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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Patrick Finley

The Browns made Jay Cutler rich — and 10 years later doomed Justin Fields

Bears quarterback Justin Fields drops back to throw against the Browns on Sunday. (Nick Cammett/Getty Images)

Ten years ago last week — in Week 15 of the 2013 season — the Bears quarterback took a snap at the Browns’ 45 and launched a fourth-quarter pass into the west end zone in Cleveland.

Alshon Jeffrey caught Jay Cutler’s go-ball with 11 minutes to play to tie a game the Bears wound up winning by seven. Eighteen days later, Bears general manager Phil Emery signed Cutler to a seven-year, $126 million contract. The reason, Emery said, was the Browns game.

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