There is no doubt that Kurt Warner did a respectable job last year and resurrected his career to a degree but the fact remains that he isn't getting any younger and with Josh McCown leaving as a free agent the need to bring in a quarterback of the future is all that much more glaring. Every year we see a player who makes a major surge up draft boards after the season ends and there is no question that Cutler is that guy this time around. Teams and scouts have fallen in love with Cutler's size, arm, mobility and intangibles and even though he received very little in the way of national media exposure while playing for perennial loser Vandy and never even led his team to a bowl game there is a chance he could go as high as #4 overall. Personally I think that this is a reach and while I like him I certainly did not see a Top 10 overall pick throughout the week down in Mobile at the Senior Bowl practices. In fact I compare him favorably to J.P. Losman, which is not necessarily a bad thing because I haven't written him off in Buffalo yet, but Losman was the 22nd overall pick in round one, not #10. Arizona could also use a top safety in their secondary, a premier tight end like Vernon Davis would have to interest them and with their horrible offensive line you could make a case for a guy like Winston Justice but they probably can't afford to pass on a signal caller considering their backup right now is John Navarre. This is actually a good situation for Cutler as he will be able to sit and learn for a couple of years and smooth out his mechanics rather than being thrown into the fire as a starter from the start.
kerouac9 said:There is no argument what so ever for Cutler. The guy is a bad idea, but everyone seems to be brainwashed into assuming that the guy is a Top 10 pick. I just don't get it. I hope he gets invited to the draft and gets Aaron Roger-d all day.
Stout said:At last the truth is revealed. You don't just dislike him as a prospect; you utterly hate the guy. What did he do, sleep with your wife or something? I mean, I don't wish a guy to have the kind of awful, gut-wrenching day that Rogers had unless I well and truly despise the guy. Why do you hate Cutler so badly?
kerouac9 said:Because he's all hype. I thought that Aaron Rogers was funny and handled it classily. He's still going to make $5 million dollars before taking his first hit, so I don't really get what the big deal is.
By the way, I guess that maybe Cutler's a little overrated. Back to #15 on Kiper's Big Board. #12 on Scouts Inc.'s Top 32. I guess maybe he's not the best quarterback in the draft after all, and there were just a lot of personnel people jerking Chris Mortenson's chain.
But you would know that if you'd ever seen the kid play before, wouldn't you, Stout? It's very rare that I hate what a player's about, but nothing will turn me off a player like stupid people jocking them when they don't know what they're talking about.
Stout said:Ah, and here I was, all ready to give you kudos for a good, solid post, and say 'you know, you have a bit of a point, even though I disagree'. Then I read the last paragraph, and realize nothing has changed. I know just as much as you do, so...nope, won't descend to your level. Suffice to say, you're not acting appropriately.
kerouac9 said:Well, that's just counter-factual, isn't it? I've seen Jay Cutler actually play real live football against real live defenses. You've admitted you haven't. I guess that I might know more than you, huh?