QB Jay Cutler Has A New Contract
by Brandon on Oct 21, 2009 11:01 AM CDT
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PrintI expected that QB Jay Cutler would wait for his big payday until he became a free agent in a couple years, but instead he went ahead and signed a 2 year contract extension. It seemed odd that he'd only sign for 2 years, but add it to the 3 years remaining on his rookie contract. From John Clayton at ESPN.com:
Under terms of the deal, Cutler will get $20 million in guarantees in this two-year extension, the source confirmed...
With the possibility of a lockout in 2011, Cutler and his agent, Bus Cook, decided to secure some guaranteed money by getting a new deal. With the new contract, Cutler will make around $50 million over the next five years.
So it's 5 years, $50 million, and $20 million guaranteed. That's similar to QB Aaron Rodgers. After he signed his extension last November, his deal was 6 years, $65 million, and $20 million guaranteed. As of last November, Rodgers was the 4th highest paid QB in the league, behind only QB Peyton Manning, QB Carson Palmer, and QB Ben Roethlisberger. Since then QB Eli Manning has moved ahead. So Cutler is probably the 6th highest paid QB, but I expected he'd receive more than Rodgers, and be paid similar to Eli Manning, so it looks like a very good deal for the Bears.
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hey packer fans..
would love an outside opinion. both sides are biased….
http://www.battleredblog.com/2009/10/21/1094523/wayne-vs-johnson
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Andre Johnson
Wayne is great too but he has had Peyton his whole career where Johnson has had David Carr and Matt Schaub.
That extension is good for the Bears and it’s good to see them finally have a quality starter.
In other good NFC North news, apparently Brad Childress is close to signing an extension, which means maybe that whole Brett Favre signing benefited the Packers somehow.
by Charlie Kelly on Oct 21, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Agree... Johnson
Wayne has had help with Peyton and other weapons on that team to take away double coverage such as Harrison, Gonzales, and that rookie they have this year (cant think of his name)
Pierre Garcon
Was from Div 3 Mount Union. Remember watching him play against UW-Whitewater in the Stagg bowl. Pretty cool imo!
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by Bush League All Star on Oct 22, 2009 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions
That is a pretty tough question...
How about we just say both are really, really damn good and call it a day? :)
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by Bush League All Star on Oct 22, 2009 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions
good deal for the bears...
But hopefully even better for the PACK! Now we wont be able to pick him off 4 times every game but Cutler really struggled in the spotlight like he has most of his career (again last sunday) and Bear- Packer games are always a big rival spotlighted game. ok ok enough Packer biased talk the Bears finally have their franchise QB they have been waiting for 20+ years. This will keep our division strong and be a suitable measure to find out how could the NFC North Champ really is…
Why
Why would he receive more than Aaron?!?! Aaron is a better QB! He might not have been drafted as high as Cutler, but his arm strength, mobility, and decision making mark him as an elite QB! If Favre hadn’t struck a spring from the fountain of youth somewhere on his farm in Hattiesburg, MS, Aaron and the Pack would be the story in the NFC North!
Because he's probably the best QB the Bears have had in recent history
When, all told, doesn’t mean alot, if they’re willing to throw the money at him, who is he to refuse?
"Recent History" all depends on your time frame :)
It can be 10 years, it can be 100 years.
Let’s just say I was trying to nice and objective.
Why
Would you expect him to get Eli money. He’s a good quarterback, but unproven in any kind of big game situation. I would expect him to get Aaron money. Anything more would be outrageous at this point in his career.
I see the reason for taking the payday now, but if he somehow steers the Bears to the Super Bowl this year…He could name his price.
by GreenandGolder on Oct 21, 2009 10:12 PM CDT reply actions
eli
I think he was overpaid. Sure he won a super bowl but I haven’t seen enough from him to earn that kind of money. He doesn’t even get close to my top 5…outside of the east coast rubes I don’t think most feel he is.
The flip side for Cutler is if he falls apart in the primetime like usual, they might not want to talk contract until he does something for them. Take the money while you can…this deal had a LOT of guaranteed money in it.
yeah the funny part was
in the begining of the Giants SB year everyone was calling for Eli’s head.. saying he was overrated and such.. Then they get some lcuky on the road and he becomes a top 5 QB all of a sudden..
trade
Anyone still think the bears got the better of the Cutler trade? Not Hardly… Bears gave up 2 1st, a 3rd and Orton for Cutler and a 5th… Denver is now a 6-0 Team and ALOT has to do w/ Orton and his abiltiy to play w/in a scheme AND make winning plays!!!
I said all along that Cutler may be more talented, but for the bears for a team that been deficient in talent Orton did an exceptional job. He may not have the big stats, the big arm… But the kid is a winner and an exceptional decision maker!
Cutler is overrated, lost a 4 game lead w/ 4 games to play, and is as likely to make a critical blunder as he is win a game for you!!! Takes more than draft status and a big arm to win games in the NFL!!! Not worth nearly 10M per… 8M max…
Orton is a highly underrated QB
The problem with Orton is that you have to play to his abilities, not what you want him to do. Chicago fans wanted the deep ball, and that’s not Orton. Orton is much more like Chad Pennington, and Pennington is another great example of one team wasting his abilities (or being upset that they have to do so), gets traded because he’s “no good,” and then excelling when the team plays him like they should. Orton was doing very well last year until his ankle injury.
Chicago got what they want with Cutler- a deep ball thrower. I think they were jealous of Green Bay all of these years. But they also get all the problems that come with a gunslinger. Apparently that’s worth it to them, thus the money.
I always liked Orton
but he didn’t have good enough WRs to make it work in Chicago. Cutler is the kind of QB that makes guys around him look better (poor man’s Favre) but he’s not an elite QB. Orton, with a talented team around him is going to be really solid…a la early Brady before he took his game to that next level.
Really
You really think Cutler made Brandon Marshall, Tony Scheffler and Eddie Royal look alot better? At this point you might be able to make a case that they made him look pretty good! Orton isn’t throwing for as many yards, but alot of that is playcalling towards a run game featuring Knowshown Moreno. Orton sure looks good throwing to the weapons Cutler had. Cutler couldn’t get them in the playoffs w/ a 4 games lead and 4 to play… Think Orton is going to fold like that??? I don’t…
Royal finished last season with 91 catches for 980 yards. He has 18 for 148 right now…he’s had ONE nice game all season and is trending no where near those numbers.
Marshall finished last season with 104 catches for 1265 yards. This year he is trending toward 77 catches and 885 yards his lowest numbers since his rookie year.
Scheffler is keeping up with the previous year, but many would argue he totally underachieved last year and really every year.
So yeah, Cutler made them look better…a lot better. Orton is a game manager and with good to very good receivers, he can be a very good QB.
Remember Culter has basically the same WRs that Orton did last year. How many of them were on your fantasy team last year? Now there are THREE of them on teams in my league this year. Last year was MAYBE Hester…and even he was impossible to play each week. Cutler is a pretty good QB who lifts up the value of those on the offense around him…especially WRs.
Here is what I found on it...
General manager Jerry Angelo said the concept for quarterback Jay Cutler’s contract extension came from agent Bus Cook. The Bears had not planned to start discussions until after the season, but Cook and Cutler expressed an interest in an earlier agreement. Cutler had a $12 million roster bonus due in 2011, one he would have lost if the NFL has a lockout in 2011. Here’s what Cutler said on that issue, according to ESPN Chicago’s Jeff Dickerson: "Absolutely, I think every player in the league is concerned with that because we don’t know what’s going to happen, whether there is going to be a lockout or not. The [NFL Players Association] is advising everyone to save money, so any money you can get before that point is going to be good for any player."
http://espn.go.com/chicago/columns/blog?post=4582849&name=dickerson
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