The Facts: The Bears are all in on Cutler. They have no other choice. In the days leading up to the deadline for $10 million of quarterback's 2016 money becoming guaranteed, the Bears' brass met with Cutler sans the player's agent. NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported that after the meeting the Bears left convinced Cutler was their starter. The team didn't talk about redoing the quarterback's contract, per Rapoport.

Diehards Line: The meeting came after lukewarm comments about Cutler from HC John Fox and GM Ryan Pace at the NFL Scouting Combine. During Wednesday's media session at the NFL Annual Meeting, Fox tried to talk up Cutler. "If you're looking at a depth chart before we can get anything going, I'd say he'd be first on the depth chart," Fox said. As NFL.com's Kevin Patra notes, Cutler possesses the tools -- including a big arm -- that scouts love. It's why he keeps getting chances despite his wayward on-field performances. And even if that meeting convinced team officials he was their starter, they also had zero alternatives and an unmovable contract that shades the situation. Patra summed up: "Until Cutler proves it on the field, we'll choose to believe that Fox and his team are making the best of a situation they'd rather not be in."