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2010/2011 compared to now.
This stems from a discussion that was in the Cutler subforum, but I wanted to raise it here, partly because it will open it up to more discussion since a lot of people avoid that place, and partly because this is really about the Martz offense compared with Trestman, rather than Cutler specifically.
I was looking at the final 8 games of the 2010 season and the last 8 games leading up to Cutler's injury in 2011 (which is the 8 games up to and including the Chargers game). Here is what I found.
If you combine these two 8-game stretches into one full season, Cutler was 274 of 458 for 3,366 yards, 27td, 15int, passer rating of 88.6.
Going by the numbers alone, it doesn't seem that impressive, but the reason the rating isn't higher is because the yardage was fairly pedestrian. However, he was very efficient. He didn't NEED to throw for 300ypg because they were playing balanced, efficient football.
The +12 TD/INT differential is better than he's had in any single year of his career.
A big part of the reason for him being able to play quality over quantity was because the running game was good. Forte had 293 carries for 1,477 yards, which is 5.04 ypc. But again, this is quality over quantity - it's only 18.3 carries per game (not much different that he seems to be getting with Trestman).
I would argue that this is when Cutler has played his best football, the running game was at it's most efficient, and generally the team was at it's best since the Cutler trade.
The Bears scored 411 points (25.7 ppg) and allowed 318 points (19.9 ppg). More importantly, the record of the team was 12-4.
It seems to me that these periods of time were probably when the Bears as a team and Cutler as a player have been at their best since we signed him.
So, was Martz better than Trestman for this team?
This stems from a discussion that was in the Cutler subforum, but I wanted to raise it here, partly because it will open it up to more discussion since a lot of people avoid that place, and partly because this is really about the Martz offense compared with Trestman, rather than Cutler specifically.
I was looking at the final 8 games of the 2010 season and the last 8 games leading up to Cutler's injury in 2011 (which is the 8 games up to and including the Chargers game). Here is what I found.
If you combine these two 8-game stretches into one full season, Cutler was 274 of 458 for 3,366 yards, 27td, 15int, passer rating of 88.6.
Going by the numbers alone, it doesn't seem that impressive, but the reason the rating isn't higher is because the yardage was fairly pedestrian. However, he was very efficient. He didn't NEED to throw for 300ypg because they were playing balanced, efficient football.
The +12 TD/INT differential is better than he's had in any single year of his career.
A big part of the reason for him being able to play quality over quantity was because the running game was good. Forte had 293 carries for 1,477 yards, which is 5.04 ypc. But again, this is quality over quantity - it's only 18.3 carries per game (not much different that he seems to be getting with Trestman).
I would argue that this is when Cutler has played his best football, the running game was at it's most efficient, and generally the team was at it's best since the Cutler trade.
The Bears scored 411 points (25.7 ppg) and allowed 318 points (19.9 ppg). More importantly, the record of the team was 12-4.
It seems to me that these periods of time were probably when the Bears as a team and Cutler as a player have been at their best since we signed him.
So, was Martz better than Trestman for this team?
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