I love discussing mediocre quarterbacks; absolutely love it. On a list of my favorite things to do in life, it’s somewhere between camping on the North Shore of Lake Superior and cuddling kittens on a rainy day.

It’s that much fun.

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— Machine Marshall (@BMarshall) July 17, 2015

I just. I can’t even. It’s a goldmine for inane claims, faux outrage, and spot-on comparisons between pudgy version of Keanu Reeves in The Replacements. Get your shruggy faces out, America; we have a duel of two titans of DGAF.

Who has been the best quarterback through the years: Kyle Orton or Smokin' Jay Cutler DGAF” and “Kyle Orton dumb face”, you're immediately inundated with pictures of smirks, shrugs, grimaces, blank stares, and the like. What immediately leaps out at you is that, in most of Cutler’s, he’s flipping off the camera. Points subtracted for trying too hard: this round goes to Drunk Keanu.

I only joke. Of course, the first level of comparison between these two quarterbacks is to truly look at their careers. There's an interesting history between Cutler and Orton that stretches back to 2009, when the disillusioned Cutler –- unhappy with the offense that new head coach Josh McDaniels was installing -– demanded a trade from the Denver Broncos. The Broncos shopped him around, and found the Chicago Bears willing to fork over Orton, two first-round draft picks, and a third-rounder. Denver rid themselves of the headache and got plenty of draft compensation in return. The Bears got someone who could throw the ball for the first time since Jim McMahon.

Jay Cutler has become simultaneously reviled and beloved by the city of Chicago, leading the Bears to .500 win percentages in four of the last six years –- when they had had only six such seasons in the 17 years prior. Kyle Orton started 33 games for the Broncos between 2009 and 2011, when he was waived in favor of Tim Tebow after an atrocious 1-4 start. Cutler’s clearly had more success thus far in his career, but wins and losses don’t tell the whole story. Who’s truly been the better quarterback?

Round 2: A Battle of Strength

Draft picks aside -– those would turn into The Cutlet.

The Final Verdict

While Marshall’s tweet was likely a bitter jab at the organization who let him go and the quarterback who essentially forced him out the door, there’s no real question that Cutler has been the best quarterback overall that Marshall has played with. Still, it's interesting that both Orton and Cutler performed within 0.30 Passing NEP of each other (and 4.07 Reception NEP) while with Marshall, and -– though this wasn’t on the table -– Orton actually provided a higher Target NEP (46.51 in 2009) than Cutler did on average (34.60).

Cutler was clearly the most talented, but the best for Marshall? Only he knows in his heart. Still, any chance we have to compare “The Smirk” and “The Scowl”, we’ll take.