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Well, just watched Cutler shred the Jets on NFL replay, at the time the Jets were possibly the hottest team in football. Cutler was hooking up with his TE at will for most of the game. I hope Chicago is ready for QB who will take big risks though.

This is way people need to stop using the "win/loss" as a stat to evaluate a player's ability. Too many uncontrollable variables happen. The bottom line is that while in Denver when the Broncos' "D" played halfway leage average, Cutler was easily one of the game's best QB's without question. It was those games in which that same D played crappy that Cutler had to go outside of his game to keep his team in the game. If the Bears "D" is even half as good as the D that took the Bears to the Super Bowl a couple of yrs back, and the Bears are battling the Eagles as the best team in the NFC. Exactly. Cutler is better than his record would indicate because he had a horrible defense blowing the leads he would build (or putting the team in a deficit he'd have to fight out of). Collins, for instance, is worse than his record would indicate because the Titans win games because of defense and Chris Johnson. If the point is to evaluate the production level of an individual, you should look at what that individual has some control over. In football no one player can win or lose a game and therefore shouldn't get the credit for winning/losing. Only for how well he does in pursuit of a win. i think if you take each season individually, yes. but the rule obviously fades over time. great quarterbacks don't have career losing records. the quarterback is the most consistent variable from season to season, the other parts are too hard to coordinate, a linebacker may pull a hamstring, a defensive tackle may blow out his knee, a safety may have recurring injuries. a great quarterback takes the bite out of injuries to defensive players, a great quarterback is the ultimate stabilizing force in the football universe. Well, if you want to look at career trends then, the so-called "QB record" under Cutler has improved each year he has played. In general I agree with you, but looking back there's been some QBs I consider to be pretty good that didn't post stellar W/L records. Generally it doesn't happen like that though over time, agreed.

We actually should have won it hours ago. Remember our 2 run lead heading into the 7th?

Cubs................finally..............................win.

I could care less which pitcher gets the W; bullpen outside of Marmol has been stellar today I don't really care either, but it has to suck for Wells. oh i agree on that; kid can't catch a break, but somewhere down the line u have to figure he will get some offensive support won't he? The biggest problem I have is that you know some fool will quote his record and conclude he hasn't been good, then 10 or 15 other fools will stand there nodding their heads in agreement...

I'm confused why the Reds' annoucers speak about Rosales in such glowing terms. Been doing it today, and last night too. He's not that good from what I can see, but whatever.

This is why there should be elecro-shock devices hooked up to every TV analyst, and the button pushed every time they mention W/L in reference to how good a pitcher is.

Oh God please no I can't take this crap.

it was close, i thought he might have made it but there weren't any good replays I thought he was safe live, looked like he was tagged from the replay Yeah, the replay *looked* like they got him. It wasn't the best angle though.

One thing that never gets old is a Cub "let's go Cubbies" chant on the road, followed by the cascade of boos from the home crowd.

I know he's a pitcher, but does Z realize he can actually choose not to swing?

who should pitch? Patton? Need more runs then.

This isn't game 7 of the World Series unfortunately. Ok, honest question, will anyone of us live long enough to see the Cubs in that spot? I have serious doubts.

Runner on 3rd could be the difference between exhausting our staff and getting the win, and exhausting our staff even more and losing.

Well, to be fair, after 13 innings of being made a fool of on the outer half, someone deep on the Reds' roster left one up and over the plate.

Good call. Don't get excited. We probably can't stop 'em in the bottom half.

That is maybe the greatest advertisement in history. I guess I should be thankful I'm watching the Cincy feed.

So the Cubs won't score, and who knows how much more of my afternoon I'm going to lose only to find out we lost in the end. This Is. Cub Hell.

Yeah, all this time I just thought they named it the Great American ballpark just to name it that. I always thought that about United Center. Really? You didn't think that big giant United logo on the roof that was shown anytime the Jordan Bulls played a national televised game in the 90s meant anything? That one I understood. It's hard to go through O'Hare without realizing the Chicago/United Airlines ties.

Yeah, all this time I just thought they named it the Great American ballpark just to name it that. Hahaha I can't tell if you're making fun of me or the Reds. No I'm not making fun of you. I guess I'm just dense. I've always wondered why the hell Cincy would presume that their ballpark was so great that it should be called the "Great American Ballpark."

Yeah, all this time I just thought they named it the Great American ballpark just to name it that.

Lou waited until the 13th and finally just couldn't help it anymore. Patton'll end this thing for sure. OH MY GOD THIS IS WORSE THAN WATERBOARDING.

It would be hard for him to be worse than Marmol.

I hate my Dad for making me a Cub fan.

Good call.