Jay Cutler is a BEAR!!

[Delhommey]

Pep will play as poorly as Haynesworth did last year.

Bank on it.

[GRWatcher]

lmao!! I should've bet some bucks with a guy at work who kept telling me all day that Cutler was going to be a Panther. I told him we learned our lesson with Carr: do not sign disgruntled QB's. There's always a reason their coach doesn't want them.

And, yes, he's a whiney primadonna even if he is a good qb when things go his way.

Congrats, dimbee!!

[Kurb]

Great move for the Bears.

Put's them at the front of their division IMO.

If they can shore up that O-line a little they might make some noise.

[raleigh-panther]

Great move for the Bears...Cutler with a great back in Forte...good TE...good Defense. They are contenders now.

[Brandon]

They're not contenders, who is gonna play on defense for them?

[Fiz]

this really brings me back to a rant ive made before in other places that teams like the bears have to dictate everything about their team to fit their environment which, unless they build a dome, will never change. investing this much into a quarterback without any real threat at WR when you play like 6 games a year on lake michigan in varying degrees of winter takes away a natural advantage.

[holderoftruth]

They're not contenders, who is gonna play on defense for them?

They finished one game back from hosting a playoff game last season. 9-7 record with Orton. They are the favorites in the NFC North now.

[raleigh-panther]

They're not contenders, who is gonna play on defense for them?

We could ask the same thing of Carolina.

The Bears defense is every bit as good as Carolina's. Note that I said 'good' not great.

People on this board consider Carolina contenders with an average defense.

[Jackofalltrades]

I love the idiocy- happiness had nothing to do with Peppers' down season, absolutely nothing. This is fact, not conjuncture, speculation or wishful thinking.

My apologies Dimbee. I meant metaphorically. He'll technically be playing, but it won't be real playing. It will be his 2007 going-through-the-motions playing because he was unhappy.

[Fireball77]

I think a lot of the Bears' issues on D last year were injury related if I recall correctly.

[Fiz]

They finished one game back from hosting a playoff game last season. 9-7 record with Orton. They are the favorites in the NFC North now.

Look at Orton stats, or go back and at least watch his game against us.

He wasn't the problem by a damn sight.

[CatMan72]

this really brings me back to a rant ive made before in other places that teams like the bears have to dictate everything about their team to fit their environment which, unless they build a dome, will never change. investing this much into a quarterback without any real threat at WR when you play like 6 games a year on lake michigan in varying degrees of winter takes away a natural advantage.

Yeah, Farve really struggled as a passer playing 8 games in GB and 2 games in Chicago every year for 16 years... great point (not).

[Fiz]

Yeah, Farve really struggled as a passer playing 8 games in GB and 2 games in Chicago every year for 16 years... great point (not).

if your only exception to the rule is a hall of fame qb.....whelp

unless you want to tell me why over 86 years the bears specifically haven't been able to draft a quality or develop QB.

also this is amazing but green bay and chicago's weather are different!

[rayzor]

ha ha