LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- The last time a Chicago Bears player entered the season ranked among the Top 10 MVP candidates, Justin Fields was 15 years old.
It was 2014, and the odds of Jay Cutler winning MVP were 25-1, seventh-best among the candidates, according to the website SportsOddsHistory. Cutler went on to pass for 3,812 yards, just 26 yards shy of Erik Kramer's single-season club record.
But Cutler didn't finish among the top six MVP finalists and he watched former Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers win his second award.