This guy is a professional sportswriter and doesn't understand guaranteed money. No, it isn't. The 7 years by itself is pretty meaningless, but I'd be surprised if that isn't a sign that the money is pretty huge as well. If the Schefter tweet turns out to be accurate, that would probably leave the Bears stuck in the 15th-23rd best QB situation overall (taking into account play and contract) in the league for the next few years. Of course, if they got rid of him, there would be no guarantee that they would get someone better. Efficiency is worth only so much when the other available options are so terrible, and nobody in the draft is going to help them for 2-3 years.