God Angelo ruined Cutler. What could've been.…
"The QB makes the receivers better" argument he used to justify the shitshow he put out there to "compliment" Jay was laughable. Jay wasn't Peyton Manning or Tom Brady. He was still relatively young and needed help. That's not to say Jay is absolved of guilt or criticism but his story may have been quite different if he were put into a better situation. Oh well… he's our until someone better is found, hopefully soon.
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That's the most perfect quote I've ever seen to describe the situation. Reality is, it was a combined effort to make Cutler into what he is now. He obviously had a lot of talent, but he needed to be groomed for it to come out. When he came here, the FO for the first several years surrounded him with garbage at every position except RB, and gave him garbage coaches. Because of that, his growth was immediately stunted, and he never really progressed out of the "rookie gunslinger" maturity on the field who will make several flashy plays, followed by the same amount of cringe-worthy ones.
Quarterbacks typically don't just make drastic changes halfway through their careers that suddenly propel them to great success. What you learn the first 4-5 years of your career becomes ingrained, and that's who the QB will be for his entire career. Which explains why when Cutler DID finally get some good talent around him (2013) with Marshall and Jeffery and Bennett, he was still largely the same QB.