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<header class="entry-header">[h=1]Report: Chicago Bears looking hard at Miami QB Brad Kaaya[/h] 1 hour ago
by Jesse Reed

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Written by Jesse Reed



It’s pretty much a given at this point that the Chicago Bears and Jay Cutler are parting ways at the end of the 2016 NFL season. What is yet unknown is who the Bears might replace Cutler with, though an interesting name has surfaced on this count. Bleacher Report’s Matt Miller noted in his weekly scouting notebook that Miami’s Brad Kaaya has piqued the interest of the storied franchise.
“The Chicago Bears have been at the last two games and are asking about quarterback Brad Kaaya. A person close to Kaaya confirmed the news when asked and said he’s already spoken with general manager Ryan Pace about the quarterback.”
This is certainly an interesting player for Chicago to be targeting (at least potentially) as it moves on from the Cutler era.
One could argue that Cutler and Kaaya aren’t necessarily that much different from a raw skills perspective. A smooth passer with plenty of gun to get the ball anywhere on the field, Kaaya has been known to force the ball into tight spots at times. Accuracy and timing are his strong points when he’s getting protection. Unfortunately, he’s not at his best under pressure.
Here’s a great example of this, looking at his career-best five-touchdown game against Pitt.
Miami QB Brad Kaaya went 30-for-41 for 317 yds and 4 TDs when kept clean in the pocket against Pitt, which was good for a 127.8 QB rating pic.twitter.com/T9JY3Y3VKi
— PFF College Football (@PFF_College) November 6, 2016
Personally, it feels like Kaaya would do well to stay in school and continue developing his game for one more year. He has improved in terms of accuracy and decision making in each of his first three seasons at Miami. But he’s not ready to take on NFL defenses.
This was evidenced in his two worst games of the season against North Carolina and Florida State. He was under 60 percent in both those games, throwing two touchdowns and an interception in total.
Should Kaaya come out early and enter the 2017 NFL Draft, and should the Bears use a high draft pick to land him, it could mirror what the Buffalo Bills did a few years back with Florida State’s E.J. Manuel. Blessed with talent to succeed, Kaaya just isn’t quite ready for what the NFL serves up on a weekly basis.
Of course, if the Bears do decide to hand on to Jay Cutler with low expectations of what the team will accomplish again in 2017, then drafting Kaaya to hold a clipboard for a year might not be a bad idea.
 

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He sucks
 

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Lol....he is terrible.

He is more of a Cleveland style QB.
 
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they could probably get away with signing Hoyer for like 2 years and $5 million, in fact they might even be able to sign him for cheaper than that. Then they could ship a 5th or 6th rounder to the Broncos for Trevor Siemian and they would still have him on his rookie contract for a couple more seasons. Broncos drafted Paxton Lynch in the first round and their offense is going to have more upside long term with him under center than with Siemian.

Arizona should dump Carson Palmer and trade for Jay Cutler after the season and I think you'll see the Jets trade for Romo in the offseason. Those would be two moves that make a lot of sense.
 

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