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[Gotham Dark Knight]

Shanahan's gamble to bench Jake Plummer has paid off to some extent, although he said he didn't care about being proven right to critics. He said he expected all along that Cutler would play well.
"It doesn't surprise us at all," Shanahan said. "It might surprise a few people."
Cutler's first pass against Arizona was a sign of things to come. He fired a 54-yard touchdown to Javon Walker to give Denver a 7-0 lead. The Broncos blew out the Cardinals and won 24-23 against Cincinnati last week. The past two weeks Cutler has completed 33 of 54 passes for 440 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions.
"Each game I've felt more comfortable, more relaxed and more like I was just playing football," Cutler said. "The first couple, I think I was thinking too much and wouldn't just react. Now, I feel comfortable."

With the success of Young, Cutler and Leinart, how does the QBs in this draft stock up against the fabled draft of 1983?

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by Gotham Dark Knight

With the success of Young, Cutler and Leinart, how does the QBs in this draft stock up against the fabled draft of 1983?

It's not that good (whether these guys go on to be as good as those guys, we'll see), but could well be the best QB class since then, I think. Not just those three but there are also other promising QBs, like Clemens of the Jets, Gradkowski, who's seen some time already and may wind up being pretty good in his own right, and so on.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

It's not that good (whether these guys go on to be as good as those guys, we'll see), but could well be the best QB class since then, I think. Not just those three but there are also other promising QBs, like Clemens of the Jets, Gradkowski, who's seen some time already and may wind up being pretty good in his own right, and so on.

yeah, I had them a bit ahead of the class of 1999 at this point...they produced Daunte and McNabb...Couch who started for a while but didn't pan out...Akili Smith and McNown (the busts of the group)...

[Notorious C.L.E.]

I supported the Cutler decision from the start. Plummer was already making rookie mistakes. Why not roll the dice on the rookie that had the potential to be better and the talent to be equal at the very worse?

I like Cutler and Leinart a lot. Young I'm not so sure about. However, the jury is still very much out on all of them. I wouldn't start making comparisons to 1983 just yet.