Cutler signs contract (1 Viewer)

[ant]

Bears signed Cutler to a 7 year deal!!

 

[ant]

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/01/02/bears-sign-jay-cutler-to-a-7-year-contract/

 

[gandalas]

Can't wait to see the numbers and how it compares to the one Flacco got last year. I see Cutler as much more talented than Flacco, personally. But of course he is not coming off a super-bowl winning season.

 

[JaxBill]

Yeah, want to see if teh 7 year deal gives the Bears an out after 4 or 5.

 

[Sarnoff]

 

[Sweet Love]

Interested to see the terms, but I like it for the Bears. As a Jets fan who is 39 years old, I can't tell you what a chore and constant let down it is to shuttle QBs in and out every couple of years. Sure, the guy is not Drew Brees or Peyton Manning, but he also isn't Matt Schaub or Mark Sanchez.

 

[MaxThreshold]

It's like Christmas hasn't ended for Packers fans!

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Wow, wow, wow.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Interested to see the terms, but I like it for the Bears. As a Jets fan who is 39 years old, I can't tell you what a chore and constant let down it is to shuttle QBs in and out every couple of years. Sure, the guy is not Drew Brees or Peyton Manning, but he also isn't Matt Schaub or Mark Sanchez.

QB Rating for 2007 - 2013

Schuab 90.9

Cutler 84.4

you're right, he isn't Matt Schuab

 

[Alex P Keaton]

As a packer fan! very excited to see this

 

[Timmay]

I can already hear the media outlets next year. With all the weapons the Bears have (Marshall, Jeffery, Forte, Bennett) why isn't Cutler living up to his 7 year $xx.xx million contract.

 

[Sweet Love]

Interested to see the terms, but I like it for the Bears. As a Jets fan who is 39 years old, I can't tell you what a chore and constant let down it is to shuttle QBs in and out every couple of years. Sure, the guy is not Drew Brees or Peyton Manning, but he also isn't Matt Schaub or Mark Sanchez.

QB Rating for 2007 - 2013

Schuab 90.9

Cutler 84.4

you're right, he isn't Matt Schuab

I get your point, but I would take it with a grain of salt...no one's rating is going to look particularly good with the OC carousel he has dealt with (including two years with Mike Martz).

 

[FavreAndAwayAnIdiot]

I actually think this was a good move for the Bears as there just isn't anyone better available right now. That's not saying much... But 7 years??

I watched him pout on the bench while I was freezing my ### off at the Green Bay/Chicago NFC Championship game and was in awe of how he could give up like that in the biggest game of his career. I figured he would be out of football. Amazing how things turn out...

 

[Annyong]

I actually think this was a good move for the Bears as there just isn't anyone better available right now. That's not saying much... But 7 years??

I watched him pout on the bench while I was freezing my ### off at the Green Bay/Chicago NFC Championship game and was in awe of how he could give up like that in the biggest game of his career. I figured he would be out of football. Amazing how things turn out...

give up? he was injured.

 

[Gopher State]

rumor 17m a year, be interesting to see the actual numbers, and what is guaranteed

 

[SWC]

listen brohans if they paid him 17 millionos a year then that is to much but here is the deal him and trestleman are going to be awesome together for a long time and frankly the bears o scares me which is something that i never ever ever ever thought i would say brohans they just have weapons and now they have a system and look out it is almost to bad that they did not have this o three years ago when the d was still the d from hell that destroyed nations just becuase it was bored and looking for something to do on a sunday but hey that is the way the ball bounces so long story short they might have overpaid for a guy who does the jerkface pretty good but he will put up the numbers take that to the bank brohans ps i did not like his wife on the laguna beach show she was a jerk

 

[buck naked]

It's like Christmas hasn't ended for Packers fans!

It's a sad day indeed to be a Bears fan (sigh).

 

[3nOut]

Regardless of whether you like Cutler or not, that is the market price for a starting QB. In 7 years, $17M will be very cheap.

 

[SWC]

yeah in seven years three bucks will be cheap too but that is the not the point who knows what will happen in seven years you just better hope there is a club option to cut that baby loose in case he turns in to brad look how long my neck is johnson that is the conventional wisdom around these parts take that to the bank brohans

 

[lod01]

Brandon Marshall owner.

 

[Jimbo Slice]

As a bears fan I'm glad. The biggest argument for doing this is, who would you sign if it wasn't cutler? There's no qbs out there. Pay the man, draft a kid in middle rounds and let him learn trestmans system and reevaluate in 3 yrs.

 

[thriftyrocker]

As a bears fan I'm glad. The biggest argument for doing this is, who would you sign if it wasn't cutler? There's no qbs out there. Pay the man, draft a kid in middle rounds and let him learn trestmans system and reevaluate in 3 yrs.

If you want to re-evaluate in 3 years, why not just sign McCown for less and devote that money to making the Defense actually good again?

 

[Warrior]

The biggest argument for doing this is, who would you sign if it wasn't cutler?

McCown. For less than half of whatever they gave Cutlet.

 

[flapgreen]

As a bears fan I'm glad. The biggest argument for doing this is, who would you sign if it wasn't cutler? There's no qbs out there. Pay the man, draft a kid in middle rounds and let him learn trestmans system and reevaluate in 3 yrs.

If you want to re-evaluate in 3 years, why not just sign McCown for less and devote that money to making the Defense actually good again?

Saving money at qb and spending elsewhere never works. This was a great deal for the Bears.

 

[GreenNGold]

This is amazing news for Packer fans!!!

 

[Sweetness_34]

This is a great signing. Cutler finally has WRs and OL and a TE next to him, like all good QBs need (see Brady?). As for fudge packer fans being happy, I am LOLing....Cutler just shredded their team for 28 pts and would have won if we had any kind of defense.

 

[sho nuff]

This is a great signing. Cutler finally has WRs and OL and a TE next to him, like all good QBs need (see Brady?). As for fudge packer fans being happy, I am LOLing....Cutler just shredded their team for 28 pts and would have won if we had any kind of defense.

He is something like 1-8 against them.

LOL all you want.

 

[finito]

Good signing for the Bears IMO.

 

[MAC_32]

The biggest argument for doing this is, who would you sign if it wasn't cutler?

McCown. For less than half of whatever they gave Cutlet.

you guys made me laugh during theseason, but now iit's just annoying.

 

[MaxThreshold]

This is a great signing. Cutler finally has WRs and OL and a TE next to him, like all good QBs need (see Brady?). As for fudge packer fans being happy, I am LOLing....Cutler just shredded their team for 28 pts and would have won if we had any kind of defense.

I don't know how to respond to this it's so idiotic.

 

[thriftyrocker]

As a bears fan I'm glad. The biggest argument for doing this is, who would you sign if it wasn't cutler? There's no qbs out there. Pay the man, draft a kid in middle rounds and let him learn trestmans system and reevaluate in 3 yrs.

If you want to re-evaluate in 3 years, why not just sign McCown for less and devote that money to making the Defense actually good again?

Saving money at qb and spending elsewhere never works. This was a great deal for the Bears.

The NFL standings beg to differ. CIN, SEA, SF, PHI, ARI, KC all put up double digit wins. Signing Cutler to a longterm deal is a great way to be around 500 for the next few years. I question if that's what you want and whether that's significantly more than McCown would give you.

 

[ROCKET]

Aside from Cutler being a very middle of the road QB the guy has serious durability issues. It's almost inevitable he will be in and out all the time with some sort of nagging injury. Terrible signing IMO regardless of the importance of the position.

 

[steelcityman]

I would have drafted a QB, they pick high enough to get a good one, UCF kid maybe, John Football? Rolled with McCown for another year. Now, how are they going to improve a bad defense if all their money is in the QB. Jeffery is as good as gone with is next contract.

I dont really care, I just enjoy the fact the dropped all that money and 7 years on that average QB. Reminds me of Will Farrel in Wedding Crashers when he is talking about the guy who dies hang-gliding...."what an idiot!"

Now I just hope Big Ben stays in the Burgh his whole career and doesnt chase a 3 year $60M deal to finish with some loser team.(I think he stays btw).

 

[flapgreen]

As a bears fan I'm glad. The biggest argument for doing this is, who would you sign if it wasn't cutler? There's no qbs out there. Pay the man, draft a kid in middle rounds and let him learn trestmans system and reevaluate in 3 yrs.

If you want to re-evaluate in 3 years, why not just sign McCown for less and devote that money to making the Defense actually good again?

Saving money at qb and spending elsewhere never works. This was a great deal for the Bears.

The NFL standings beg to differ. CIN, SEA, SF, PHI, ARI, KC all put up double digit wins. Signing Cutler to a longterm deal is a great way to be around 500 for the next few years. I question if that's what you want and whether that's significantly more than McCown would give you.

Those are rookie deals

 

[Sweet Love]

As a bears fan I'm glad. The biggest argument for doing this is, who would you sign if it wasn't cutler? There's no qbs out there. Pay the man, draft a kid in middle rounds and let him learn trestmans system and reevaluate in 3 yrs.

If you want to re-evaluate in 3 years, why not just sign McCown for less and devote that money to making the Defense actually good again?

Saving money at qb and spending elsewhere never works. This was a great deal for the Bears.

The NFL standings beg to differ. CIN, SEA, SF, PHI, ARI, KC all put up double digit wins. Signing Cutler to a longterm deal is a great way to be around 500 for the next few years. I question if that's what you want and whether that's significantly more than McCown would give you.

Those are rookie deals

Exactly, and before anyone says, "well, just build your team and draft a rookie and ride him before his 2nd contract", I present Geno Smith.

Plus, McCown has been talking about retiring. I don't care if you don't have to give him much money, he has his eye on the next stage in life, and that is not someone I would want to build my team around.

 

[Limp Ditka]

As a bears fan I'm glad. The biggest argument for doing this is, who would you sign if it wasn't cutler? There's no qbs out there. Pay the man, draft a kid in middle rounds and let him learn trestmans system and reevaluate in 3 yrs.

If you want to re-evaluate in 3 years, why not just sign McCown for less and devote that money to making the Defense actually good again?

Saving money at qb and spending elsewhere never works. This was a great deal for the Bears.

The NFL standings beg to differ. CIN, SEA, SF, PHI, ARI, KC all put up double digit wins. Signing Cutler to a longterm deal is a great way to be around 500 for the next few years. I question if that's what you want and whether that's significantly more than McCown would give you.

Those are rookie deals

Alex Smith is a rookie? Carson Palmer is a rookie?

 

[Da Guru]

Cutler is a top 10-15 QB and this locks him in for what should be his best seasons.. I doubt Da Bears could have done better for the next 4-5 years.

 

[thriftyrocker]

Those are rookie deals

Alex Smith is a rookie? Carson Palmer is a rookie?

Further, the teams used low cost veterans as an entry way. All the teams but the Bengals. The Bengals were the only one who said yeah that guy we took in the 2nd round is our guy and ran with him.

SEA: Signed Flynn to a middle of the road contract. THEN drafted a rookie. When the rookie proved better, they were able to trade the vet.

SF: Extended Smith for a couple years cheap. When the rookie was ready, they were able to trade the vet.

PHI: Renegotiated VIck's contract for 1 year. When the rookie proved better, they owed the vet nothing.

ARI: Signed Palmer to non-elite money. Virtually no guarantees.

KC: Signed Smith to non-elite money.

 

[DaveL]

Ten: signed a vet (Hasselback), drafted a qb in the early 1st

Min: signed a vet (McNabb), drafted a qb in the early 1st

some works, some don't. For every Andy Dalton, there's a Brandon Weeden and Blane Gabbert.

The Bears thought they were better off having an above average qb with their weapons on offense, and they'll draft defense. It's a strategy, it has worked in the past.

 

[3nOut]

Not sure what the issue is with all the people who would have not re-signed Cutler. According to NFL.com, the Bears offense was 8th in overall Offense, 5th in passing, and tied for 2nd with NE for most points scored. Only Denver scored more. What more do you want from the offense? We need to focus on improving the Defense and making it younger and deeper in talent. Selecting a QB at 14 is a waste of a pick, especially when most of the QBs worth taking that high will most likely already be off the board. Many of the teams picking ahead of us are is need of a good QB more than the Bears. Defensive End and Safety are our biggest needs. With an average D, I really believe we could have contended. The problem is that we fell way short of being average.

 

[thriftyrocker]

Ten: signed a vet (Hasselback), drafted a qb in the early 1st

Min: signed a vet (McNabb), drafted a qb in the early 1st

some works, some don't. For every Andy Dalton, there's a Brandon Weeden and Blane Gabbert.

The Bears thought they were better off having an above average qb with their weapons on offense, and they'll draft defense. It's a strategy, it has worked in the past.

It's true that no strategy is 100% successful especially in a zero-sum game of W-L. Not every team can win.

But Matt Hasselbeck was 9-7 the year he started in TENN. Hasselbeck kind of proves the point that there are vets out there who can be 500 QBs. Who can get you close to the playoffs even on a team with holes.

Additionally in this particular example we have evidence that a lower cost option was equally successful (actually more successful but on limited sample size).

It's possible the Bears just had more money then they knew what to do with. They also just extended pretty much their only good defensive player - Tim Jennings. Perhaps they had no one to spend money on, just like McNabb getting a "raise" the year before he was shown the door in Philly.

Interested to see the outs the Bears have.

 

[ConnSKINS26]

I actually think this was a good move for the Bears as there just isn't anyone better available right now. That's not saying much... But 7 years??

I watched him pout on the bench while I was freezing my ### off at the Green Bay/Chicago NFC Championship game and was in awe of how he could give up like that in the biggest game of his career. I figured he would be out of football. Amazing how things turn out...

give up? he was injured.

Seriously. People want to castrate rg3 for playing in the Seattle playoff game with an injury, then coming back to soon...but Cutler sits with an MCL and he's a coward and a pansy. I hate people.

 

[cstu]

Not sure what the issue is with all the people who would have not re-signed Cutler. According to NFL.com, the Bears offense was 8th in overall Offense, 5th in passing, and tied for 2nd with NE for most points scored. Only Denver scored more. What more do you want from the offense? We need to focus on improving the Defense and making it younger and deeper in talent. Selecting a QB at 14 is a waste of a pick, especially when most of the QBs worth taking that high will most likely already be off the board. Many of the teams picking ahead of us are is need of a good QB more than the Bears. Defensive End and Safety are our biggest needs. With an average D, I really believe we could have contended. The problem is that we fell way short of being average.

I agree with this (only two teams gave up more points than the Bears), but my concern with Cutler is his durability. He's missed 12 games that past 3 seasons and turns 31 next year.

 

[ConnSKINS26]

This is awesome for Marshall and Jeffery owners, btw.

 

[smackdaddies]

As a bears fan I'm glad. The biggest argument for doing this is, who would you sign if it wasn't cutler? There's no qbs out there. Pay the man, draft a kid in middle rounds and let him learn trestmans system and reevaluate in 3 yrs.

If you want to re-evaluate in 3 years, why not just sign McCown for less and devote that money to making the Defense actually good again?

Saving money at qb and spending elsewhere never works. This was a great deal for the Bears.

have to agree. Cutler is a real nfl qb. Not a great one, but certainly better than average. Good enough. If he would finally learn some footwork and quit trying to make throws with just his arm, he could be great.

 

[Boston]

If you are the GM (or whoever made this deal) your concern is right now...if you let Cutler walk and you miss on a new QB than you're a goner...so while i understand why they re-signed him I don't see this being a good contract...Cutler is just one of those guys who just doesn't seem to have "it"...he looks the part and when he is on can look real good...yet at the end of the day I just don't see him being the leader of a championship team...this is the type of deal that has the potential to put Chicago in no man's land...not good enough to be a contender but not bad enough to really reload...

 

[flapgreen]

As a bears fan I'm glad. The biggest argument for doing this is, who would you sign if it wasn't cutler? There's no qbs out there. Pay the man, draft a kid in middle rounds and let him learn trestmans system and reevaluate in 3 yrs.

If you want to re-evaluate in 3 years, why not just sign McCown for less and devote that money to making the Defense actually good again?

Saving money at qb and spending elsewhere never works. This was a great deal for the Bears.

The NFL standings beg to differ. CIN, SEA, SF, PHI, ARI, KC all put up double digit wins. Signing Cutler to a longterm deal is a great way to be around 500 for the next few years. I question if that's what you want and whether that's significantly more than McCown would give you.

Those are rookie deals

Alex Smith is a rookie? Carson Palmer is a rookie?

Yeah

 

[GreenNGold]

Cutler has only had 2 winning seasons in his career, including college. McCown put up much better numbers than Cutler did too. Not sure how anyone can consider him above average.

 

[Sweetness_34]

This is a great signing. Cutler finally has WRs and OL and a TE next to him, like all good QBs need (see Brady?). As for fudge packer fans being happy, I am LOLing....Cutler just shredded their team for 28 pts and would have won if we had any kind of defense.

He is something like 1-8 against them.

LOL all you want.

And every loss except one was with Hester, Johny Knox, Roy Williams etc at WR; Kellen Davis at TE and a complete mess at OL. You are too stupid to figure it out but what is new.

 

[Sweetness_34]

I would have drafted a QB, they pick high enough to get a good one, UCF kid maybe, John Football? Rolled with McCown for another year. Now, how are they going to improve a bad defense if all their money is in the QB. Jeffery is as good as gone with is next contract.

I dont really care, I just enjoy the fact the dropped all that money and 7 years on that average QB. Reminds me of Will Farrel in Wedding Crashers when he is talking about the guy who dies hang-gliding...."what an idiot!"

Now I just hope Big Ben stays in the Burgh his whole career and doesnt chase a 3 year $60M deal to finish with some loser team.(I think he stays btw).

yes because drafting a QB works so well - Tim Couch; Akili Smith; Ryan Leaf; Christian Ponder; David Carr; Sam Bradford; Jamarcus Russell etc - I can go on.