Comments on: Friday Six-Pack: Bears at Niners 2012

By: Jesse Wininger

Jesse Wininger — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:36:54 +0000

I agree w/ Ron, Jay is the best QB Ive seen in the 43 years I have followed this team. I think Ron Emery will figure out how to stabilize the line and hopefully No 6 will have greater success.
It wasn’t that long ago when we had Quinn, Krenzel, Hutchison, Stewart,Chandler, Burris, Matthew,Stenstrom, Moreno,Furrer, Peter Tom Willis…this is a passing league right now, hope Jay is the QB for a long time.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 04:45:16 +0000

It took this long to bring in a quality WR. #1 priority going forward is, LT, #2 is TE.

By: Roy Taylor

Roy Taylor — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 04:29:09 +0000

I really enjoy your input guys, thanks! Hey “US Football Dave”-where are you from? (I don’t want to go to the trouble to look at where your IP address came from ).

Ah yes JDM, seems I have dated myself . You’ve seen plenty too, but maybe the guys I got to see before you were Mike Phipps, Bob Avellini, Vince Evans. The point is not lost, believe me.

The sole point is I had no idea that Cutler would turn out to be a “Rex Grossman Lite”. Granted the lows aren’t quite as low, and the highs are much higher. I do still wholeheartedly agree that Cutler is the franchise’s best quarterback since Sid Luckman, Johnny Lujack and Bobby Layne were on the team together in 1947. And JDM without question Cutler will own all of the Bears’ passing records in a year or two if he can continue to play.

So no doubt, if he can play, re-sign Cutler, keep building the offensive line, and get a damn tight end that isn’t named Kellen Davis.

Brad agreed, great points. Can you imagine what the Bears with Cutler may have looked like to this point with a real offensive line and multiple targets like Brandon Marshall? It has been a mess. Let’s hope offensively it’s up from here.

By: jdm

jdm — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:30:35 +0000

Roy, you are older than I am. How long did it take for the Bears to get a QB of Cutler’s caliber? Unless he physically can’t play football anymore, you re-sign him. He has played in only 50 games for the Bears. At the moment, he is alrady second in team history in completed passes and second in team history in TD passes. He needs less than 500 yards to become second in passing yards. We are talking about a franchise that has been around for 90 years. That’s how bad it’s been. Cutler is not perfect by any means, but some of the flack he gets is kind of pathetic. It’w worse than what Grossman got. I’m not saying Cutler is without his faults, but I’ve seen much lesser players got much more love in this city. And, that’s only because they kiss up to the cameras when they are rolling.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 23:22:24 +0000

Totally agree with Brad. Cutler has his faults but he is easily the best QB the Bears have had since I started watching US football in the 80′s.

AND if the Bears let Cutler go who on earth would we get to replace him????? Answers on the back of a stamp!!!

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:47:16 +0000

Skipping right to the last point: It is my belief that this organizations fatal error with Cutler was not providing more stability for HIM. For starters he hasn’t had any consistency with OC’s; there was no chance for him to settle into a system and remain there. Secondly, the skill positions around him, WR’s, TE’s, Line, etc, have for the most part, stunk. There have been way too many guys trotted in and out of the lineup over the last three years, Manumaleuna anyone? And yes, I had to copy and paste that.
The Bears whole plan was to bring in a franchise QB and they gave him nothing to work with. I’m not trying to come off as a total Cutler apologist, the guy has obviously had his fair share of mistakes and melt downs on national TV, but I do wonder how much of that is because he’s felt like he’s the one that has to shoulder the whole load. The Martz years may have been the undoing. It will be interesting to see how everything shakes out, but I wouldn’t be at all surprise if the wheels fall off at this point.
Cody: Agreed. In the modern NFL the days of a defense and RB carrying you to the promised land are over. You’ve got to have a passing game and it has to be better than average.

By: Cody

Cody — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:23:05 +0000

If cutler misses significant time http://bit.ly/UvSc2M, the bears season is over. Let me be clear, our defense is stout. They can score points. But if our primary option to take the field is jason Campbell, I just dont think there are enough check downs and RB out routes to take us to the Super Bowl.

Thoughts?