Needs More Ditka

The Chicago Bears and Jerry Angelo better hope that they were thinking clearly Thursday, because in one day, the franchise has been changed irrevocably.

The Bears on Thursday bought high, not waiting for market price to fall, sending Kyle Orton and two first round draft picks to Denver for maligned Broncos’ quarterback Jay Cutler. Also today, the Bears agreed to a three year contract future Football Hall of Famer tackle Orlando Pace, agreeing on a contract for three years worth $15 million dollars.

Cutler, the former Broncos’ quarterback of the future, will be asked to stop the seemingly endless carousel of Bears quarterbacks that has been turning for decades. The 11th pick in the 2006 draft, Cutler was a Pro Bowl player last season, and after leaving the Broncos in a spat, debatably much of his own fault, he has been handed the keys to a proud franchise, with the Bears having to ignore the immaturity and bratiness the 25 year old has displayed in the soap opera like saga he created with his previous employer. Make no other point, Cutler, started the drama in Denver, and it was he who continued the saga for weeks unable to recover from his feelings being hurt.

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