I know coming to a new team you want to say all the right things to endear yourself to the guys, but Martz must really think he is the evil genius. First he comes out to state that Greg Olsen needs to learn how to block first before he can be a receiver. Sounds great, lets take away one of the Bear's best weapons before you run a play with him on the field. Ego 1- Rationale 0. Then yesterday he states Jay Cutler has Kurt Warner's accuracy with a stronger arm. I found this to be pretty foolish without looking at the numbers, but after looking at them I know he is more nut bag than genius.
Jay Cutler '09: 60.5% completion 6.61 YPA 76.8 Rating
'08: 62.3% completion 7.3 YPA 88.1 Rating
'07: 63.6% completion 7.5 YPA 88.1 Rating
Kurt Warner '09: 66.1% completion 7.32 YPA 93.2 Rating
'08: 67.1% completion 7.7 YPA 96.9 Rating
'07: 62.3% completion 7.6 YPA 89.9 Rating
If you go the Greatest Show on Turf Route then it gets really bad.
For 99-01 he averages about 66% completion, 8.5 YPA and his worst year was a 98 Rating.
None of this means anything if Martz makes things right in Chicago and he is a definite upgrade compared to what they had, but he seems to be setting the bar pretty high for a QB whom I believe can be great if not burdened with a ton of comparisons to future Hall of Fame QB's. I would like to see Chicago do well, but so far Martz is giving his critics ammo if he doesn't produce with a QB he regards so highly and by downplaying both Hester's and Olsen's roles.
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