Rams. If you're trying to say Cutler is better than McCown you won't get an argument from me. I've never argued that.

Forte is one of the most underrated players in the NFL. Hell most Bears fans seem to think he's worthless too.