As the NFL season, and more importantly
the Fantasy Football season, is about to start, it’s
worth looking at two quarterbacks that were traded for each other in 2009, have
performed fairly similarly over the past three
years and yet are viewed very differently.
Jay Cutler is often considered a borderline #1 fantasy quarterback while Kyle Orton is often lumped in with the Tarvaris Jacksons of the world as bye week waiver wire fodder.
Why? Probably because Cutler was a first round pick (#11 overall) in 2006 while Orton was a 4th rounder in 2005 (106th overall) and Cutler is said to throw a "laser" while Orton is the Tim Wakefield of NFL starting quarterbacks.
However, a look at their three year per season averages tells a much different story:
Cutler (15 games) – 25 TD, 20 INT, 3,822 yards, 82.9 QB Rating.
Orton (14 games) – 20 TD, 11 INT, 3,478 yards, 85.1 QB Rating.
In my opinion, you would be well advised to draft Orton at least two rounds later than Cutler, fill in your running back or receiver depth and not lose any production from your QB slot. And if you are worried about up and coming Christian Rock Star Tim Teblow (not a misprint) taking Orton’s job, check out Merrill Hoge’s take on the Young Messiah:
Jay Cutler is often considered a borderline #1 fantasy quarterback while Kyle Orton is often lumped in with the Tarvaris Jacksons of the world as bye week waiver wire fodder.
Why? Probably because Cutler was a first round pick (#11 overall) in 2006 while Orton was a 4th rounder in 2005 (106th overall) and Cutler is said to throw a "laser" while Orton is the Tim Wakefield of NFL starting quarterbacks.
However, a look at their three year per season averages tells a much different story:
Cutler (15 games) – 25 TD, 20 INT, 3,822 yards, 82.9 QB Rating.
Orton (14 games) – 20 TD, 11 INT, 3,478 yards, 85.1 QB Rating.
In my opinion, you would be well advised to draft Orton at least two rounds later than Cutler, fill in your running back or receiver depth and not lose any production from your QB slot. And if you are worried about up and coming Christian Rock Star Tim Teblow (not a misprint) taking Orton’s job, check out Merrill Hoge’s take on the Young Messiah:
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