czman
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I know people hate Cutler and there seems to be a need to point our Cutler’s flaws and then say that QB XX does not have that flaw; therefore, YY.
The problem is, that is not what happened yesterday. Look, we all know Cutler does not throw to a spot, stares down his WRs, and is not very good at reading defenses. He is what he is. Anyone who Thinks Hoyer throws guys open, looks off defenses or reads them well is lying themselves.
Hoyer spent the day staring down receivers, not calling audibles or reading the defense at all, and waiting for guys to break open and then throwing the ball. On the TD to Miller, he started him down and the Loins still blew the coverage. On the big pass to Royal he stared right him on the double move. He had a clean pocket and all day to make that play.
This game was not a referendum on QB play. It was a referendum football. When you give up no defensive TDs, the Bears have not done since 2012, turn the other team over twice near the redzone, and your HB goes over 110 yards on 23 carries, you win the game. The Bears have not had 110+ yards rushing from a RB in over a year. Keeping the QB protected is huge in this league. Cutler has much better footwork when he is not getting hammered. Brady has bad footwork when he gets beat on. All QBs do.
I get it Cutler is not good, but he wins that game. Hoyer is not better than Cutler, and he did not do half the shit people are saying he did. This narrative that Hoyer protects the football, is crap too. He fumbled twice last week and lost one of them. The Bears were down 24 to 3 at half to the Cowboys, that was the least competitive they have been in any game.
Hoyer is hot garbage, who cannot throw guys open, cannot read defenses, stares down receivers, but he has been lucky in that he got to play a Loins team who no longer has Johnson, Suh, and Fairley.
The real take away is, since Langford went down and Howard has stepped in the Bears have look much better. The Bears played much better in the second half against the Cowboys and this week. Howard looks good and if he can run hard and stay healthy, that running style makes me worry a bit, the Bears will be a better team no matter who is at QB.
I don’t know what will happen with Cutler, but I do know that Hoyed walked into a great situation. The starting QB took the beating the first two games so he could step in healthy against lesser talent. The Loins/Colts/Jags have a combined record of 3-9. The Texans and eagles have a combined record of 6-1. Hoyer walked in at just the right time and was incredibly fortunate that Langford went down with injury so that Howard could step in.
I know this is the place where overreaction happens, but let’s not attribute all kinds of skills to people. Hoyer is worse than Cutler and has all of the same flaws along with a shit arm.
The problem is, that is not what happened yesterday. Look, we all know Cutler does not throw to a spot, stares down his WRs, and is not very good at reading defenses. He is what he is. Anyone who Thinks Hoyer throws guys open, looks off defenses or reads them well is lying themselves.
Hoyer spent the day staring down receivers, not calling audibles or reading the defense at all, and waiting for guys to break open and then throwing the ball. On the TD to Miller, he started him down and the Loins still blew the coverage. On the big pass to Royal he stared right him on the double move. He had a clean pocket and all day to make that play.
This game was not a referendum on QB play. It was a referendum football. When you give up no defensive TDs, the Bears have not done since 2012, turn the other team over twice near the redzone, and your HB goes over 110 yards on 23 carries, you win the game. The Bears have not had 110+ yards rushing from a RB in over a year. Keeping the QB protected is huge in this league. Cutler has much better footwork when he is not getting hammered. Brady has bad footwork when he gets beat on. All QBs do.
I get it Cutler is not good, but he wins that game. Hoyer is not better than Cutler, and he did not do half the shit people are saying he did. This narrative that Hoyer protects the football, is crap too. He fumbled twice last week and lost one of them. The Bears were down 24 to 3 at half to the Cowboys, that was the least competitive they have been in any game.
Hoyer is hot garbage, who cannot throw guys open, cannot read defenses, stares down receivers, but he has been lucky in that he got to play a Loins team who no longer has Johnson, Suh, and Fairley.
The real take away is, since Langford went down and Howard has stepped in the Bears have look much better. The Bears played much better in the second half against the Cowboys and this week. Howard looks good and if he can run hard and stay healthy, that running style makes me worry a bit, the Bears will be a better team no matter who is at QB.
I don’t know what will happen with Cutler, but I do know that Hoyed walked into a great situation. The starting QB took the beating the first two games so he could step in healthy against lesser talent. The Loins/Colts/Jags have a combined record of 3-9. The Texans and eagles have a combined record of 6-1. Hoyer walked in at just the right time and was incredibly fortunate that Langford went down with injury so that Howard could step in.
I know this is the place where overreaction happens, but let’s not attribute all kinds of skills to people. Hoyer is worse than Cutler and has all of the same flaws along with a shit arm.
