OK..lets go there
Cutlers last year in Denver he passed for 4500 yards
Under Martz in Chicago he passed for 3200, and 2300, although in 2011 he missed part of the season
He passed for 3600 his first year in Chicago without Martz
Cutler did better in Denver than he did under Martz
I just dont believe Martz was anything special outside of the perfect storm he had in St Louis
In Denver he had a good OL and receivers. Didn't have that under Martz. Just a good RB.
In his first year, 2009, he also had a lot of garbage time as well as the defense was rather bad and then somehow Cutler played lights out for the most part his final two games of the 2009 season.
Cutler missed 1.5 games in 2010 and a great portion of the season in 2006. He still was never putting up gaudy numbers though beyond Week 1. He relied on a good defense in 2010 and 2011 and therefore didn't need to put up a ton of yardage to win games. His best games those years his yardage is never anything to write home about.
In Denver, they did not have a great defense, they were doing a lot of short passes that accumulated a lot of yardage. Kind of like we saw this year.
On the surface of extremely simple stats and the fact in stating that Martz didn't fix Cutler, you're not wrong. But this whole issue is a hell lot more complex than you think. Cutler looked his best playing under Martz.
