"It's fair for me, fair for the Bears," Cutler said of his two-year contract extension worth $30 million overall, including $20 million guaranteed.
Fair to say nobody's complaining about Cutler's decision-making today.
Partly for salary cap reasons, Cutler will receive some of the new money this season. He now will earn $16 million for 2009 spread between a signing bonus and base salary, according to sources. That largesse more than makes up for the $12 million roster bonus due in 2011 that Cutler couldn't count on because of ongoing NFL labor...
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