Archive for September, 2009

03
Sep

Jay Cutler vs. the world

By sevvy 1 Comment
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Recently, I saw a comparison of Jay Cutler to the NFL greats at the Quarterback position… Montana, Elway, Marino, Fouts, Johnny Unitas, etc.  Those are some enormous shoes to fill.  And I don’t really think it’s fair to compare a guy that’s played 37 games in the NFL, to guys that have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame.  Is this really how people are going to measure Jay Cutler right now?  Come on…

For one, some of those guys played in very different eras.  I fully believe that trying to compare a guy that played in the 1980s, to a guy that is playing now, is not a fair comparison.  Let alone comparing Jay Cutler to  Johnny Unitas.  I mean, that’s just ridiculous.  And another thing, their careers are over.  They played a full career.  They weren’t judged on their first 2 1/2 seasons of work.  They had an opportunity to learn, mature, grow, and of course, flourish as a QB in the NFL.  Has Jay Cutler had the opportunity to do all that in 37 games?  No.  These comparisons should never be made.  Not for any QB.

All of this was certainly thought provoking, though.  And it got me thinking about how Jay Cutler stacks up to current NFL QB superstars and how they started their careers.  That’s a fair comparison, in my opinion.  To me, the 3 best QBs in the league today are Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Drew Brees.  It wouldn’t really be fair to compare them and Jay Cutler straight up.  So I did some research and some number crunching on the first 37 games of their careers. So without further ado, here are the passing stats of Jay Cutler, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Drew Brees in their first 37 games.

Jay Cutler – 37 games
762 comp / 1220 att = 62.5%
9024 yards = 7.4 avg
54 TDs(4.4%), 37 INT(3.0%)
87.1 QB rating

Tom Brady – 37 games
739 comp / 1183 att = 62.5%
7680 yards = 6.5 avg
52 TDs(4.4%) / 33 INT(2.8%)
84.2 QB rating

Peyton Manning – 37 games
782 comp / 1305 att = 60%
9475 yards = 7.3 avg
63 TDs(4.8%) / 50 INT(3.8%)
82.4 QB rating

Drew Brees – 37 games
700 comp / 1151 att = 61%
7467 = 6.5 avg
47 TDs(4.1%) / 34 INT(3.0%)
81.1 QB rating

Now, I’m not going to tell anyone what to think.  I’m not going to say that based on these numbers, that it’s clear that Jay Cutler is on his way to having a better career.  I’m not that much of a Chicago Bears homer.  But what I will tell you, is to form your own opinion.  It’s clear that Cutler’s overall numbers are slightly better than Brady’s, Manning’s, and Brees’ over their first 37 games.  And what does that mean?  Probably not a whole lot.  But it means just as much as comparing Cutler to HOFers.  With the exception that this comparison is actually relevant.  Surely you agree with this assessment… right!?

With all that being said, why do I never hear the talking head analysts make comparisons like this?  Hmmmm?  Probably because most of the talking head analyst types half-ass their job.  And it’s more important to talk about angles and storylines, rather than actually discuss what’s going on.  Everything is a soap opera.  Even football.  What can you do?

01
Sep

The Neverending Story: Brett Frarvrer

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Just when I thought it was all going to finally be over, he rears his red, unshaven face and says with his thick, hillbilly twang, “I’m back, y’all!”  And the idiot fanboys rejoiced!  And the normal non-retards said, “Noooooo!  Are you serious?”

Ugh.  You know, I don’t really care that he’s playing for yet another of the Chicago Bears bitter division rivals, The Minnesota Vikings.  I’m not afraid of a soon-to-be 40 year old QB that retired from football a long time ago, but wasn’t notified of his own retirement.  I take that back.  I am afraid of him.  I’m afraid that he’ll never leave.  He’s a football ghost.  He died a long time ago, but still roams the end zones of NFL stadiums,  haunting the NFL because he feels like his football life still has unfinished business to attend to.  He must make amends for all the times he cost the Packers a chance at the Super Bowl with an untimely interception… or 6.  Then and only then may he rest in peace and leave us non-fanboys the hell alone.

It’s like the premise of a terrible B movie.  Or hell, even your average Hollywood summer blockbuster.  Seeing as 90% of them are complete trash.  But I digress.  And this is no ghost story.  Oh no, this is very real.  And very frightening.

And the worst part?  We get to deal with “Favre Watch” again.  We get to watch the media hang on his every move and word for at least another offseason.  They’ll dig through his trash at his Hattiesburg, Mississippi home to get clues to whether or not he’s going to retire after this season.  In dramatic fashion, ESPN’s Rachel Nichols will report that while combing through his garbage can, she found what appears to be the jock strap that John Madden gave to Brett Favre that has “John + Brett 4EVER” embroidered on it, and that it appears that he may be hanging it up.

I wrote all that shortly after he announced his return.  But I’ve been too busy to finish it.  So here’s the rest that I wrote today…


After last night, the legend of the NFL’s oldest diva appears to be growing once again.  Cracked ribs.  An illegal crackback block that could have ended a young man’s career.  A screen pass for a TD(whoopdy shit).  And the fanboys say he’s still got it.  Really?  A screen pass for a TD in a preseason game?

I can almost guarantee that if Brett Favre walked out to the 50 yard line of Houston’s Reliant Stadium, dropped trou, and then squeezed out a hot shit on the field in front of the 70,191 people in attendance with every Monday Night Football camera aimed at his hillbilly, white ass… douche nozzle’s like ESPN’s Mark Schlereth would still say that Canton should scoop that steaming pile of excrement up and enshrine it in the Hall of Fame.  Then as he illegally crackback blocks Eugene Wilson and potentially shreds his knee like some good BBQ pulled pork, the talking heads will commend him on how gritty he is, and how he’s an old school, hard-nosed footballer.

Yeah, no.  He should be fined and suspended for that bonehead move.  He put Eugene Wilson’s career in jeopardy in a PRESEASON GAME.  So to all the fanboys out there, get your head out of Brett Favre’s ass.  I really hope that defenders all across the league decide to send him a message.  A message that no one else has had the balls to send him.  You pay for your mistakes just like everyone else in this league.  You are not God’s gift to football.  You’re just an old horse that should have been sent to the glue factory a long time ago.  And when you take cheapshots at defenders, expect retribution.