What are you talking about! It’s Jay Cutler we’re discussing here. He can turn anyone into a number one receiver. Didn’t you read the theory! Man, the Bears are gonna have a big year through the air. Oh my.
(All joking of course)
Okay now that the stupid “theory” garbage is out of the way…my sentiments exactly. Good luck actually “turning” him into a number one receiver (as in…let’s see you do it…not actually good luck :)).

What a dope this guy is. Voicing your opinion in this manner pretty much indicates that the receivers mean nothing. So you’re saying a cusp college player who can’t make it in the NFL will instantly become a receiving threat if a guy like Cutler’s throwing him the ball? Garbage. I’d like to see BMarsh get back on the field for the Broncos and team up with Royal and the gang (without Cutler) to prove this guy wrong.

The good thing for us Broncos fans? We know this article is a load of crap. I honestly can’t see too many non Broncos fans out there soaking this stuff up, but if there’s anyone out there I can’t see why they would think a QB “makes” a receiver. Do quality quarterbacks make receivers “better?” Yes, they can (in terms of statistics), but the receivers still have to get there to catch the ball, they still have to run the right routes, and they still have to have the ability to get open along with an innumerable number of other attributes. Receivers can make things easier on the quarterback too.

Thanks for the find spock. It’s hard to believe the utter stupidity that’s out there. Geez…think before you post something that basically the entire nation can read.

I’m almost glad for him that this article lacked a comments section…Broncos’ fans would’ve TORN this “theory” apart.

and so no players achievements can be called their’s alone. But the opposite is true as well, no team achievement can be handed to a single player. Not by stats alone at least. Michael Vick’s early carrier being one of the exceptions that prove the rule.

The only evidence I see for the idea that Cutler was the reason Royal, Marshall, and Scheffler had success is that they played together on the same team when they were having success. That could be coincidental just as easily as it could be the Cutler magic. Most likely it is a combination of the two. But to assume that it was all Cutler is an insult to the players who were running routes like veterans as rookies (Royal eating MeAngelo’s lunch), boxing out and running over entire secondaries (Marshall), or flat out outrunning LB’s (Schef). Clearly these players weren’t simply picking their noses on the field before Cutler came into their lives. They weren’t setting NFL reception records either, but really their careers started at the same time as Cutlers, or after, so that should not be considered evidence.

Having watched Cutler toss cannonballs at Marshall when Marshall is healthy, and when he is not (the lingering hip injury last year), I would say that you could just as easily make the point (as Spock pointed out in the above comments) that Marshall is what allowed Cutler’s game to work at all once teams started using the zone to stop Jay. Without the quick bullet to Marshall, how good is a QB who does not look off coverage or check down?

All that being said, Cutler has a tremendous talent, and will most likely make Hester look like he actually is a wideout, but I don’t expect him to become Randy Moss either. But Mr. Cutler has plenty of room for growth before we start talking about him making his receiver’s into elites.

so for all practical purposes Marshall and Scheffler didn’t have any pre-Cutler stats. I guess Cutler was solely responsible for their improvement from their rookie to their second year, and for Scheffler’s foot improving to where he could play. I feel pretty sure Cutler wasn’t responsible for Royal getting open game after game, although he was responsible for missing on a number of long passes when he was wide open.

it’s hard to get open. You’re almost always double covered. Aside from that, your point is easily countered by the fact that Cutler was ALWAYS looking to get the ball to Marshall. Defenses knew that after about week 3. So yeah, he had a hard time getting open.

might give Orton. that space, and throwing to open rather than covered receivers will save him from having to be perfect pass after pass. The team that has to work harder to move the ball and score tends to lose. Can’t wait to see how well this offense works.