N/S Cutler trade to Bears (mega merge)

Cutler/Hester/Olsen/Forte

Cutler will open up our run game. I cannot tell you how many times last year Hester TOASTED CB's and Orton missed him.

All that is true. However, you're likely to be losing the "underthrow to Hester drawing the pass interference" that you benefited from last year. That doesn't show up on the stat sheet, but it was definitely there. We lost to you as a result of it at the very least. I'm sure you'll have a lot of long catch-and-runs now, though. And that's pretty exciting for any fan. It's all dependent on the offensive line. If Cutler has any kind of time, he'll be - at worst - above average in Chicago. I don't think he's as good as we were led to believe last year in Denver, and I think Chicago paid a slightly hefty price, but bottom line is it was a deal that needed to be done so I can't blame them at all.