The Tennessee Titans need a quarterback. The Chicago Bears no long want their quarterback. Seems like an obvious partnership, no?
Jay Cutler will continue to watch Sundays from the bench as the Chicago Bears start Jimmy Clausen instead. As a result of Cutler's benching, large contract, and obvious discord between him and the coaching staff, it's possible he could be wearing a new uniform next season.
Trading him would be complicated due to the large amount of money he's owed, but it would be easier than outright releasing him. As always, there seems to be some interest in the veteran QB with a strong arm.
"The Tennessee Titans have already started doing their homework on Jay Cutler," Ian Rapoport said Sunday on NFL Gameday Morning. "Remember, they had interest in him last year...
"And I'm told if Cutler is traded from Chicago, Nashville would be his preferred location. Remember, he went to Vanderbilt."
There is no denying that Cutler has natural arm talent. The problem in his career has been his propensity for turnover. Any team with Cutler under center needs to design an offense that maximizes his strengths.
"Personnel evaluators generally aren't so harsh when it comes to Cutler," ESPN's Mike Sando wrote. "They tend to place greater value on the physical attributes that made Cutler a first-round draft choice in 2006. That split in perspective came into focus during the offseason when I asked 26 evaluators and coaches to place all 32 projected starting quarterbacks into five tiers. Cutler received zero first tier votes from any of the 15 evaluators or 11 coaches. Seven evaluators placed Cutler into the second tier. Only three coaches did. The remaining eight evaluators and eight coaches all placed Cutler into the third tier. He is a third-tier quarterback earning first-tier money on a deal struck before San Francisco and Cincinnati signed their starters to deals with additional protections for the team."
