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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
I actually give Mike Martz a fair bit of credit as he's altered his play calling to a point where the Bears run as much or more than they throw, and he's improved the protection for Cutler.
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True, most of this altering came after the Seahawks game where Seattle was all over Cutler and Chicago was really never in that game.
That said, its still up to Cutler having to make those decisions with the ball, something he still has problems with. Look at the Redskins game where he threw what, 5 INT's? He reminds me of a bit bigger and more atheltic Hasslebeck from 2004-ish...all the tools, but does he have the brains and ability to learn from his mistakes? Can he keep his emotions in check, inso far as when things take a turn for a worse in a game, does he then start to get away from the game plan the coaches have for him, and force things as opposed to keeping a level head and try and chip away? Hasslebeck still does this, and as the team around him has decline in the past 5 years, so has his play, not coincidentally.
Even though the Bears have improved since that Seattle game, they don't have the defence they did with the Grossman team, which means they rely on Cutler even more. Has he really matured, or is all the buildup of pressure of his first playoff game going to revert him into the chucker that made him expendable in Denver and has flared up more than once this season?