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Cutler trade is unprecedented

By Aaron Schatz
Football Outsiders

Thursday, April 2, 2009

It certainly isn't as large as some other trades when it comes to the number of bodies and draft picks exchanging hands, but when it comes to one player's future value, the Jay Cutler deal may be the biggest trade in NFL history. Here's why: The rest of this analysis is available exclusively to ESPN Insiders. Other first-round quarterbacks were traded early in their careers, but never after they had already proved themselves to be quality starters. Eli Manning and John Elway forced their w ...

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