A long-standing joke in the NFL is that the Oakland Raiders are immediately interested in any physically-gifted player, regardless of off-field risk.

Jeff Legwold of the Denver Post has an excellent look at the "short board" draft philosophy the New England Patriots have used under Bill Belichick...

Cutler is 17-20 with no playoff appearances since supplanting Jake Plummer late in the 2006 season

Cutler has not shown the ability to manage a game and as funny as it seems that you would decry a guy who is a prototypical guy at the position physically for not being a "game manager", it's exactly that deficiency in his game that is keeping him from becoming a great quarterback.