Three Takeaways From Bears Win................

IMHO there are very few times in any game when a QB won't make a throw that risks a pick.  At this level no one is always wide open all game long.  Hell Favre once had the NFL record for TD passes and Picks simultaneously. 

Sometimes you take a risk and force a throw but you have to pick your spots for that  and you have to complete those passes a whole lot more often than not.  Cutler has actually done that very often.  Few look at the tight throws he's made successfully but they all look at the picks.

Whenever I can I'll watch a replay to evaluate just how tough a throw was and how well it was executed.  I'll also look at how a receiver contributed to a catch and if he contributed to a pick.  I don't have coaches film to go by but I can get some decent evaluations from a broadcast with all of the replay angles they can show today.

Undeniably Cutler has made many throws he shouldn't have but also in the mix are many he had to risk making or the offense ends up like the Hoyerville Shuttle going back and forth between the 20s but never scoring enough to win.  A lot of people overlook the fact the Cutler is in the top 20% of all QBs playing and retired in 4th Q comeback wins.

Ya' gotta take some risks when you're down a score or two or you lose.  If my place starts on fire I'm gonna risk jumping that 20' to the ground I can survive as opposed to being the main course in a human weenie roast.  Of course the guitars get thrown out first then me.  A man must have his priorities in order.