Broncos to trade Cutler

[RedTempleSkin]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

I'm tired of this crappy "OL crutch" argument. I've blown this up in numerous posts so no need to re-type everything. Bottom line, have you ever played behind or coached with a poor OL at any level? My guess is No.

The following quotes are all mine from other posts/threads on the Campbell subject

- "....as the OL goes, so goes any offense. If an OL struggles I don't care who is at QB, they will struggle. Peyton Manning struggled early in the year with the OL injuries in Indy."

- "Poor argument. The Steelers success this year had a lot more to do with their # 1 defense than their offense. Big Ben's QB rating was actually 80.1 (JCs was 84.3) and his production was way off from last year when his OL was solid. The Steeler run game dropped off from last year from # 3, to # 23 in Yds. The Steeler offensive ratings are all in the bottom half of the league. This indicates pretty clearly that an OL drop-off hurts any offense, and is critical to offensive success."


- "After Week 2 and up until the Steelers game, the JC bashing crowd was nowhere to be found. Did JC magically just go from being one of the top performers in the league to being crap in 2-3 weeks? Did Portis go from being a top performer to crap in 2-3 weeks? Or maybe OL problems were really the major issue for our poor offensive performance."

- "The same arguments were made last off-season, those who supported Campbell last off-season were correct. He improved significantly from last season. This is not a point for dispute, it is fact. JC is not the problem, we've got issues on the OL that must be addressed or we will struggle in 2009."

- "I wish I had the sources you have around the "whole league". As most of the JC bashers, your analysis isn't based on any logic, stats or football knowledge. It's just a bunch of the same negative buzz-words/phrases parroted by those who want to be able to say "I told you so" when Campbell struggles. But, you same guys are going to be nowhere to be found when Campbell raises his QB rating into the 90s if we solidify the OL."

- "With a healthy OL he (JC) was putting up Pro Bowl level numbers in the first 8 games, first season in the WCO, with a below average WR corps."

]
"It's interesting that when you look at Jason Campbell's QB rating numbers it confirms what can be seen about the offense....against good defenses the OL is overmatched. JC has played well this year, he's made a lot of plays either by a quick release or movement in (or out of) the pocket that could've ended in disaster. His turn-overs are down and overall his QB rating is up, despite the OL being in much worse shape than last year."[

- "Let's look at reality here, we'll finish either 8-8 or 9-7. A Pete Kendell fumble and a poor first half against CIN don't happen and we're 10-6 or 11-5. This is with a new HC, an unproven young QB, a defense with no real playmakers in the front 7, and a secondary that was questionable in the pre-season."

Do you think we'll go 10-6 or 11-5 next year if we trade for Cutler? If we do then how do we address our holes at RT, LDE, OLB if we give up our # 1 this year and a # 1 or # 2 next year? Also keep in mind we may be able to fill two of our holes by trading down the # 13 this year.

From BHA's post # 575 "Frank Hammerhan is on ESPN980 right now and he just said that Zorn has no say in any of this. Earlier in the offseason, Zorn specifically told Cerrato and Snyder that he beleived Campbell would be successful in this system..."

I'll take this as a true statement. I trust Zorn's evaluation and judgement of Campbell a lot more than your "people around the NFL" comment. I agree Cutler is an upgrade over Campbell, but not a drastic one. Why would Denver want to take what they perceive as a step back. Even if they were interested in JC, they wouldn't say so or leak it publicly when they're floating a two #1 scenario for Cutler.

Also, just because Denver has "asked" for two # 1s doesn't mean they'll get it. Don't you think they're trying to set the market and also set themselves up for a reunion with Cutler when they can't get the # 1s they want. They hold the leverage, Cutler is under contract so why shouldn't they go for broke and try to set an unreasonable price. I hope we're not the ones dumb enough to pay it.

This comment says so much, Cutler did not play in the NFC east, he did not go against 3 top 10 defenses within his own devision 6 times. There was no top 10 defense in the AFC west. He also had to throw the football because of no running game, this is why he had the passing yards that many are in love with. We should look more to the passing efficiency numbers for this pass happy guy, we will see no viable improvement over what we have, and we will still keep our draft picks to improve our weaknesses.