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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Name me a recent trade where a 25 year old QB with limitless upside, coming off of a Pro Bowl season was traded.

I'm leaving my opinion on Cutler (which isn't all that high, I'd admit) at the door for the moment, and looking at this as subjectively as possible.

We do have a recent trade where a 26-year old all pro defensive end was traded in similar head-scratching fashion, and he only got a 1st, two thirds and a swap of 6ths.

Which is a great deal less value than two 1sts and a 3rd.

Originally Posted by Nightfyre

Uh, any time a top 5 pick has been traded.

Again, I said recently. Looking at this trade in comparison with recent trades, both for QBs and for players in general. Who has gotten more?

If the Broncos had traded Cutler away for a 2nd and a can of smoked salmon, I might agree they got bent over.

Hey, like I said, maybe I'm the one with the bias, because I don't think Cutler is a franchise quarterback, and I don't think he's going to do anything for the Bears. I think this move is bad, bad, bad for us in the long term, and I wish to christ Cutler was going to be a Donkey for the forseeable future. I hope we're not looking back 5 years from now and seeing this as the first step in the building of a dynasty.