Interesting...

I really get tired of all the manufactured innuendo. Of course they are going to have some big meetings. The Bears are 1-6. Something has to change and they need to explore different options. That doesn't necessarily mean everyone is getting fired.

I'm curious what "Rival executives and coaches have roundly criticized almost everything the Bears have done this year" is. Bennett being traded is the only thing that I'm not sure was the best idea. What other moves were bad moves?

Year after year we seem to have the same problem.

People need to get fired.

Ted Phillips - I think he has a lot more control than most want to give him credit for.
John Fox - He isn't the future and what we're seeing from him this year shows us he is cashing it in
Dowell Loggains - Was made OC because of Cutler. He's terrible at playcalling and Cutler's future here being in question is going to determined his faith. 

Would be nice if we get some winners in here. 

What I would like us to do.

Get Mike McCoy when he gets fired from the Chargers and make him our OC. He could help develop our new QB.
Buy out Jim Harbaugh and bring him here to show some passion and fire that this team desperately needs 
Keep Fangio to continue our 3-4 defense build but give him some playmaking secondary players like Eric Berry

Then find someone to replace Ted who isn't allowed to touch the ball side of things.

And this would make the most sense logically but this team has been run so illogically for so long that it's nearly impossible to predict what they'll do especially with a CEO who is convinced promoting his losing "brand" is more important than winning games and owners who have permitted the team to be run this way.

While it's true that Jay's guaranteed money has run out after this season his declining salary makes him one of the better bargains for a starting caliber QB and if the Bears don't think so I believe there are a number of other teams who be happy to have him with his contract or one he may be willing to renegotiate.

I don't know that anyone would pay top dollar in picks for him now.  The Rams aren't going anywhere soon and they just spent a top pick on Goff.  I also don't think his return to Denver would be well received by fans here and in Semien and Lynch it appears Elway has two young QBs he can win with and a HC who actually can coach QBs.

Following the season the biggest stumbling block to getting fair value for him will be the thought that if the Bears will release him why pay for him and with any other team I would think they would not be that dumb but I've seen them do so many dumb things already for so long it's not much of stretch to see them do that too.

Cutler may never win a SB but then others have who are no better than him and some even worse.  The bottom line is he still gives the team the best chance of winning games based on who they have to play QB now so the objective as you say should be to find a better QB and not throw the baby out with the bath water until then.

And playing to lose only to assure themselves of getting a top pick to spend on a QB is just as dumb.  Given the overall success rate of highly drafted QB, and then looking at our success rate drafting them would make me hesitant to ever think that would work for us any better than it has in the past.  We haven't really drafted a truly great QB since Sid Luckman.