The stat that jumped out last night for me was that the Bears only completed 2 passes for over 30 yards last year. Cutler had 2 last night. It will take time to find the right players at receiver and for this team to gel, but I have no doubt that Cutler will be fine.
Not sure where the bolded statement comes from. Orton had a 51 yard TD to Booker, a 65 yard TD to Hester, and a 52 yard completion to Olsen last year, and he completed a total of 13 passes for 30 or more yards. That doesn't sound like a lot, but you do have to consider that he only attempted 465 passes. As a point of comparison, Manning only had 14 completions of 30+ yards in 555 attempts. And Manning had better receiving targets than Orton had.Maybe the point was that they only completed two passes all season
where the ball traveled 30+ yards in the air...? But I find that hard to believe with a total of 13 30+ yard completions. And it wasn't just Orton. Grossman played a few games and attempted 62 passes, but had no completions of 30 yards or more (he did have a 29 yard completion).
Regardless, it seems very likely they will have more long completions this season with Cutler (and with improved play from Hester), which was presumably your point here.