You can never be sure, but it looks like Cutler's money for next year is, indeed, fully guaranteed. And the Bears can't even keep him, unless they want to guarantee $10M of his 2016 salary!


Quote Originally Posted by http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/chicago-bears/jay-cutler/
2014-15 salaries guarantee 3/14/2014 ($38 million)
$5M of 2014 salary deferred to 2015
$10 million of 2016 salary guarantees 3/12/2015
$6 million of 2016 salary guarantees 3/2016
Roster Bonus: $2.5 million per year ($156,250 each game on active roster)
Workout: $500,000 annual de-escalator from base salary for failure to show up to offseason workout program
2014 Restructure: $5 million/5 years
Let's take a walk down memory lane

@Rich_Campbell 10:37 AM - 2 Jan 2014
Emery on Cutler: "Very excited to have Jay for the long term."

@ZachZaidman 12:35 PM - 2 Jan 2014
Cutler on Trestman: "I'm happy to be married to him for 7 more years."