According to SI.com, the Lions are the fourth-most motivated team to land Jay Cutler, behind the Jets, the Buccaneers and the Browns.
I’m wondering why anyone in Detroit thinks Cutler would agree to a move to the Lions. The team and organization have not yet proven that they have a working plan for rebuilding. And even with the Millen fiasco behind us, we still have the perception that the Fords under-invest in the team while micromanaging the coaching staff. Not a recipe for success in today’s NFL.
Here’s the excerpt from SI.com about the Lions:
More than anyone in this year’s draft, the Lions have the ammo to come after Cutler, as they own the No. 1, No. 20 and No. 33 picks and five of the top 82 overall. New Lions head coach Jim Schwartz has made ending the team’s decades-long nightmare at quarterback a top priority, but I still get the sense he doesn’t love his options at that position in this year’s draft. Schwartz may be a bit wary of Cutler after seeing the way this melodrama has played out the past five weeks, and if so, he should just stand pat and see what unfolds in the draft. But Detroit could exponentially quicken the pace of its rebuilding program with a proven quarterback in hand, and that might make Cutler irresistible.
via New York Jets, Cleveland Browns most motivated to land Jay Cutler – Don Banks – SI.com.
