Only the most foolish people give any credence to ESPNs nutty rating system and to judge QBs by bits and pieces of their playing time rather than the entire body of work is asinine.
Really don't give a damn about the source of a stat (ESPN in this case) as long as it measures the targets equally with out bias.. then it can be noteworthy to pay attention to just as any other would. Just saying... if the stat came from Elias or STAT INC... and thier numbers said the same thing... would it make a difference? And its not foolish to pay attention to situational stats.
Of course you want a whole body of work to be noticed.. but if a Stat shows that your of your two running backs.. one may gain over all more YPC.. but then tails of in 4th quarters.... where as the other gets stronger as the game wears on............ who do you give the ball to 3rd and goal in the 4th...? The guy who averages 5.2 per game... but only 2.2 in the 4th..... or the guy who averages 4.0 per game... but 6.3 ypc in the 4th...?
Only a foolish person wouldn't put in the better 4th quarter RB in that situation.
In Cutler's case.... if the stats show that he plays better in the 4th than most other QBs.... how is that not of note... or foolish to pay attention to? As a fan you know your QB doesn't fold in the most critical quarter.... as a coach... you have confidence that your guy can pull rabbits out of hats in the 4th.
