I don't see it as a situation where we rush T in before he is ready, nor do I see it as we automatically let him rot on the bench all year. At some point THIS season he is going to be ready to be an NFL starter - and begin the next step of his QB development that ONLY begins when he is in "real" games.
1. Don't start Trubisky before he is ready to be a starter. 2. Don't sit him on the bench if he is ready to be a starter.
It seems so simple to me. Why on earth would you let him rot on the bench if he's ready to start? So we can watch Glennon play all year, just for the hell of it? LOL, I'm not getting this. It isn't rocket science. We spent a #2 overall draft pick on this guy. If he is ready to start - start him. If not, then don't.
What am I missing here? Seriously.
Nothing except maybe how one defines "ready to be a starter" and who does the defining. Are you trusting that decision to the same people who brought in Mike Glennon and told everyone he'd be much better here than in TB if only we gave him a chance.
If you are then I would respectfully suggest that's what you're missing.
What everybody is missing is this... Erin Rodgers is deathly afraid of Trubisky, that's why he wants him to sit. When Trubisky starts it will be the end of his winning streak over us.
I thought Cutler would have been cheaper but maybe I'm wrong.
It was about the same cap wise. Cutler's salary was $12.5 mil and he had a $2.5 per game roster bonus so if the bonus didn't hit the cap 'til 2018 then he's a bit cheaper than Glennon this year and a whole lot better but as long as Fox remained HC it wasn't gonna work.
Cutler would have played for him because that's Cutler but Cutler would not have liked playing for him. Not after the games Fox played with the starting roles last October. That as much as anything made it time to say good bye. How well he might have mentored Trubisky we'll never know because it didn't happen.
But this much I do know. Pace didn't draft Trubisky to sit behind Cutler for two years either. He was drafted to start sooner than later and to drag that offense into the 21st century. Now IMHO all Pace has to do is get rid of Fox so that can actually happen because it won't while he's still the HC.
The reason it is taking so long to get Trubs on the field is that Fox is finding it harder to indoctrinate him than he thought. He is trying to get him to forget everything he learned about long passes. What he is trying to do is to make sure that Trubs gets the value of the dink and dunk offense. He is up to using electric shock therapy now. Trubs has been heard mumbling in his sleep..... "so throwing long is BAD?" and then he whimpers. He is resisting but Fox thinks he has turned the corner. What helped was a top shaded dark visor so that Trubs could only see maximum 10 yards down the field. When Fox caught him trying to tilt his head to look downfield, he ordered straps fitted to his helmet so he couldn't do it any more. In practice Trubs has not completed anything over 7 yards and 70% of his passes are going to RBs. Fox thinks he is about ready to be a real NFL QB now. It won't be long.
It was about the same cap wise. Cutler's salary was $12.5 mil and he had a $2.5 per game roster bonus so if the bonus didn't hit the cap 'til 2018 then he's a bit cheaper than Glennon this year and a whole lot better but as long as Fox remained HC it wasn't gonna work.
Cutler would have played for him because that's Cutler but Cutler would not have liked playing for him. Not after the games Fox played with the starting roles last October. That as much as anything made it time to say good bye. How well he might have mentored Trubisky we'll never know because it didn't happen.
But this much I do know. Pace didn't draft Trubisky to sit behind Cutler for two years either. He was drafted to start sooner than later and to drag that offense into the 21st century. Now IMHO all Pace has to do is get rid of Fox so that can actually happen because it won't while he's still the HC.
The reason it is taking so long to get Trubs on the field is that Fox is finding it harder to indoctrinate him than he thought. He is trying to get him to forget everything he learned about long passes. What he is trying to do is to make sure that Trubs gets the value of the dink and dunk offense. He is up to using electric shock therapy now. Trubs has been heard mumbling in his sleep..... "so throwing long is BAD?" and then he whimpers. He is resisting but Fox thinks he has turned the corner. What helped what a top shaded dark visor so that Trubs could only see maximum 10 yards down the field. When Fox caught him trying to tilt his head to look downfield, he ordered straps fitted to his helmet so he couldn't do it any more. In practice Trubs has not completed anything over 7 yards and 70% of his passes are going to RBs. Fox thinks he is about ready to be a real NFL QB now. It won't be long.
I have GREAT NEWS, for everyone!!! This morning, at exactly 10:32am (Central Time), down in the dank, dark basement at Halas Hall, John Fox and his faithful lab apprentice, Dowell "The Hobbit" Loggains, finished the indoctrination. People throughout Halas Hall could hear Fox screaming, "it's alive" and cackling like a madman. I take it the experiment was a complete success. Trubisky will never throw a pass longer than 7 yards again - unless it is an interception. Fox is a sheer genius guys.
LOL, on a side note, look at Loggains in this video... the look on his face is funny :-)
What everybody is missing is this... Erin Rodgers is deathly afraid of Trubisky, that's why he wants him to sit. When Trubisky starts it will be the end of his winning streak over us.
He really wants to keep Glennon in the game. He is trying to butter him up er... (sorry, bad mental picture there). I mean he is sucking up to him..... no... I mean, aw hell. just forget about it.
Was he really cheaper? I believe they would both be around 16mil. Maybe McCown, yes
I thought Cutler would have been cheaper but maybe I'm wrong.
His 2016 contract was the cheapest of the years at the end of his contract. I can't find any historical data on NFL contracts so I am going by memory (and that is dangerous for a guy my age).
As I recall, he was due something like $18 million in 2017 and over $20 million in 2018. It kept increasing $1 million or $2 million per year until the end of the contract.
I thought Cutler would have been cheaper but maybe I'm wrong.
His 2016 contract was the cheapest of the years at the end of his contract. I can't find any historical data on NFL contracts so I am going by memory (and that is dangerous for a guy my age).
As I recall, he was due something like $18 million in 2017 and over $20 million in 2018. It kept increasing $1 million or $2 million per year until the end of the contract.
So not really cheaper.... more of a wash. But IMO, although Cutler was not great, no comparison between the two.
