Cade McNown is not a better option than Jay Cutler, no matter how many meatballs say differently. OK, like I said, I get that. Going forward, how is Jay definitely your guy though? he is a good quarterback. one does not simply let a good quarterback go without his imminent replacement in hand. mccown is not an acceptable replacement. Plus, CBS ran a story this morning that the Bears will have no exclusive window to negotiate with McCown. They can only offer him another league-minimum deal before the start of free agency. I want McCown to be back because Jay gets hurt a lot. Backups do matter in the sense that you need one to hold the fort down if a guy like Cutler is out for a few weeks. Josh did that and more. As long as no one gives McCown $5-10 million to start, I'd imagine he'd be back here for $2 million. Campbell did get $3 million I think, but I don't think McCown does.