--To me, Jay Cutler doesn't deserve to be a starting NFL quarterback. I'm watching Ben Roethlisberger (I don't usually support a bully of women) tough out what appears to be a charley horse or a thigh injury after taking a knee to his upper leg. Meanwhile, Cutler left his NFC final game today against Green Bay with a knee injury that resulted on a play that television cameras didn't pick up and Cutler, himself, can't recall when it occurred. Cutler also asked out of a game earlier this year in which the offensive line struggled with protection during the first half.
--From what I saw of Caleb Hanie today, the Chicago Bears would be further ahead if they anointed him as their new starter and let Cutler take a walk. It actually makes me wonder if Cutler is really nothing more than a third stringer anyway. Even journeyman guys like Ryan Fitzpatrick, Jon Kitna, Bruce Gradkowski, and former Bear QB Rex Grossman have had games where you could say the quarterback was the main reason for his team winning. I don't know that you can ever bring up a game where Cutler was the deciding factor for his team winning a game. No NFL team ran the ball in the second half of this season more than the Chicago Bears. Cutler, in essence, is just a caretaker of an offense.
--Green Bay will need to be a lot better in the Super Bowl if they hope to win. A better team defeats them today. You have to get points when you march the ball up and down the field the way they did today. Aaron Rodgers wasn't his best today, but just think of how much of a set back to the franchise it would have been if the Packers let Brett Favre play them like a song the way the Minnesota Vikings and New York Jets did for three years? It's possible Rodgers would be playing somewhere else by now. GM Ted Thompson deserves a lot of credit for cutting ties with Favre when he did.
--Does anyone have the NFL Draft Preview magazine from 2005 in which it was considered to be a toss up between Alex Smith and Aaron Rodgers for first overall? Smith went to San Francisco and has been marginally better than other first rounders like Cade McNown (another bad Bears QB), Akili Smith, and Ryan Leaf. Rodgers fell all the way to 25th overall. I wonder if Washington would like a do-over as much as San Francisco. They had two picks in the first round. The first was spent on Carlos Rogers 9th overall, while the second was quarterback Jason Campbell (also better than Cutler, but just an average quarterback) at 26.
--Carson Palmer has asked for a trade out of Cincinnati or else he will retire. I don't blame him. What a dumpster fire that organization is with the long line-up of ex-cons and attention seeking receivers. He'd be a real good fit in Arizona.
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