...*For the record I do not think Cutler is a sub-par Quarterback, if he had an offensive line and a better receiving core he would be a perennial Probowl player.*
I agree with you 100% there. I'll help back this up with some statistics from the Denver days; where he had a decent Offensive Line and just one go-to wideout (Brandon Marshall).
» Jay Cutler's Denver Career Stats = 9,024 Yards, 54 TD's, 37 INT, 87.5 QB Rating
» He guided the second-ranked offense in the NFL.
» He was No. 1 in fewest percentage of sacks, with 11 in 627 pass plays. That equates to one sack every 57 pass attempts.
» He was No. 3 in the NFL in third-down efficiency, the "money" down. The average NFL team converted 39.5 percent of its third downs; Cutler converted 47.5 percent.
» He was No. 3 in the AFC in yards per pass play (7.3).
» He threw for more yards than Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Donovan McNabb, Philip Rivers, Tony Romo and Ben Roethlisberger, just to name a few.
» He had just two 100-yard rushing days from a running back those season(s): Peyton Hillis (129 against the Jets) and Michael Pittman (109 against the Jaguars).
» He had eight games of 300+ passing yards (five of those at 350 or more), connecting for 15 touchdowns in those contests.
» Sure, he threw 18 interceptions, which is unacceptable, but his ratio of picks to attempts was 1:34, which tells a slightly different story. That same season, Brees had an interception every 37 pass attempts. Favre's ratio was 1:23, and Roethlisberger's was 1:31. Cutler's Denver career ratio is 1:33.
» Only Jacksonville's David Garrard threw more passes in the fourth quarter of games than Cutler, who completed 100 of 167 passes for 1,212 ...