Cutler On The Right Track

On getting on the bad side of Bears nation!

Week 1 wasn't what many people planned. Jay Cutler=Jim McMahon right? Well Sunday night was more like Jay Cutler=Rex Grossman. Playing at Lambeau Field is never easy and if you're the Bears, it doesn't get any better.

A lot of people have picked the Bears to win the tough NFC North, but a lost to the division rival Green Bay Packers isn't a good start. Jay Cutler, making his regular season debut for the Bears, looked like if he was making his NFL debut! Going 17-36, 277 yards and with a completion percentage 47.2. Think that looks bad? A rating of 43.2, 1 touchdown and the best stat, 4 interceptions. The last pick thrown sealed the game for the Packers.

The other QB playing in the game, Aaron Rogers, played like if Brett Favre never existed. He didn't throw for 400 yards but the 184 yards was just enough. No picks like what Farve will usually do and other familiar thing, a 50-yard bomb to WR Greg Jennings for a TD. Let me tell you, Aaron Rogers could win a MVP this season.

Remember Cutler's old team? The Denver Broncos! Going to be one of the "worst" teams in NFL? They showed good signs that they do not need Cutler to bring wins to Denver. Their defense played well against a talented offensive team, the Bengals, with Carson Palmer and Chad Ochocinco (or Johnson). Kyle Orton started his first game with the Broncos, but wasn't 100% with a banged up throwing hand. He started off slow(when I was following the game, he was scaring me with fewer than 80 yards in the 2nd quarter) but ended strong with 243 yards and the only touchdown, which happened to be the game winning touchdown with 11 seconds left. A tipped pass attended for WR Brandon Marshall, was caught by the other Brandon (Stokley) and made the dramatic touchdown and lead the Broncos to the first win of the McDaniels era.