Try as you might, you can’t run away from the three certainties in life: Death, taxes, and Jay Cutler no longer playing quarterback for the Chicago Bears in 2017.
Indeed, the Cutler era - after a grueling, controversy-filled eight seasons - is finally, mercifully coming to a close. As reported by ESPN’s Jeff Darlington, the Bears are “actively shopping” the 11-year veteran who had been seemingly drawn criticism from every nook and cranny of the NFL during his Bears career.
The tragic “Smoking Jay” Cutler chapter in Bears lore has reached its conclusion.