ok, someone has to say this out loud.

I think that is why the Bears didn't draft a QB in the first round. Having said that I wished the Bears did draft a QB. I think Jay has at least 1 more season after this.. 

But while Jimmy Mac as out, Fuller QB'ed the 44-0 shellacking of Dallas.  So he wasn't a total suck job.

Shark QUOTE; "You know what I keep coming back to? Who was a QB we used to win with? A QB who wasn't really accurate, or really all that skilled. Heck, he only had good vision in one eye. No more hints, we all know the punky QB was a winner.

The question is, what did he have that Cutler doesn't? He made the guys around him better. He got it done. I'm more of the opinion this year than before, that whatever that X factor is, that McMahon had, Cutler doesn't. For that missing X factor, and for the good of all, we need to get Cutler's replacement lined up. The sooner the better."

I'd like to take a shot at tackling this perspective and do it from as unbiased a point of view as I can because I'm attached to Cutler mostly because he's the best option we have and have had for awhile now.

It's tough to compare the two because when Mac didn't have the defense he had in '85 and before the offense had jelled behind an ass kicking OL he didn't win as much either.  I can recall a whole lot of games when Payton manged to run for 100 plus yards and had two TDs because he was Walter Payton but when you'd look at the passing stats Mac was 9-20 for 116yds and one TD and a pick.  Mac had a much better team to lead back then than most Cutler has ever had and Mac also had Walter and didn't have to throw on 3rd and two.

In maybe the last year Lovie's defense could rise to the occasion we did come 1/2 of one game from being in a SB having lost the NFCC game to the Porkers who won it all.  We were that close once which is really all Mac ever was either except he got there and won because the '85 defense shut out every opponent in the playoffs. It doesn't take a spectacular offensive showing to overcome an opponent who scores zero points and in the Giants game we got one gift TD when Landetta whiffed on a punt on his own goal line and Shaun Gayle recovered it.

Macs lifetime stats and QBR pale in comparison to Cutlers and even in '85 when he won a SB and led the highest scoring offense in the NFL his QBR was only 82.6 or roughly ten points lower than Cutler's was in 2015.  In reality it's much like the comparison I did between Elway and Cutler and how simply playing on better teams can have a huge impact on how we perceive a QB.  IMHO they all take too much blame for a poor offensive showing. It's not that Cutler or any other QB doesn't share in the blame but in reality it's seldom more on them than it is on a whole lot of other factors including coaching, injuries, and just plain bad luck or poor officiating.

So now on to more current events.

While the entire offense was pretty much out of sync yesterday at the bottom of it all is that OL.  If we really want to compare the Mac era to the Cutler era go back and compare that Black and Blues Brothers OL he had in front of him to what Cutler has dealt with and is dealing with today. Jay is trying to stand forward and show his leadership and he did when he chastised White a bit for not running the correct route.  He gave him grace for being a rookie but also said "you don't get to use that excuse forever".  I think he may have said the same about some of the OL but Larsen and Massie aren't rookies and neither were the guys who gave up the sack that cost us Shaw.  They were all vets who still couldn't pass block a KC DL who was playing with the scrubs.

So yeah I'm concerned about that offense and I hope to hell Fox is too and does something about it starting yesterday.

Cutler may be part of the problem but I think it's a very small part.  It's that OL that concerns me because timing, coordination, and knowing your assignment on every play is key and thy aren't even close to "getting it".  That OL looks like as bad a Chinese Fire Drill as the defense used to look like under Tucker.  No one seems to know who their man is on a blitz or a simple stunt and they not only can't protect the edge but the pocket is collapsing before Cuter can even survey his target and go through progressions.  No QB can function behind an OL like that. 

So Loggains and Magazu either need to get that fixed or they need to redesign an offense that will work with poor blocking.  That's the only two choices available because sure has hell Hoyer or Fales will do even worse and have.

I'll close with one more thought about our prize 2015 1st round pick.

We keep hearing all kinds of glowing reports about this kids physical attributes and his potential but it's becoming very clear he has no idea yet of how to fit into an NFL offense other than to run the two or three routes he was asked to run in college.  He's way behind the power curve as an accomplished NFL WR and until he does learn them well enough to start I'd suggest putting Bellamy or another WR in there who does and keep working with KW.  Use him only for what he can do well which is "go long" or run a crossing route where Cutler can hit him on the fly and he can use his speed to break it open for a long gain or a TD.  So far this kid isn't ready to start and we can't blame Cutler for KW's **** ups.

Well put across the board MP.

Once again I'll say that I defend Cutler more on the basis of him being our best option and the gut feeling that he's yet to hit his peak. I can only hope that when he does he's still the Bears QB because if you put him on a better team like the Broncos he would have a SB ring by now.

We have to stop rising to the media bait of those who don't like him and never have and keep thinking he's at the root of the problems.  Yes he's a common factor in all of our under performing offenses but so have very poor OLs, marginal to bad WRs at times or injured ones, and some lousy OCs.  So take your pick.  The entire offensive scheme and talent level on the OL and other positions at times has been so bad for so long that how can anyone put their finger on only Cutler?

He's not the only part of the equation.