So much of QB quality is where they rank. Cutler was always a 11th-15th best QB in the league during his Chicago tenure. However most playoff victories are achieved by top 10 QBs. Obviously an elite defense and supporting cast can lift an average QB in a particular year, but multiple playoff wins are for top 10 QBs. You see this with Cousins and Prescott, who are in that 11th-15th range.
Right now, Fields is not looking like a top 10 QB.
Top 10 currently
Mahomes
Burrow
Hurts
Allen
Herbert
Jackson
Lawrence
Stroud
Tagovailoa
Wilson
This is a down year for QBs overall so the playoffs will be wide open
So much of QB quality is where they rank. Cutler was always a 11th-15th best QB in the league during his Chicago tenure. However most playoff victories are achieved by top 10 QBs. Obviously an elite defense and supporting cast can lift an average QB in a particular year, but multiple playoff wins are for top 10 QBs. You see this with Cousins and Prescott, who are in that 11th-15th range.
Right now, Fields is not looking like a top 10 QB.
Top 10 currently
This is a down year for QBs overall so the playoffs will be wide open