Jay Cutler or Matt Cassel: Chicago Bears and Kansas City Chiefs Roll The Dice
Published by Alex Calles on July 26, 2009
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
The two biggest moves of the 2009 NFL offseason involved two highly sought after quarterbacks, Jay Cutler and Matt Cassel. Cutler was traded to the Chicago Bears amidst rumors that new head coach Josh McDaniels offered to trade him for, oddly enough, Matt Cassel.
Cassel’s trade wasn’t as dramatic due to the fact that the New England Patriots already have three-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady.
Now that each player has a clean slate, I started to wonder, who will help their new team the most in 2009?
Jay Cutler is inheriting an inept offense that has no deep threats, unless you want to call Devin Hester a receiving threat. Don’t get me wrong, the Bears do have a couple of weapons, including Matt Forte and Greg Olsen, but nothing that teams around the league can’t handle.
Cutler was forming a nice chemistry with his former wide receiver Brandon Marshall when they were teammates in Denver. Now, the only question is, who’s going to become Cutler’s new target in Chicago? Rashied Davis?
When the Bears decided to trade for Jay Cutler from Denver they might have made an enormous mistake by giving up two first-round picks, and missing an opportunity to upgrade their receiving corps. If they had only given up one first-round draft pick, there’s a high probability the Bears could’ve chosen Jeremy Maclin from Missouri.
Whoops!
I don’t necessarily know what the Bears could’ve offered the Broncos, but it might come back to haunt the Bears for a long time.
There have been rumors floating around that the Bears are supposedly interested in former Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress. If the Bears do end up signing Burress, then look out NFL!
Matt Cassel, on the other hand, has more options to work with than Jay Cutler. Unlike Cutler, Cassel actually does have a reliable deep threat in Dwayne Bowe.
Bowe compiled just over a 1,000 yards last season, but don’t forget that was with Tyler Thigpen at quarterback for most of the season. Also, with the addition of former Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Bobby Engram, Cassel will have a pretty good second option.
The big question for Matt Cassel is, can he still be successful without Randy Moss or Wes Welker like he was last season in New England?
When it’s all said and done, both the Chicago Bears and the Kansas City Chiefs have vastly improved at quarterback. With that said, I think Matt Cassel will fare slightly better than Jay Cutler will in the 2009 season.
