Jay Cutler is the highest-paid quarterback this season, and Brian Urlacher says that's the only thing elite about his former teammate. On Tuesday, Bears general manager Phil Emery said in an online chat with Bears fans that he believed Cutler was elite because of his winning record as a starting quarterback (59-52). On Wednesday, Urlacher disagreed, making his point in an interview with 87.7 FM The Game in Chicago. "Financially, he is one of the elite guys in the NFL. ... He just hasn't produced like an elite quarterback," Urlacher said. Cutler has a base salary of $22.5 million this season ($5 million was converted into a signing bonus in March) as part of a seven-year, $126.7 million contract extension he signed earlier this year, putting him at the top of the list of quarterback salaries in 2014, ahead of the New York Giants' Eli Manning ($15.15 million) and Denver Broncos' Peyton Manning ($15 million). Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who signed a five-year, $110 million contract last year, has the highest average annual salary among quaterbacks at $22 million, but his base salary in 2014 is just $900,000, although he received $16.2 million more in bonuses. - See more at:http://espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/stor...jay-cutler-chicago-bears-elite-qb-salary-only
