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Hope you and Bill O'Brien get along well.

Bridgewater thinking of returning to school. Would be silly but he might.

He won't, Houston is a great fit for him. The team is actually pretty talented, they just needed a QB and new coach. If he opts for the draft, they will have both. I can see him pulling a Luck in Indy, only actually being as good as their record.

The top overall pick in the draft or go back to school and finish my degree?  What would you guys choose?

^^^ anyone who doesn't take the money is crazy. You can finish your schooling at anytime. Take the money and live comfortably.

Let's ask Matt Barkley what he would do as soon as he is finished getting Gatorade for Nick Foles.

Luck was gonna be the 1st overall pick in 2011....went back to school.

He's very Lucky (pun intended).  The same can't be said for guys like Matt Barkley and Landry Jones

Luck could have taken 2011 off and he still would have went no later than #3.  He was already the Anointed One.

Take the money, stupid.

There is some logic to saying in school.  Pete Carrol was right about Sanchez, he would have benefited with another year of college football, before attempting the transition to the pros. 

So if he had stayed in college another year, then maybe he would have been made it to back-to-back conference championship games?

Sanchez is just about the best example of someone who robbed the bank by coming out early.

JaMarcus Russell disagrees.

I still remember people getting all hyped up when JaMarcus Russell threw a 70-yard pass from one knee. I tried to tell folks that arm strength means nothing if the QB is so brain-dead that he needs a cheat sheet to spell his own name.

That presumes that Russell would have made less money by staying in for another year, or landing in a less-ideal situation.

Russell and Leaf stole money, sure.  But Sanchez uniquely benefited from coming out early and landing in a situation to artificially inflate his value.

Houston just reached an agreement with former Pats assistant and current Penn State coach Bill O'Brien.  That's now a guarantee that Bridgewater is going to Houston.  If there is anyone who can recognize the bake of a franchise quarterback, it's him.

Far from a guarantee.  They could sign someone like Cutler in free agency then draft Clowney

I doubt that. The really good quarterbacks are never allowed to hit the free agent market barring some calamity

It's not that Cutler isn't worth it. Cutler wouldn't agree to it. Chicago would be smart to sign Cutler and draft an Aaron Murray in the later rounds. Houston should do the same if Cutler becomes available. If Houston can't get a veteran QB in FA or a trade, then should look at Bridgewater.

Cutler has no say in if he is franchised tagged or not

Not necessarily.  There may be a clause in his contract that prevents him from being franchised.

And Cutler isn't exactly elite.  I wouldn't throw big money at him if he hits the open maker

True. He has no say in the application. He has one in the acceptance.

Not really. If he wants to play he signs the 1 year deal and plays. Your not saying he is going to sit out a full season are you? That is beyond silly

Cutler doesn't have any non-franchise clause in his contract, at least according to comments from the Bears GM, though he didn't seem like he wanted to go that route.

http://football.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/32202/20131221// (http://football.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/32202/20131221//)

Additionally, despite Josh McCown playing so well as Jay's sub this season, Chicago really botched his one-year contract so that they don't have a team option, so he is a UFA this offseason. If Chicago had added one dollar to his contract, or even a few unattainable bonuses, they could have kept him at pretty much the bare minimum cost.

Cutler just re-upped with the Bears for seven years. 

That couldn't have happened. Because I was told that he was going into free agency....

I just said they weren't going to franchise tag him, and they didn't  ;)

Just like, I never said that you were the one who said that.   ;)

So now that he won't be hitting the free agent market, the odds of Bridgewater landing in Houston just increased tremendously.

sure did