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NFL Free Agency: Breaking Down Each Team’s Biggest Offseason Need

By Peter Panacy

Sep 14, 2015; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) reacts after the game against the Minnesota Vikings at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 14, 2015; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) reacts after the game against the Minnesota Vikings at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 20, 2016; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler (6) lays on the field after a late hit by New York Giants defensive end Olivier Vernon (54, not pictured) at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 20, 2016; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler (6) lays on the field after a late hit by New York Giants defensive end Olivier Vernon (54, not pictured) at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports /

Chicago Bears

Projected Cap Space: $51,366,002

Biggest Need: Quarterback

Let’s face it, the Jay Cutler era in Chicago is coming to an end one way or another. And the Bears don’t exactly have any legitimate options down the road either.

The problem is the free-agent market on quarterbacks is awfully thin, and the NFL Draft doesn’t provide any day-one options either.

Like a few other teams out there — Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers — the Bears could try and go with a stop-gap option for 2017 and hope to land a notable prospect in this year’s draft with the thought of developing him.

Brian Hoyer, who spent last season in Chicago, is an option to plug the line for now.