It's the NFL, which means the year commitment most likely means nothing. The 7 year number is purely for the cap hit. I wouldn't be surprised if more teams started doing longer term deals.Yaz4Ever said:Wow! 7 years? That's quite a commitment, unless as Morning Woodhead points out it's a real team-friendly deal.
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Per @alexmarvez, Cutler extension averages $18M in the first 3 years. That suggests a guarantee in the $50M-$55M range, which sounds right.
mascho said:The thing about this deal is that the window for the Bears is right now. Look at the talent they have on the offensive side of the ball. with Marshall, Alshon Jeffery, Bennett and Forte they have a great core in place. They need help on the defensive side of the ball. So it made sense to either lock up Cutler or franchise him, and spend money and draft picks shoring up that defense. Seven years spreads out the cap hit.
So you are of the opinion that Marc Trestman can't get the job done?ethangl said:
The window, really? Cutler aside, they made a significant leadership/philosophical change this year and dropped from a +98 point differential to -33 this year. Organizations like this do not have a window.
ethangl said:
The window, really? Cutler aside, they made a significant leadership/philosophical change this year and dropped from a +98 point differential to -33 this year. Organizations like this do not have a window.
They lost Henry Melton at DT, Lance Briggs and DJ Williams at LB, and Charles Tillman and Kelvin Hayden at CB this year due to injuries. They were playing reserves everywhere and those reserves sucked.mascho said:
The drop in differential is due to the fact that their defense flat out sucked. They were 2nd in scoring per game (scored 445 points, or 27.8 per game) but 30th in points allowed. They were 3rd in points allowed in 2012. They need to fix their defense and need to use their resources on that side of the ball. With that offensive core coming back, if they just become an average defense they're likely in the playoffs next year.
H78 said:It's amazing what being a mediocre-at-best quarterback still living off of your pre-draft reputation can land you in terms of guaranteed money.
SouthernBoSox said:So you are of the opinion that Marc Trestman can't get the job done?
You're making a strawman argument here.Kliq said:The Bears are basically banking on Cutler having a Flacco-like run in the playoffs one year. A normaly inconsistent QB putting it all together for one playoff run. I really don't know how good Cutler is. Their offense has great talent, as evidenced by the fact that they made Josh McCown look like a good starting quarterback. The Bears had a good offense this year scoring wise, but not all of that was because of Cutler. McCown got them 41, 45 and 38 points in games this season. Frankly, the offense was just as good with McCown as they were with Cutler.
In today's world, were rookie QBs are making such great strides, committing 7 years, even if they are cap friendly, to a VERY mediocre QB, seems like a mistake.
foulkehampshire said:Whats with the Cutler love?
He sucks.
foulkehampshire said:Whats with the Cutler love?
He sucks.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-biggs-aaron-kromer-bears-spt-1212-20141211-story.html
As Bears fans know, Jay Cutler can make a grown man cry.
The offense learned that Monday in a meeting room at Halas Hall when offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer made an emotional and tearful apology for criticizing the quarterback in a private conversation at Soldier Field with an NFL Network reporter last week.
Four sources told the Tribune that Kromer adamantly denied he said anything about the franchise having buyer's remorse for Cutler's blockbuster contract and assured players that portion of Sunday's report on NFL Network did not come from him. With Cutler in the room, Kromer did admit however to being frustrated with the quarterback's play management and expressing that to Ian Rapoport as he left Soldier Field on Dec. 4 after the fifth loss in seven games.
Cutler shook his head during Kromer's apology, one source said.
Rapoport reported the Bears had remorse over Cutler's $126.7 million, seven-year contract that includes $54 million guaranteed, far and away the largest in organization history. Rapoport went on to say Cutler's refusal to check out of bad run plays has "absolutely killed" the team and Kromer owned that when addressing players in the offensive meeting, sources told the Tribune.
GeorgeCostanza said:Cutler sucks and all but how about calling less bad run plays? Or getting him to the line quicker when you can still talk to him in the headset? Not every QB is a Manning or Brady at the line pre snap. Know what you have and work with it. ESPN had a mock advice piece for Johnny football that shreds cutler, but ends as a sloppy blowjob for Andrew Luck.