No amount as of this moment. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/bears-sign-jay-cutler-to-seven-year-contract/
Smart re-signing for the Bears. When you find a franchise QB, you hang onto them. Cutler may have his flaws, but he's a franchise QB in this league. Bears don't want to have to find out what life is like for teams like our Jets who don't have a guy like that. I commend them for putting it to rest early as well.
yep, they can keep missing the playoffs as their QB puts up decent #s b/c that's what this game is all about!
7 years is a lot for Cutler at this point in his career. I wonder what the money looks like. According to overthecap, Cutler's contract total is the 15th largest for QBs and has the 16th largest guaranteed money before this extension.
The guaranteed money is the issue more than the years, I am guessing the years will be window dressing. Supposedly he is getting $18 mil/yr for the first 3 years and that is way too much for a QB of his caliber.
Agreed. An elite quarterback is the ultimate luxury but not every team can have one. Emery said it best: Cutler doesn't have to be better than Aaron Rodgers, the Bears have to be better than the Packers. Cutler won a division title with far less weapons than he has now, now they have to somehow improve that defense (which cost them the division this season more than QB play did, both as a whole and in the finale) and hope Cutler can get Eli or Flacco hot in the post-season.
7 years, $126 million with $54M guaranteed - no way in hell am I paying him that cash. He hasn't won shit in today's league - he is def not a franchise QB. At least Joe Flacco showed something and carried his team to the post-season to get that contract ...
Cutler won a div title(his only playoff app) w/ a D that took rex Grossman to a SB and they won that division b/c Gb had a million injuries and couldn't beat GB at home in the title game.
We don't agree on much, but I think this keeps the Bears out of the big game for a few years at least. The backup played better than he did this year! I just don't see how the Bears' management could see how this season unfolded and come to the conclusion they needed to lock this guy up long term.
Meh, the Bears were off to a 7-3 start in 2011 before Cutler got hurt (finishing 8-8) and won 10 games in 2012. I think he's capable of being a winning quarterback but isn't going to mask holes like elite quarterbacks do. The Bears have plenty of cap room and aren't likely to upgrade the QB position next given the options available. Cutler is essentially on a three year audition. They can still draft a player to develop if they want to. I think the move is fine. They still have plenty of dollars left for free agents and their rookie class to try and improve their team.
starts aren't finishes. Den was 4-1 to start 2008 w/ him and 8-5, they finished 8-8. In Chi they started 3-1 in 2009, finished 7-9. In Chi in 2012 they started 7-1, missed playoffs. He's not a guy you can count on in big games. Maybe that changes? but it's dangerous to give a guy like that so much money not to mention he hasn't played 16 games in a season since 2009.
It's a lot of money but there's not a chance he sees all 7 years of it. Same thing with Flacco's deal. People like to make a big stink out of deals like these but they are pretty much 3 year deals.. if he's not playing up to snuff they will either cut or restructure way before the contract lives out it's entirety. If he's great then it was totally worth it. They both have at least proven they aren't terrible... which is something to be said considering most teams have junk at the QB position.
Like I said, he's not one that going to mask deficiencies like an elite qb can. Denver had the 30th ranked defense in 2008. They gave up 30, 30 and 52 points in those final 3 games. The Bears were 31st ranked this season and surrendered the lead in the finale. Still say that had a greater impact than the QB play. He does have to stay healthy, though prior to this season that was a tall task given his poor offensive fronts in Chicago and Martz refusing to max protect.
You understand that putting up good numbers is a good thing right? You also seem to blame or give credit to the QB for the teams entire performance. There are 53 guys on a team. It's not all on the QB. That defense couldn't stop anybody, but hey, lets blame Cutler for that I guess....SMH
you can make all the excuses you want but Cutler's poor play in bog games and TOs also help those other rankings. he had a D in Chi that made a SB w/ rex grossman and he has ONE playoff win against a 7-9 team at home. Cutler took over a few years after Grossman and has done less than grossman he left Den and tebow took them further than Cutler ever did.
It can be but w/ a guy like Cutler it is mostly meaningless b/c he rarely shows up in big spots/big games. #s tell part of the story, I look more at how they accumulated the #s than the actual totals. The TD to win a game in the final seconds and the TD up by 20 or down by 20 look the same on a stat sheet.
