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Just using game one against Buffalo as an example. The first "Hyde" moment that was apparent to everyone here was the throw to a Defensive Tackle. The second "Hyde" moment was the short throw that appeared to be intended for Bennett and ended up being intercepted by Corey Graham. The third almost "Hyde" moment came off the deflection from Morgan where the ball popped up in the air and nearly was intercepted by Buffalo. The first half of last week's game had few of those moments too. But as we all saw the potion wore off and he went back to playing "Jekyll" again. This is something he's been doing for years. Offer all the excuses you want. Poor coordinator, poor line, poor accessories. At one point Aaron Rodgers was getting sacked more than was Cutler yet still outplaying him. The horrible choice to have Hester play WR or continue as a returner has proved itself nill. Despite all of this Cutler continues to be Cutler. I have said this before and will repeat it for you. I DO NOT want for Cutler to fail. I want him to play like the money they are paying him for. And until he actually makes it into the playoffs and wins that game, I won't be satisfied.

That's been my point pretty much since McCown played last year. I was the first to be crucified, nee ridiculed when I even breathed the idea of McCown coming into relieve Jay early last year. Jay was stinking up the joint in a few games early on. And I recall McCown looking good in the preseason. He only proved his ability to play effectively in Trestman's O each time he came in to do just that. Whereas Cutler has continued to play Cutleresque. In the win loss column this year he's so far .500. He was quickly heading down the road to 0-2 until something clicked last week. The "gamble" has sorta paid off so far. I dare challenge whether it will play out for the remainder of the season. I'll leave that to fate and the football gods. My thought that McCown may be able to do ok on his own in TB doesn't seem to be ringing true. Of course I might be able to use the same argument offered in Cutler's defense in that McCown is in a new offense in his first year and perhaps if he was given another year to gel, he could do better this time next year. Clearly Tedford may not be Trestman, so McCown in TB probably won't be McCown in Chicago.

Many others were calling the Saints the NFC frontrunner for the SB. Yet they are 0-2 Others thought the Seahawks would possibly have a perfect season. They are 1-1 And almost everyone said SF would easily beat Chicago. We know how that turned out. The "experts" know nothing more than all of us. That's why they "play the game".

This. The lawyer you refer to is Gloria Allred. Not someone you want hounding you. http://www.examiner.com/article/gloria-all...rns-into-a-joke http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014...stic-abuse.html

Why's that?

Welllll....given the general disarray with how they are handling the 'off again on again' suspension of AP and all the other debacles of late and the general feeling that Goodell is losing his control of the NFL, someone may determine to circle the wagons. And if someone pops up on the radar, IE Marshall, they could decide to suspend him to give the illusion of dealing with the problem(s). With this rarely used "Exempt/Commissioner's Permission List" it would be a ripe opportunity to use it...again. Remember the NFL is about money. IF they don't address the hemorrhaging of money because they aren't addressing the problem, it will only get worse. BM did not do himself any favors.

I get this eerie feeling that the team had better prepare to game plan without him for awhile.

I predict fishing will be good next week and Willie Young will be named next week's NFC defensive player.

He's always been someone that has been 'in the shadows' and a reliable player. When you play on a line with Suh, Avril, Fairley and Vanden Bosch you aren't as noticed. He seems to be peaking at just the right time. I felt he would be the steal of free agency earlier this year.

Yeah I'm with Terra. ESPN appears more and more to be a "has been" organization anymore especially when compared to NFL Network. All this retrospective reporting is cheap. Especially in light of all of what's transpired these last few weeks.

How about 'Nice work last night. You're playing like you're paid to do. Keep it up.'

"Should" being the operative word. And another passive term earlier in your post "hoping". Even you are wary. I hope too that he will do well and he should keep it up, but will he?

Don't kid yourself. Cutler is a loose cannon. He very easily could have been intercepted a few times last night. In fact the closest he got was when he was drilled in the chest. As most here have pointed out for some reason he seemed more focused after that hit. Although the first pass TD to BM was more BM than Cutler. At any rate, I don't wish for him to do bad or not play well. I've just been down this road with him before. Before you build up your trust be wary. He isn't called Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde for nothing. Last week was Hyde, this week was Jekyll.

Speaking of man love. If neither of you two don't like it, don't read it. This was put in more as an entertainment piece. Don't worry, you guys and I all realize Cutler can't keep this up. If he does it'll be shocking.

Until next week I'll be satisfied with Jay, and the rest of the teams performance...until next week.

And Peanut, and Ratliff, and McManis... Lots of youngsters out there.

Kyle Fuller game MVP

Not a bad night for the "cockroach"

Not bad night for "the Cockroach"

Are you ok with that part of the secondary at least?

No way. Still 14 weeks to go and plenty of opportunities for Mr Hyde to appear.

Did I say that I'm a fan of Willie Young? Thank you Detroit!!!

Eat my shorts Connor! Lol

Love me some Willie Young and Fuller

Ok I'll concede that Jay won this week . And I'm ok with that.