Cutler signs 7 yr deal with bears

[dudesthisisthebest]

That's actually a pretty good deal once you read the fine print.

Cutler’s deal is three years, $54 million, with year-to-year option thereafter | ProFootballTalk

Not trying to be harsh, but there is no way you can rationalize this as a 'good deal'. The best you can say is it's not as bad as the numbers suggest. Paying Russell Wilson less than $1 million the next two seasons, Nick Foles less than $1 million, Andrew Luck $3 million a season, those are good deals. I mean the Bears are paying Cutler the same amount of money the next three seasons as the Packers are paying Rodgers.

The fact is that the new found valuations of quarterbacks has left the Bears in a no win situation. Phil Emery can't afford rebuild or gamble on another teams backup 2 years into his GM term so he had to back the truck up to a mid-tier, fringe top 10 quarterback or else someone even more desperate would have.

 

[blueNDgold44]

Not trying to be harsh, but there is no way you can rationalize this as a 'good deal'. The best you can say is it's not as bad as the numbers suggest. Paying Russell Wilson less than $1 million the next two seasons, Nick Foles less than $1 million, Andrew Luck $3 million a season, those are good deals. I mean the Bears are paying Cutler the same amount of money the next three seasons as the Packers are paying Rodgers.

The fact is that the new found valuations of quarterbacks has left the Bears in a no win situation. Phil Emery can't afford rebuild or gamble on another teams backup 2 years into his GM term so he had to back the truck up to a mid-tier, fringe top 10 quarterback or else someone even more desperate would have.

You can't compare Cutler's contract to 3 QB's on their rookie contracts.

 

[illmatic630]

You can't compare Cutler's contract to 3 QB's on their rookie contracts.

Boom

 

[dudesthisisthebest]

You can't compare Cutler's contract to 3 QB's on their rookie contracts.

I understand, that's why I also compared him to Rodgers. It was basically saying all these quarterbacks making $18 million outside of maybe the top 4 can't be considered a good value or even close to that when there are better quarterbacks making pennies comparatively.

 

[ickythump1225]

You serious, Dick??!!

C-Pepp had one amazing season, and a couple other really good ones.

Favre got them to within one play, literally, of the Super Bowl.

Forgive us others for not crying about that.

I'll gladly trade Billy Volek, Vince Young, Matt Hasslebeck, Rusty Smith, Jake Locker, and Ryan Fitzpatrick for such misery.

How quickly Bears fans have become spoiled. How quickly they forget about the Cade Mcnown era, or the resplendent Kyle Orton/Rex Grossman years. Do they want to go back to that? I didn't think so, quit your bellyaching Bears fans.

 

[dublinirish]

would love to know who the Bears fans want as their QB instead? (realistically!)

 

[pumpdog20]

How quickly Bears fans have become spoiled. How quickly they forget about the Cade Mcnown era, or the resplendent Kyle Orton/Rex Grossman years. Do they want to go back to that? I didn't think so, quit your bellyaching Bears fans.

Spoiled? We had more playoff wins in one season from sexy rexy than all combined years with Cutler. Bears fans definitely aren't spoiled by Cutler. He's maybe more talented than QBs from the past, the money could have been spent better, like shoring up the D.

 

[woolybug25]

would love to know who the Bears fans want as their QB instead? (realistically!)

No one is saying that we should replace Cutler. We are just saying its dumb to sign Cutler to a 7 year deal. We did better with McCown this season than Cutler and he hasn't shown that he can stay on the field.

He said that he was fine getting franchise-tagged, so we should have done it.

 

[dublinirish]

No one is saying that we should replace Cutler. We are just saying its dumb to sign Cutler to a 7 year deal. We did better with McCown this season than Cutler and he hasn't shown that he can stay on the field.

He said that he was fine getting franchise-tagged, so we should have done it.

its really a 3 year deal though. Take your guy in the late 1st/2nd round and groom him to be the starter then after.

 

[Pops Freshenmeyer]

its really a 3 year deal though. Take your guy in the late 1st/2nd round and groom him to be the starter then after.

Yeah, I saw a report that says there is no cap hit if he's cut after 3 years. It's a three year deal with a handful of one year options tacked on.