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"Chicago Bears quarterback: There is no lonelier American task than defending Jay Cutler. But let's really look at what's surrounding the Bears quarterback entering his eighth and possibly final season in Chicago:
1) After his most impressive season with the Bears, Cutler has yet another new offensive coordinator. Dowell Loggains has run one NFL offense, the 2013 Titans attack led by Ryan Fitzpatrick and Jake Locker.
2) Quarterbacks are heavily scrutinized everywhere. But there is something different about the public disdain that seems to follow Bears quarterbacks, and especially Cutler. It's strange, because even those Bears teams the fans can't stop talking about didn't exactly have great quarterback play.
3) Cutler's head coach, John Fox, has turned kneeling before halftime into an art form.
4) The Bears led the league in first-half run percentage and percentage of runs while trailing in the second half, according to the Football Outsiders Almanac. Fox loves to run, but he doesn't truly have the talent in the backfield to do so with Jeremy Langford leading the way.
5) ProFootball Focus ranked the Bears' offensive line 30th entering the 2016 season, and that was before the team lost starting center Hroniss Grasu for the year. Charles Leno and Bobby Massie could be the shakiest tackle duo in football.
6) Yes, Alshon Jeffery, Kevin White and Eddie Royal are a promising trio at receiver. But if Cutler has been a "coach killer" in his career, this group could be a quarterback killer. They combined for 18 games last year. Jeffery has proven immensely talented but unreliable, which is one reason the Bears haven't signed him to a long-term deal. White had one big season in college and still looks raw by all accounts after missing his rookie season last year to injury. This group has just enough name value to create unrealistic expectations.
7) The Bears' young defense also doesn't figure to be good enough to make up for any offensive inconsistency.
Add it all up, and Cutler is going to take the brunt of the blame for a tough situation. He will surely bear much of the responsibility and may not appear to care. That's why defending Jay Cutler also remains one of the hardest jobs in football."
Lol.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...ls-easiest-hardest-jobs-tough-for-todd-gurley
1) After his most impressive season with the Bears, Cutler has yet another new offensive coordinator. Dowell Loggains has run one NFL offense, the 2013 Titans attack led by Ryan Fitzpatrick and Jake Locker.
2) Quarterbacks are heavily scrutinized everywhere. But there is something different about the public disdain that seems to follow Bears quarterbacks, and especially Cutler. It's strange, because even those Bears teams the fans can't stop talking about didn't exactly have great quarterback play.
3) Cutler's head coach, John Fox, has turned kneeling before halftime into an art form.
4) The Bears led the league in first-half run percentage and percentage of runs while trailing in the second half, according to the Football Outsiders Almanac. Fox loves to run, but he doesn't truly have the talent in the backfield to do so with Jeremy Langford leading the way.
5) ProFootball Focus ranked the Bears' offensive line 30th entering the 2016 season, and that was before the team lost starting center Hroniss Grasu for the year. Charles Leno and Bobby Massie could be the shakiest tackle duo in football.
6) Yes, Alshon Jeffery, Kevin White and Eddie Royal are a promising trio at receiver. But if Cutler has been a "coach killer" in his career, this group could be a quarterback killer. They combined for 18 games last year. Jeffery has proven immensely talented but unreliable, which is one reason the Bears haven't signed him to a long-term deal. White had one big season in college and still looks raw by all accounts after missing his rookie season last year to injury. This group has just enough name value to create unrealistic expectations.
7) The Bears' young defense also doesn't figure to be good enough to make up for any offensive inconsistency.
Add it all up, and Cutler is going to take the brunt of the blame for a tough situation. He will surely bear much of the responsibility and may not appear to care. That's why defending Jay Cutler also remains one of the hardest jobs in football."
Lol.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...ls-easiest-hardest-jobs-tough-for-todd-gurley
