Marissa Cooper aka Jay Cutler.

Ok... so I only have about 15 minutes to explain my feelings about Cutler leaving the Broncos and I will do it via analogy so here we go. 

My Senior year in college some friends of mine and I got really into "The O.C." and I mean really into it. I would come back from a full day of class and pound through as much homework as I could in order to watch a few episodes every evening. After reading Bath, Moltmann, Hauerwas, and Wesly I would go to experiencing the lives of Marissa, Seth,, Ryan, and Summer. To be honest sometimes... well o.k. most of the time, i would skip read theology's grates in order to see if ryan would get marissa out of that crappy bar in mexico where she O.D.ed on paint thinner or whatever drug she was doing at the time. 

As the show progressed marissa became the most frustrating character in the cast. All the teen characters save marissa were slowly progressing, changing as people, and dealing with their issues like normal human beings. Marissa character would change as predictably as the summer would change into fall. She would make progress, then something tumltuous would happen in her, and as a coping mechanism she would do some stupid thing to act out against her "terrible" situation that was almost always detrimental to her community in someway.   "My mom is marrying a 70 year old man. THAT IS SO MESSED UP... I am going to cope by become a lesbian, or dating a psychopath or doing drugs or drinking to much or dating a psychopath...." get the picture. 

Marissa was a fairly helpful and  necessary device in the show to help keep things interesting among the characters, but slowly I grew tired of her lack of personal progress and subsequently tired of the drama she created. As integral as she was to the show, marissa became boring, predictable, and frustrating. I think the writers were starting to feel something similar in the back end of season 3 (look at all the parallels) and eventually killed her off in a car accident in the season finale. To be fair ... they had to kill her off if the show had any chance to progress beyond what it had been doing for the past three years.

Though in the post Marissa era the season 4 of the show had potential to pull through it ended up not delivering and viewers became disinterested and the show was cancelled half way through the season. 

Here is the parallel: When Marissa died I was kind of relieved. I was tired of all the ups and downs. The lack of character development and all the frustration a static character type brings to a drama. THAT IS EXACTLY HOW I FEEL ABOUT JAY CUTLER LEAVING. He was a static character... he had some progress one game (3 touch downs and 350 yards passing) and then throw 4 interceptions the next, completely imploding the team. Not to mention the up and downs in this off season were drastically reminiscent of 90210, The O.C., Gossip Girl or just name your teen drama series. 

Overall, I was sad and a little frustrated to see jay go... i had drafted him in ever fantasy draft since he came into the league and he treated me and the denver broncos pretty well. But recently i am just moving into a place of relief because he would doom the Broncos in to the worst place you can be as a sports fan, always a promise of a good season but never the the follow through... he would doom us to seasons of the better part mediocrity. 

Jay good luck on being the bears marissa cooper...

now can the "writters" pull the broncos through... or is this season going to get cancelled half way through?  Let us see.... let us see.  Because God knows people here are going to be pissed if thesis anything like the "Alien" episode in season 4. 

Comments

[AdamMackWright]

I've never watched a second of the OC...but i guess the analogy fits.

I think this is going to come back and bite us. HARD. It's so much easier to build receivers and a running game around a talented QB than it is to replace a talented QB inside a group of talented receivers and backs. I think we're morons.

And also, who is saying that Jay Cutler is immature and handled this poorly? The media, and the fans using the perception the media sold us. Not a single Bronco has come out and said, "Man, Jay was really immature and he really messed up the chemistry on this team." His teammates and coaches love him and always have and that is the only thing that should matter.

I think we blew this one buddy.

[Lewis Cash]

Honestly, if you are tired of "3 touch downs and 350 yards passing in one game and then 4 interceptions the next" you are going to have a very long and frusterating season with Neckbeard throwing the ball.

[Jason]

Also, As I recall, all your hard work, dillegence and studiousness never did repay you in your FF team's performance... I think this was largely due to Cutler at the helm...