At a Thursday morning press conference, Chicago Bears GM Phil Emery declined to get into specifics about the money involved in QB Jay Cutler's new 7-year contract extension. The team's press release about the deal also failed to address the question.
Enter veteran prediction-maker (and Bears WR) Brandon Marshall, who had this to say about Cutler's decision to stay with the Bears via tweet and Instagram photo:
BOOM.. . JAY 7 for 126.. . Congrats now let's go win. #beardown http://t.co/DKGZB40o9T — Machine Marshall (@BMarshall) January 2, 2014
Here is the picture if you don't want to click on the link:
Marshall referring to "7 and 126" likely means that he was referring to Cutler's contract, and while knowing that Cutler's contract is worth $126 million is interesting, it obviously doesn't delve deeper into any of the salary cap implications that the deal has.
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Even still, isn't it neat that today we saw Emery break the news of Cutler's deal before insiders like Adam Schefter could get the information, and now we are seeing a player breaking more news before those pros can get the numbers? That is an interesting subplot to what has been an eventful day at Halas Hall.
