AUTHOR’S REACTION
Few players make more sense for the Cardinals than Cutler does. It’s such a natural, obvious fit. They get a veteran on the cheap, freeing up their front office to focus on other positions in the draft. Positions like wide receiver, presuming Fitzgerald leaves. Besides that Cutler would actually be cheaper financially too. Palmer currently carries a salary cap hit of just over $24 million. Retiring would bring that off the books. Cutler would cost just $16 million on his current deal. A deal that runs through 2020.
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From the Bears’ perspective it’s a no-brainer. They get a draft pick in return for a soon-to-be 34-year old quarterback. It saves them $14 million in cap space with his contract coming off the books. Lastly, it gives them a clean slate to start over under center for the first time in eight years. There really is no down side to this, provided the team is serious about moving on. If they’re blowing smoke, which is always possible, then this is pointless.
Then again Pace has developed a reputation for pulling off unexpected trades before. He managed to unload players like Brandon Marshall and Jonathan Bostic. Players whom many saw as untradeable for various reasons. If he could get a draft pick out of them, what’s stopping him from doing the same with a quarterback who can still put together some impressive performances? There has to be one team out there willing to take a chance.
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