Bears sign Cutler to 7-year deal

Not a fan of the deal myself. Stick with McCown and trade Cutler. I don't see a huge upside in this deal. As a Texans fan though I have my own worries

I think you might have Johnny football coming your way Hank.

It would be a huge marketing deal for the Texans' to get him straight from A and M. There's no clear #1 QB prospect like Luck this year, I'd much rather take a shot on him than Bridgewater. I've seen him make endless insane plays, whether that carries over or not who knows? whether he can take the pounding he's going to get in the NFL is another who knows? too.

However, the stats show that guys with 3-4 years starting exp. generally do better than those with less.

No I didn't Hank, no surprise though.

He's not even the best QB on a the team ffs. Cutler is a cretin. Bears will regret

i don't like Cutler at all but this deal was forced on them. There are no good free agent qb's and they don't have a good enough draft pick to select a decent replacement. McCown is good but he is 35 they cant build around him

A guy like Matt Moore is good enough to do decent things with this high talented O or Matt Flynn


They're not though. Flynn has proven that over and over again. What has Matt Moore ever done?

As dumb as this deal is for Chicago IMO, neither of these guys are the answer to anything.

Ah, so now the QB is entirely responsible for the teams record? The Bears' are 9-7 because their defense is absolutely ATROCIOUS.


Tell me how Matt Flynn and Matt Moore are going to take the Bears' anywhere?


Matt Moore had two good seasons? Not really, he had half a good season, and then a good 13 games. He's a career backup, at best. Flynn? a one game wonder that couldn't win a starting job in Seattle, Oakland or even Buffalo?

That decision to stay in bounds and fumbles vs the Steelers' wasn't too smart. He's the poster boy for NOT overpaying a backup QB a ton of money based on a very small sample size.

There's a reason these two guys aren't starting, it's because they're not starters, I have lost track of the amount of Matt Cassels I have seen. Cutler for all his faults is still head and shoulders better.


I strongly suggest if Matt Moore had ever been given a real starting job for any length of time he would have flopped the way Flynn did.

...he sure is..but for 18m a year you can get a QB like Moore, a great safety and a good linebacker and a nickel corner for example...

Yeah if he is elite or just below ready to take next step! You rather paying average QB like Cutler than a top 5 defensive player (when he was signed)?

They could have used  franchise tag, Josh Mccown or whoever in free agents or a draft pick it's not like you need a early draft pick to take a chance (Kaep, Wilson, Glennon, Foles, Dalton).

I seriously doubt anyone would give Cutler anything close to that maybe a big short term contract but no way 54m guarantee

My immediate reaction was, this is crazy, but when you think about it.......

If any of us was GM or HC of the Bears - what would we do instead?




I tend to agree, done a little bit of a 180 here, not a 180 but 90 at least. The point you make WF 'What else do you do?' is a good one. If you don't have an elite QB, we know who they are, a franchise QB - Ben, Rivers, Eli, or an up and comer Luck, Newton RG, Kap, Wilson - what do you do? - Draft one? You could, but the Bears aren't THAT far away, neither are they drafting THAT high. I would not want Cutler on my team, but there's loads of worse alternatives, you COULD if you could find one go down the Matt Flynn route, and try and obtain Kirk Cousins. but that route is as shaky as Matt Flynn or Matt Cassel - who wants them now?


Rock and hard place for the Bears, Cutler worked well with Trestman, he's proven to be at least a good NFL QB - the money? it's too much per year, but you they could get out of it at some point. He has got a very strong arm, he can throw the ball I don't care what anyone says, he can make  all the throws. He lacks intangibles, but you can't coach them anyway.

The options are no better I agree on that. Maybe the Bears could what the Steelers have done with Ben, after some teething problems with Haley, he's now working out the 2 minute a lot, ball comes out quicker with shorter routes, now becoming a field general type like TB and Manning - what you could do with Cutler is let him run the offense a bit, if its on more on his shoulders he might make smarter decisions - he might become a bit more of a leader, worth a try his body language is poor though, Ben's wasn't. Worth a try.

At the end of the day (groan) he's a gunslinger in the Favrre mould, whether you can alter than 1/100th of a second it takes to decide on a risky throw I don't know.

Ben can read defenses, while obviously I would not put him in TB and PM class with this, the offense took off when he began calling his own plays (and improved o-line improved obv.) Cutler has weapons, maybe you try something a bit different?

When you have an instinctive/gunslinger type QB, is the right move to shackle him? or let him call the offense a bit, and play to his natural talents without the straight jacket on?