Jay Cutler Fact or Fiction: The Trade

Jay Cutler: Fact or Fiction

For the final edition of Fact or Fiction this off-season, I wanted to address one of the touchiest subjects involving Jay Cutler, and that is the trade itself. One comment that is brought up on these boards a lot is the idea that the ransom given up for Cutler (two firsts, a third, and Kyle Orton) is deceptive, because the first-rounders that were sent away were, in fact, only going to be disasters anyway. After all, Jerry Angelo was the one who was going to do the picking.

How valid is this?

From 2001 to 2011, Angelo made a total of nine first-round picks. While assessing the actual value of any given pick is difficult, and even being able to sort out the relative…