It seems incongruous for a team that recently decided against paying wide receiver Alshon Jeffery $17.5 million for 2017 — the price of applying the franchise tag — to be willing to pay a quarterback with 18 NFL starts so much next season. The exorbitant money invested in a quarterback who has thrown only 11 passes since 2014 raises a valid question of whether the Bears went a bridge quarterback too far. But NFL supply and demand suggests this is the cost of doing business, and (sigh) protesting the high prices only reveals one's age.