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.
Jay is a better QB, no doubt, but it was time to say goodbye. Maybe even a year prior.
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 :-)
He is no doubt about it. He calls it the 7-70 offense. There may be a book. Loggains want a short book.
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'm going with this too ^^^^^ After tomorrow night's game he will be advocating for us to not start our front-7 guys too :-)
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'm going with this too ^^^^^ After tomorrow night's game he will be advocating for us to not start our front-7 guys too :-)
Shit!....... you guys KNOW BETTER than to give Fox any ideas.....
Post by GrizzlyBear on Sept 27, 2017 15:16:58 GMT -6
Aaron Rodgers is the exception that proves the rule. What about Dak Prescott? Mariota? Winston? Wentz? Derek Carr everybody? Russell Wilson? Do you really think all these rookies were ready to be under center on day one? Nope, they weren't. But they tried. Some had success early in the season, others started looking pretty good in their second season.
Ready or not, Mitch needs to go out there and be the starter. Who cares if he doesn't look good right away?* At least he'll have gained much needed experience and become a much better QB the following season.
And let's stop talking about Mitch as if he's an overwhelmed helpless kid going to school for the first time. He's a 6'3'' 222 lbs 23 year old professional football player earning $7MM a year . If people are afraid he'll be shocked for life then maybe he shouldn't have that job in the first place. It's time to let him play.
As Connor McGregor once said: "I never lose. Either I win or I learn."
Aaron Rodgers is the exception that proves the rule. What about Dak Prescott? Mariota? Winston? Wentz? Derek Carr everybody? Russell Wilson? Do you really think all these rookies were ready to be under center on day one? Nope, they weren't. But they tried. Some had success early in the season, others started looking pretty good in their second season.
Ready or not, Mitch needs to go out there and be the starter. Who cares if he doesn't look good right away?* At least he'll have gained much needed experience and become a much better QB the following season.
And let's stop talking about Mitch as if he's an overwhelmed helpless kid going to school for the first time. He's a 6'3'' 222 lbs 23 year old professional football player earning $7MM a year . If people are afraid he'll be shocked for life then maybe he shouldn't have that job in the first place. It's time to let him play.
As Connor McGregor once said: "I never lose. Either I win or I learn."
*he can't do worse than Glennon now can he?
in my mind (I know.... it makes you cringe...) it's not about him being ready or looking good. It's the effects of not being ready or looking good. Sometimes the effects are just loosing games and sometimes the effects are losing confidence (which many times -- most of the time I am convinced) never fully comes back, and getting physically beaten.
If you constantly misread and get pummeled, you play different. You start to lose confidence in yourself and you start to play to protect yourself. The condundrum is that this may not happen or that it may also happen after learning for a year. But if you look at all of the things that Rogers says a young guy needs to learn and can learn from practice reps along with being able to hone your game by trying different timing and taking the kind of chances that you can't in a real game, along with the confidence building of learning all of this stuff before going into a game, the benefits are there.
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.
Butter? Yup.
Wait a second, Butt-er?
Sucking? Yup.
Rogers and Glennon - Bad mental image? Yup.
Forget about it? like a train wreck, that's hard to forget.
Wait, Glennon IS a train wreck. I guess it fits, after all.
It's like the bears and the packers split a partnership in a gold mine, but all we got was the shaft.
This is obviously a strategic rhetoric from Rogers because he knows his chances of winning Thursday are better if Mitchell is on the bench
No kidding. It's way way easier for them to prep for Glennon than for Trub who they have little film on. Especially in a short week. It would be sheer Jedi-mindf**k genius for Fox to fool everyone and start MT last minute without wanting.
But Fox is way too traditional to think outside the box like that.