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OT - PHI Extends Fletcher Cox, Most Guaranteed $$ In The NFL For A Non-QB
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Inspired by Liam Neeson in Afterlife?
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Right. His contact was front loaded. He also has the "going rate" of average per year, middle of the pack total guaranteed and one of the lowest percent guaranteed per year. So it may be the highest, but it doesn't average out that way.
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Ratio involves division, not subtraction. Or maybe I'm missing something.
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And as far as I can tell, he is the only QB to ever be benched for Clausen...
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Agreed. Trestman was horrible at making personnel decisions.
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It didn't help Cutler wasn't overly great at football either.
Really, the most damning part of the Cutler for Clausen benching is that it wasn't out of left field and could be logically argued. IMO it made more sense if they had benched him for Fales at that point but I digress.
Even more so, some players in the locker room were in favor of it per media reports at the time.
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Also, Trestman was trying to do something radical because he knew he job was in jeopardy after the back to back 50 point debacles with a bye week inbetween.
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There's probably a good Lifetime made for TV drama somewhere inside that whole fiasco. At that point in the season, it made no sense why Fales didnt get a shot to show what he could do.
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LOL
A coach in jeopardy wouldn't bench his QB if he felt that QB was his best chance at winning. Clearly, he was tired of Cutlers shit play.
The only mistake he made was not benching him sooner.
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Clausen has 1 win in his entire career. It was pointless for him to even be on the roster.
Maybe he should have tried benching Tucker from calling plays.
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He should have taken Mel Tucker for a walk in the woods.
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Well, Trestman rolled with Cutler for another five games after the back to back 50 point games.
Cutler and the offense were pathetic basically starting week 7. It was horrendous.
Most any of the offenses production was pure garbage time.
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2014 might have been the worst overall Bears team since right before Wanny was fired.
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lol. Perhaps I should. I might even be qualified.
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I fairness, he played better against the Lions that year than Cutler did.
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Ok, so we all meet back here next year for our annual, "Jay Cutler" thread?
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You're probably not far off. The underlined sentence I agree with 100%. He was sending a "FU" to someone, either Jay, the organization or both.
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You bring up an interesting point. I wonder what Fox promised or gave strong feelings toward the turn around when hired. Cutler may have played into coach Fox's 3 year plan, let's say. Fox to Pace, "let me get the Defence sorted, and we can hit the playoffs in 3-4 years with Jay." Weather you like him or not, at what price or not, he is a known quantity at this point.Not making an excuse and pointing out the obvious lesser QB's have made the playoffs and have even won Superbowls.