When you boil it down, all the buildup to Jay Cutler's return to Invesco Field to face his former team was about five minutes and seven seconds at the end of the second quarter Sunday night.
All the venom for the Broncos' former quarterback -- and there was plenty of it -- resulted from a series of missteps that happened before the trade five months ago and hopefully can be put to rest after the Bears' 27-17 victory before 70,098 noisy and hostile fans.
Josh McDaniels didn't think Cutler was the long-term solution, not measured against Matt Cassel anyway, and when Cutler found out about it, he blew his top. When the new coach wouldn't promise to commit to Cutler long term, that was it.Continue