adam

Well the 2nd and 3rd year are better but 22.5 is way too high for any year of the deal. We have so many needs that this is going to prevent someone from being signed.

What a garbage deal for a somewhat unproven commodity. 22.5? That is like 6 over the tag. The best part of the deal is years 4 and 5, but I assume if he performs they will renegotiate anyway. So this is essentially a 3 yr deal with a 22.5 first year cap hit. That hit is so much higher than last year that there is no way Peppers comes back at that number.

The cap hit will be the key, if it is over the franchise tag, I don't like the deal. If it is lower, then it won't be as bad.

Now let's extend BM, Alshon, and Forte and keep this core together for the next 5 years.

General consensus is the deal is not good. Funny seeing comments like "Packers clinch Division for next 7 years" and that other teams like this deal because it makes their defenses better. For the money, if it comes out to $18 million, I believe we over paid. Now this will be highly dependent on his performance during the contract.

Ok you got me, any franchise QB being paid $18 million a year.

I feel like it is a little over valued, which is odd if the Bears have the best assessment on his value. The speed of the deal seems like the Cutler camp was happy with the deal too. For next season we can finally say no excuses. 2nd year in system, OLine continuity, and a bunch of all pro level skill players. Almost any QB should be able to put up huge numbers and wins in that scenario.

Emery and Trestman are now tied to Cutler.

First 3 years of Cutler deal averages $18 on initial reports. Seems a little high for me but at least it is done and the Bears know what they have to work with.

HOME NO, TB, DAL, BUF, MIA AWAY ATL, CAR, SF, NE, NYJ To me this looks like an incredibly difficult schedule. It seems like almost all our opponents have good defenses. TB has a good Defense and will have Lovie. NO and DAL are rematches. BUF and MIA are tough. CAR, SF, and NE will be brutal. ATL was bad but played good late and is always good at home. NYJ has a good Defense and is tough at home. I don't see any easy games. We obviously have to get better in the division, but either way it is hard for me to see us winning more than 10 games at best.

I don't remember seeing Bostic or Greene at all.

GB had allowed 38, 36, and 40 in 3 of their last 4 games, but we could only muster 28. Just like McCown's stats in the Minnesota game, they were hollow. Yeah, he put up decent numbers and a good QBR, but there were very few sustained drives. We never seemed to take advantage of good field position or a turnover. This was not always Jay's fault, but as the QB, he is partly responsible for the offensive rhythm. Ever since Cutler came back, the offensive never looked as fluid as it did with McCown. Just my observation. It doesn't mean McCown is better, but the offense flowed. The only drive we had in the 4th was the dagger, we needed at least a FG, and we punted. He could have put them away (just like most QB's do). That would've made at least a 4 pt game and GB would've needed a TD to win - and even if they scored, another FG would've won it or tied it for us. An epic loss, one of the worst in a long time. Also, Orton goes for 350+ on the same Philly Defense we played last week.

4-12 Defense? Try 2-14. This was the worst run defense in over 50 years in the entire NFL, just think how bad some defenses have been, but none were worse against the run than us this year. The only reason we weren't last in passing defense was because it was so easy to run on us, why pass? We allowed 478 pts, 2 less than Minnesota for dead last. Seattle, for perspective, allowed half as many points as us. We also finished dead last in sacks, and the Buffalo freakin Bills had twice as many sacks as us. It was easily the worst Bears defensive unit, ever. We never held a team under 20, once!!! 7 opponents scored over 30, with 4 of them over 40. Historically brutal defense that needs to be completely blown up.

Looks like we are a lock for 14 since Dallas will finish with a better SoS than us if they lose against Philly.

Yeah, almost the worst possible story book ending to one of the most frustrating seasons in recent memory. Lose at home, in Week 17, to the Packers, in Rodgers first game back (and Cobb's), allowing them to win the Division, and get a first round home playoff game. and I still remember that FG attempt on 2nd and 9.....

At this point, I'm still on the fence about Cutler, but mainly due to the price vs performance/durability. Can we afford what he is going to ask for with all the needs on the defense? I have to believe he comes back because he didn't play bad, but it has to come at a price that makes sense.

Did you see the INT he threw, brutal throw to end the game.

If at any point you would play prevent and give them the underneath and protect against the deep ball, why not there? They would still need to get into FG range even after a 1st Down. What a demoralizing way to end the season and allow GB of all teams to win again in our house. Embarrassing. Only consolation is the 14th pick.

No, but did you see what he did on that 4th quarter drive when we could've put the game away? We punted. The defense was a liability, but the entire offense did nothing to capitalize on the turnovers or field position. We had too many 3 and outs, and our defense was on the field forever, both a fault of their own, and by the lack of offense. The first series we start on the Packers 42 and punted!! The 2nd Rodgers INT, we respond with a 3 and out.

Yeah, depends on final SOS, and we had the worst going into this week of all the 8-8 teams. However, it fluctuates based on the current records so we could slip to 16, but it looks like 14 right now.

Looks like we are locked in at #14. (UPDATED 29DEC) 1 Houston Texans 2-14 2 St. Louis Rams (WAS) 3-13 3 Jacksonville Jaguars 4-12 4 Oakland Raiders 4-12 5 Cleveland Browns 4-12 6 Atlanta Falcons 4-12 7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4-12 8 Minnesota Vikings 5-10-1 9 Buffalo Bills 6-10 10 Detroit Lions 7-9 11 Tennessee Titans 7-9 12 New York Giants 7-9 13 St. Louis Rams 7-9 14 Chicago Bears 8-8 15 Pittsburgh Steelers 8-8 16 New York Jets 8-8 17 Baltimore Ravens 8-8 18 Miami Dolphins 8-8 19 Dallas Cowboys 8-7

We really needed a score on that last drive, even a FG. That would've made it a 3 pt game. We should not have put that game in the defense's hands.

No score on last drive did us in, no way you can't score.

Seriously