Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl, a destiny that the Bears could have thrown a wrench in with a little more offense in the last regular season game, sending the Pack home without a playoff berth.  It wasn’t meant to be, however, and as these things seem to go, destiny came back and defeated Chicago at home as the Bears were left watching their hated rival hoist the Lombardi trophy once again.  I stop short of suggesting it was karma because the Bears DID play to win on that last day of the season: they simply weren’t good enough, which they proved once again several weeks later.

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The end result was another Super Bowl victory by a team with a quarterback capable of being a team leader on the field.  There are always exceptions (Trent Dilfer), but most often, the Super Bowl champ possesses a QB that the team can rely on when everything else isn’t working right.  Off the field stuff seems irrelevant, as QBs as different as Roethlisberger and Drew Brees have won titles recently, but the similarities they have is the take over attitude on the field.  Aaron Rodgers is no different.  Despite numerous drops by his receivers in the Super Bowl, Rodgers remained calm and confident and helped put enough points on the scoreboard against one of the best defenses in the league to win a Super Bowl.

The question Bears fans need to ask is whether Jay Cutler is that type of field leader.  When the chips are down (and I’m not talking about injuries), will Cutler make the players around him better, or will he sulk and let a negative play or two determine the outcome?  What does Cutler bring to the table besides a strong arm and some potential?  If you truly aren’t confident that Cutler is the answer, then maybe it’s time to rethink the overall future for the Bears.