Cutler trade

I’ll keep this brief because I think most Illinois residents will agree with me. I think the move to get Cutler will be a franchise defining moment for this generation. You will hear every major NFL announcer espouse the virtues of having a franchise QB. After all, QB is the most important position on a football field. Then consider the fact that Chicago hasn’t had a franchise QB since the 1940’s, and it makes even more sense that Angelo mortgaged the future to get a player of Cutler’s ilk. The most common argument against this move now seems to be the lack of receiving depth on this team. My major beef with this is that the great QB’s can make average WR’s look much better than they are. It’s not often that it goes the other way around. Plus, the Bears have some very good receiving options, just not at the perimeter receiver position. Greg Olson can now be used as a deep threat, which couldn’t be done with Orton due to his poor accuracy on the deep ball (and his poor arm strength period), so you potentially have one of the top 3-5 receiving threats at this position. Matt Forte proved last year that he’s already one of the top receiving threats at the RB position as well. Devin Hester is a better WR than people will let on as well, considering the fact that he had to come back on a good number of deep balls because Orton couldn’t get the ball to him. Is he a number one receiver? Probably not, but I do think he can be a very good deep threat decoy that will open up the short and underneath throws. I also think that the Bears need to get him into the slot or off the line more often so he can avoid the jam at the line and get a clean release for quick slant routes. So to summarize, I think Angelo made a very un-Bears like move in grabbing Cutler, and all Bears fans should be happy that he did so. With some smart moves with the remaining picks in the draft, this Bears team could very easily move into top contender status in the NFC. I also think it’s worth mentioning that the Orlando Pace move should have gotten more recognition than it did, due to the major news of Cutler. Pace isn’t the blocker he used to be, but if he can remain healthy, he’s a lot smaller of a question mark than starting untested second year man Chris Williams at one of the most critical positions on the field.