casual fan wrote:
He's been bad, but I have to believe that some chunk of his badness falls on the receivers. There are way too many passes that aren't within 10 yards of the receiver. His accuracy can't be that bad.
At one point yesterday the announcers did a couple minutes about how Cutler can only throw to what he sees because anytime he assumes where the receiver will be breaking his route to, they seem to not do it. You watch the good QB/WR teams and guys are throwing the ball to spots before the WR even make the cut.
And that is what amazes me about the level of stupidity involved in all of this. Listening to Hanely today is a perfect example. In one breath he wants to talk about how bad the level of talent is at WR, and the next, he is blasting Cutler and entertaining some fucktard caller about trading him. It wasn't that long ago that we were wondering what this kid is supposed to do with the level of talent at WR before the season started. And now we are into full-on fan retard mode.
He has already outplayed Orton in terms of attempts/yards, and has 3 games to go. Yeah, whoopee, but even in a bad year, this kid surpasses Orton. Yes, the INT's are unacceptable, but completely understandable people. Yesterday's game is the perfect example of all the issues with this team. Literally every problem was exhibited
clearly, in that game. But one above all, was the inability for inexperienced WR's to know very fundamental shit, and it is nothing new. Why would Knox break toward the sideline in that situation? You immediately paint yourself into a coverage corner. I played safety growing up, and WR's at every level know not to do that. DA is the only guy who looks like he has been coached.
You can track a significant portion of Cutlers INT's to WR ineptitude, and flat out bad luck. Bad bounces, all that shit. It is just one of those years, combined with a heaping helping of ineptitude at every single level. If you think otherwise, you need to push the reset button and remember all of our original concerns going into this year.