Cutty back
Nice work by McCown but at end of day the better QB is starting
Curious question for McCown fans ,, How much did it cost to change the nameplate off your Hanie jersey's to turn them into McCown jersey's?
I'm a Bears fan, personally, not a McCown or Cutler fan. I want the best QB to play on any given Sunday. I personally think, for a variety of reasons, that QB is Josh McCown this Sunday vs the Browns.
I don't think there's a Bears fan on this planet rooting against Cutler or McCown (I hope). If there is such a person that person isn't a Bears fan.
Sounds like it is smart to not play McCown ,, All those dropped INT's from recent weeks wont slip thru Haydens hands
Well I'm more concerned with Cutler's errant passes. Considering he forces the issue far more than McCown. His adjusted interception% for the past two years, according to Football Outsiders, has been pretty damn high.
Last year, if his interceptions were adjusted as follows:
•We add in plays where the quarterback only escaped an interception because the defender couldn't hold onto the ball (dropped interceptions, which we've been tracking in game charting since 2007).
•We subtract plays where the interception is tipped to the defender by a receiver who should have caught the pass.
•We subtract Hail Mary interceptions as well as interceptions thrown in desperation on fourth down in the final 2:00 of a game.
Cutler finishes tied for fourth in the NFL with Mark Sanchez in "adjusted interception" percentage. 4.6% of his passes are picked off/dropped for easy picks.
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2013/adjusted-interceptions-2012
To check for inconsistency you can look at the year before, where he finished third in the league behind Matt Moore and Mark Sanchez - 4.9%!!.
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2012/adjusted-interceptions-2011/
In essence, it seems that the adjusted interception % for players are fairly consistent. That luck isn't as varied as some believe. That reckless QBs like Sanchez and Cutler are consistently high on the list, year in and year out. Every QB has his share of sure fire picks dropped. Cutler and Sanchez have their share of balls picked AND dropped because of the frequency. The data supports that.
So as a Bears fan, given that my eyes are confirmed by statistics, that's not the guy I want coming into the game, rusty, when I have a guy who doesn't make nearly as many mistakes playing well.
But I will cheer for him.
Go Bears.