Jay Cutler Earning His Money The Hard Way With Chicago Bears

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Published: October 20, 2009

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Cutler’s two-year contract extension pays him $20 million in bonuses and $30 million total new money while keeping him under contract through 2013.
It’s a wise move for the Bears because waiting to negotiate an extension during a possible uncapped 2010 NFL season might have sent Cutler’s demands skyrocketing. 
No one really knows the effect not having a salary cap will have—or really if that will even happen at this point—but speculation has it that richer teams will start bidding up contracts on some players.
It only makes sense that quarterback contracts would be even more astronomical than they are now, so the Bears may have saved themselves a great deal of cash.
The reason the Bears will be lucky to get their money’s worth from Cutler is he will be fortunate to finish this season in one piece.
Of course, no one with the Bears will admit it, but the single biggest obstacle to beco...

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