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Quarterback Rank: #10
Overall: #54
Cutler had a breakout season as the Broncos became a pass-first team with all sorts of injuries at running back. Cutler responded with his first 4,000-yard season as a pro and a career-high 27 total touchdowns. But a feud with the Broncos new coach led to a trade demand, which landed him in Chicago. He goes from one of the best offenses in the league to one of the worst. He has suspect and unproven options at receiver. The Bears also are more of a run-first team. Cutler has a rocket for an arm and his accuracy continues to improve. Plus, he slides around the pocket well and can make some plays with his legs.
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Cutler will regret his trade demand. He won't near last year's numbers in this offense. He still has some potential because of his ability, but consider him more of a low-end No. 1 than a top option. He could get 3,500 yards and around 20 touchdowns. |
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| Dam Pompei, of the Chicago Tribune, reports Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler has not won any of the 11 games in his career when his team was down by at least 14 points entering the fourth quarter. |
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| The Associated Press reports Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler was 26-for-37 for 251 yards with a touchdown pass and three interceptions Week 7 against the Cincinnati Bengals. |
| Fantasy Impact: Cutler had a poor showing for the first time in several games. He'll do this every once in a whole, though, so this isn't a huge surprise. |
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| John Clayton, of ESPN.com, reports the Chicago Bears and QB Jay Cutler agreed to a two-year extension that will keep Cutler with the team through 2013, and a source confirmed it will pay him $30 million in new money. Under terms of the deal, Cutler will receive $20 million in guarantees, the source confirmed. |
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| Jason La Canfora, of the NFL Network, reports Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler has agreed to a two-year contract extension that will keep him with the team through 2013. The deal includes $20 million in guaranteed money and roughly $30 million in new money. |
| Fantasy Impact: Looks like the Bears are happy with their new quarterback. |
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| Jeff Dickerson, of ESPNChicago.com, reports Chicago Bears president Ted Phillips said during a radio interview that there is no sense of urgency to sign QB Jay Cutler to a contract extension at this time. Phillips said they will get a deal done with Cutler at the right time. |
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| Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler had a better second showing during the preseason Saturday, Aug. 22, as he went 8-of-13 for 121 yards with a touchdown pass. |
| Fantasy Impact: Cutler was much, much better, which is encouraging for the coming season. |
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| The Associated Press reports Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler, making his preseason debut with the Bears, was inconsistent Saturday, Aug. 15, against the Buffalo Bills. Cutler went 5-of-10 passing for 64 yards with an interception, which came on a poorly under thrown pass. He almost threw another interception, but the defensive back dropped the ball. Cutler said it is too early to panic and he feels fine. He also noted starting RB Matt Forte and starting TE Greg Olsen were rested. |
| Fantasy Impact: Don't get too worked up over a game, but it wouldn't be a surprise to see Cutler take a step backwards from the past few seasons. He just doesn't have the weapons in Chicago. |
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| Bob LeGere, of the Daily Herald, reports Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler said he would like to have input on which players make the final roster. 'I think they're definitely going to ask me. If they don't ask me, I'm going to tell them what I think because I've got to be the one throwing to them on game day, and I've got to trust them. But [offensive coordinator Ron Turner] and I have been on the same page since the start of training camp in what guys we wanted to see working in with me and what guys have stepped up and what direction we want to go with this group,' Cutler said. |
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| Brad Biggs, of The Chicago Sun-Times, reports the longer the Chicago Bears wait to rework the contract of QB Jay Cutler, the more expensive it may be for them. The Bears have more than $17.5 million in salary cap room available at this time, and signing Cutler to a new deal now would allow them to apply a portion of it to this year's salary cap. Cutler is under contract through 2011, but has a $12 million roster bonus due in his final year of the deal. The Bears are already committed to him long term after giving up a lot to acquire him, so tacking on more years to the deal now makes sense. If they wait and other quarterbacks receive new deals, it could only push the price up. Furthermore, if they go into 2009 with his current deal in place and are successful, his asking price could go up, too. |
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| Larry Mayer, of ChicagoBears.com, reports Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler has worked very hard in the classroom this offseason to pick up the team's system. Not only has he been able to grasp it, he is also able to execute the offense on the field. Some of the verbiage and reads in the offense are the same as they were with the Denver Broncos, allowing him to pick things up quicker. Quarterbacks coach Pep Hamilton has been impressed with his arm strength. |
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