LAKE FOREST — Quarterback Jay Cutler was only 26 when he started his first season with the Bears, a man-child unsuited to a role as the face of the team.
But now he’s 33, with three kids, a celebrity wife and a firm standing as the elder statesman of a team in transition. Put him in a pair of Chef Curry 2s at a Bruce Springsteen concert and he’s the spitting image of a suburban dad.
Matt Forte and Brandon Marshall are the toast of New York, Lovie Smith is in Champaign, the old defensive stalwarts are long gone.