NFL Week 11

I'd say saying "He's better than Jimmy Clausen" is damning with faint praise. Not defending him to the bloody end.

 

I read somewhere that if they cut him before March, the Bears will save $16 million. It would also mean the Bears would have paid him $38 million for one season. If he's on the roster in March, another $10 million becomes guaranted.

I think the only way he's dealt is if he wants out of Chicago and he agrees to some kind of restructuring that allows him to be traded. Given who his agent is (Bus Cook) I put the chances of that happening at about zero.

It will be funny if he plays well Sunday against the Vikings.

One thing is clear, he has a much better agent than Dalton and Kaepernick.

 

I posted the well-argued piece a week ago. Not combing back over that ground.
If somebody wants to be blind to the evidence then let them sit in the dark.

 

Assuming Cutler is around in Chicago next season, I think it's a safe bet he'll have either a veteran backup or a high draft pick backup QB and possibly both.

 

Here is what I think RJ is talking about.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/10/bears-technically-arent-stuck-with-cutler/

 

They have SOOOOOOOOOO many defensive issues....they should really focus their high draft picks on that end. Like say safety. Their safety play was hide-your-children bad vs GB.

 

But that doesn't address the cap impact, unless I missed it. How much out-of-pocket money it costs them is secondary to the cap issue in determining if it's viable or not.

 

It's kind of a stupid article because it says, they're not stuck with him, but that would only be true if they were willing to pay him $38 million to take a walk. It's not happening.

The Bears are fucked.

 

I don't think that's a safe bet at all.

That's cap space and a draft pick that can't be used to fix one of the many other parts of the team that are in disarray.

You can't functionally pull back and rebuild in 2015 with the way the roster is set up. You don't really have a choice but to throw more good money after bad and try to reload again on aging free agents in the offseason for yet another probably futile run.

 

That was so two pages ago....

 

I could see McCown coming back. It's hard to see Tampa keeping him after this season, and Chicago would be a logical landing spot.

Add: And presumable he could come back pretty cheaply. I can't imagine fierce bidding wars.

 

Gehrig, good we have you policing the thread... keep up the good work. We need people on that hill.
I agree the Bears are screwed. Trying to think of a precedent for this, in terms of money and profile personnel.