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Originally Posted by road doggy dogg
I'm still on the fence with Stafford. His upside interests me much more than Flacco's. Granted, he does own the most hollow 5,000 yard season in NFL history, but he's still only 25 and he has the best WR in the game to work with. Big things ahead.
Cutler is pretty meh. You basically know what you're getting with him. Unfortunately, since coming to Chicago he's had maybe 2 good offensive linemen his entire tenure. Honestly I think Cutler's much better when staying in the pocket, and with no protection he can't really do that at all. If Chicago had what could even be considered a below-average O-line Cutler would look a lot better than he has. I still think I'd take Flacco over him though.
Romo gets shit on way more than he should. For all the retards claiming he isn't clutch and a choker, they conveniently brush aside the fact that he lead the NFL in fourth-quarter comebacks last season (5).
Cam Newton plays on a shit team. He was the Panthers' leading rusher last year. Not bad for a "horrible" year eh? Quick, name me a WR on the Panthers not named 33 year old Steve Smith. Oh. Yeah. Cam still put up decent stats with a god-awful poorly-run team (their GM is one of the worst since Millen. Fun read: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/...competent-best). Cam is one of those QBs that I don't know what I feel about. Part of being a great QB is having the physical tools, as well as the mental tools. Cam is physically beastlike but mentally I don't know if he has what it takes to be great. I could be talked into Flacco over him, but Cam's upside is pretty tempting.
The rookies all looked amazing last year. In Flacco's defense, he's been above-average/good for 4 seasons now, so he's got a better track record. Again, a case of incredible upside trumps consistency here for me. |
Cutler's online have been horrible, and he has been in a bad offensive system to. Maybe I'm wrong on this, but I feel like a good enough QB, (and maybe they have to be great so it might be unfair to Cutler this next statement) can make a bad offensive line good.
Manning and Brady never have bad lines, but I feel like if you put Cutler on their teams Cutler still gets sacked more than they do.
I hope Cutler does well, because I like his dickhead attitude, but I feel like at some point you are what you are. I know that's kind of ESPN statement, but I feel like there is some truth to it.