Jay Cutler News

Dec 30, 2012; Detroit, MI, USA; Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler before the game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field.

McCown is a quarterback with a 71.2 career passer rating. He has been cut twice and traded twice in his NFL career, and his last regular professional paycheck from a pro team before his joining the Bears was from the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League.

He did attend the veteran minicamp, which took place before the NFL Draft, but he has not practiced with the team since.

I've never been around Jay a whole lot, but I think he's a smart kid. I think he really understands the game.

John W. Siegal stands over a scramble for the ball in a game against a team that appears to be the Packers.

Nominating someone as 'the best' is always tough. Because, what exactly does it mean anyway, what metrics do you take into account when determining what is 'the best'? Are we talking the most valuable player to the team, or just the raw ability compared to the rest of the team? Or the best and most productive of their position group amongst their ... (more)

Kyle Love recently received a dose of bad news when he was diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes.

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Sites such as Pro Football Focus , Football Outsiders and Advanced NFL Stats are providing analysts and fans alike with new ways to evaluate every single player on a game-to-game and season-to-season basis.

Every week matters in the NFL. 16 games may sound like a lot, but when only 12 out of 32 teams can make the playoffs in a given year, it isn't. As schedules begin to take shape experts are able to at least gauge difficulty level based on how many games a team won a year ago, whether they reached the playoffs and overall roster talent.

A lot of changes may come for the Chicago Bears when the 2014 off-season gets under way.

The talented college receiver broke team rules, left Washington State, lambasted the coaching staff and hurt his draft stock.

FEBRUARY 23: Kyle Long of Oregon participates during the 2013 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 23, 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Home field advantage is becoming more and more of a pipe dream when it comes to the NFL .

Jay Cutler took a pounding from a lot of other players around the NFL along with fans when he sat out in the second half of the NFC Championship Game a few years ago.

Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose cheers on his team from the bench during the second half of Game 3 of their first-round playoff series against the Brooklyn Nets on April 25 in Chicago.

It is still so early in the off-season. Training camps are far off and coaches haven't had the time to truly assess which players are separating themselves from the pack.

Organized team activities, or OTAs, is the nine-week window of light workouts that bridge the acquisition period - free agency and the draft - and training camp for NFL teams.

To say fans are somewhat nervous about the situation between quarterback Jay Cutler and the Chicago Bears is a tad overblown.

This week the Chicago Bears rookie's entered into their first OTAs. Now, if seeing the Bears' newest players and potential starters on the field isn't enough to wet the appetite of die-hard fans, than the uses of advanced technology on the field should definitely spark conversation amongst fans, football analysis and other coaches around the ... (more)