Everyone knows the Lions don't have a franchise Quarterback. Most Lions fans from my talks don't want this team to take Matthew Stafford. Almost everyone I talked to in the past few weeks about Detroit Area sports at some point mentioned the name CUTLER. Then the trade went through, you read it on the bottom line, or got a text message. Cutler to the Bears!! Then it came across, the Bears gave up a bunch. Definitely a lot, 2 1sts, exchanged a 3rd for a 5th, and gave up Kyle Orton. Everyone's attitude here seemed to change. All of a sudden Lion's fans were happy we didn't trade for Cutler, but why?
The Lions sadly, don't have a QB of Kyle Orton's attractiveness (that doesn't read very well does it) So the Lions probably would have had to give up this year's 20th pick, maybe 33, and definitely next year's 1st round pick. Most people will tell you that pick will be a top ten pick. That's a lot to give up, but here's the thing. You make this trade and you are certain of your Starting Quarterback for the next decade. This is a tough question, and I think it's easy to say that the Bears gave up too much, but if Stafford isn't a franchise quarterback then the Lions will be picking in the top 10 for 5 more years.
Let's look at it this way. The Lions take Cutler at #20 (great, great pick). This means we then give up pick 33 and next year's 1st round pick to ensure we have a quarterback for once. To me I think it's worth it. However, maybe not worth it when you are the Lions. We need to spend this year's draft, next off-season, and next years draft collecting as many talented players as we can. I think I am taking the easy way out of this question by saying, I think the Bears did not give up too much, but I think the Lions did a good job by not giving up the same thing. The Lions need to draft well this year and next and build a group of young talented players. Cutler will be great for the Bears, hopefully Stafford and a new Lions defense will EVENTUALLY be even better.
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