Jay Cutler Thinks Broncos Will Send Him to the NFC
As long as he's outta the AFC West, I don't care where Jay Cutler goes. But if he leaves Denver and the AFC, then that's just icing on the cake.
Jay Glazer of FOXSports.com is reporting:
Cutler didn't proclaim a favorite but also believes Denver will end up trading him to an NFC team. It's believed Denver is considering all offers to move Cutler before the April 25 start to the NFL draft.
Cutler spoke with FOXSports.com's Jay Glazer and in a confusing role reversal said he was "surprised" to hear of the trade.
"I was surprised they decided to trade me this soon," Cutler told Glazer in his first comments since the statement was released. "I didn't want to get traded. This wasn't me. They [The Broncos] had been going back and forth saying things, wanting me to be their quarterback and then they didn't."
Huh? As each day passes, I'm glad Scott Pioli has cast a shadow of secrecy over Arrowhead. Cutler is an excellent example of what can go wrong when a player is coddled. Broncos owner Pat Bowlen told him he would keep the offense in tact for him. Do you think Scott Pioli or Clark Hunt would say something like that to a player?
Cutler went on to say, "I love Denver. I really like my teammates. I didn't want it to get this far."
Glazer reports the asking price for Cutler is more than a 1st and a 3rd round pick.
I've been as big of an advocate of Cutler as any division rival can be but this entire situation has soured me on him despite his talent. With each passing day, I'm more comfortable saying I would rather have Matt Cassel as the Chiefs quarterback.
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I'll admit it
Early on in the process I would have chosen Cutler. But it appears he probably wouldn’t be worth the headache despite his obvious talent.
by Joel Thorman on Apr 1, 2009 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Ney, it cannot be?
Is it only for fear that you must dismiss one of your QB man-crushes for if a deal got done with Cleveland you’d have to compare Quinn to Cutler, and alas the analysis might be too much and tear your heart in twix*?
*Not olde/Shakesperean/non-candy/actual English.
Thou craven pottle-deep whey-face!
by Official Arrowhead Pride Parade on Apr 2, 2009 12:06 AM CDT up reply actions
If he didn't want it to go this far...
than he should’ve shut his trap and listened to what everyone was telling him! The NFL is a business. In a business you look at every transaction that you can. He takes things waaaay too personally and listens to his agent like he was Jesus or something. People in Denver can say what they want about how McDaniels messed things up and should get fired…but he was in the right. He was just questioning is all. Nothing more and nothing less. McDaniels has every right to do that and Cutler just needs to grow up and stop acting like a high school kid still living at home and become a man…an NFL athlete.
I still hope the Denver Donkies go down in flames…but I can say with a clear concious that Cutler has no one else to blame about the demise of the Denver franchise but his own arrogance and greed.
There's no hope with dope...
by chrisjo07 on Apr 1, 2009 10:58 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
The Cutler bashing while fun, is unfounded
They canned shanny which immediately yanks the control yoke of the offense out of Cutler’s hands. They hire a pats OC to be a rookie HC and promote the internal GM candidate Cutler didn’t support. Then it leaks they botched 3 way trade for the new HC’s backup turned starter QB that would end in a not so ego-boosting trip to Tampa anyway (where he gets to “rebuild” with a third place team that just fired their coach).
And he’s probably the player most deserving of a contract renegotiation in the NFL.
At this point all the “talk” is BS, Cutler wants out and isn’t wrong for that necessarily.
If anything, it makes Clark Hunt look that much more impressive for laying a methodical foundation while other teams wooed coaching prospects.
Shanny ran the GM and the HC, in short, the program. Bowlen replaced him with a Belichick OC and internal hire. Right now Brian Xanders looks like he should be rejected from even the remedial division of Carl Peterson’s School of General Management.
If UCrawford was a broncos fan we can assure you he’d suffer an explosive brain embolism over the diamond-cut precision of McDaniels’ Charlie Weis-ian ‘patriot-way-hubris’ express train to arrogant failureville.
Pat Bowlen is essentially King Lear at this point.
by Official Arrowhead Pride Parade on Apr 1, 2009 11:59 PM CDT reply actions
Damn Parade, you usually make me crack a smile
but this
Charlie Weis-ian ‘patriot-way-hubris’ express train to arrogant failureville
damn near killed me
ho ho holarious
+1 for the record
by Ochophosphate on Apr 2, 2009 1:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Wait
They hire a pats OC to be a rookie HC and promote the internal GM candidate Cutler didn’t support
Maybe I’m reading this wrong, but are you saying that they should have had Cutler’s support in who they hired as a coach and who they promoted to GM? If not, my foot is in my mouth. But if that’s what you’re saying, I have to say hell no. Cutler is a freaking employee, and has no place criticizing the decisions that Bowlen makes.
Again, I hope I’m reading that wrong.
Well, was the most valuable employee left...
Not saying that they NEED his approval, but if you own a football team and you eliminate your HC, GM, and all around godfather (shanny) – other than maybe your accountant – who the hell else should he be consulting or at least concerned about pissing off?
Moreover, hiring the HC first before figuring out GM was dumb. Also, Cutler voiced his support for the other option, Bates (maybe? not sure). This isn’t a dealbreaker, but still this something an owner should consider.
Of course, if you’re advocating the Al Davis school of ownership more power to you.
by Official Arrowhead Pride Parade on Apr 2, 2009 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions
is it just me
or does that whole first paragraph actual sound like a conspericy theroy. after reading the rest of the post i don’’t think that’s the way it was intended but it got me thinking, wich isn’t always a good thing. while highly unlikely i was surprised at how plossible it almost sounded for the Jack Ass brass (a good name for denver brass in more then one way) to see cutler was going to be a liablity and so they orcastrated this whole mess to increase visibility and market value. interesting thought.
eh, probably not
We say Pat Bowlen is going through like a mid-end-of-life crisis for buhzillionaires. He killed off his first lieutenant and now the world has changed and he’s just letting it ride at this point.
by Official Arrowhead Pride Parade on Apr 2, 2009 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Hey Now
If UCrawford was a broncos fan we can assure you he’d suffer an explosive brain embolism over the diamond-cut precision of McDaniels’ Charlie Weis-ian ‘patriot-way-hubris’ express train to arrogant failureville.
I’ll be the first to admit that the jury is still very much out on whether the offseason and Cutler situation are a disaster or success for that team. However, it’s not like Cutler gave them any options, his behavior during this has been absolutely atrocious, and plus he’s just one guy on a team (a guy with some pretty serious health considerations). Ideally would the Broncos want to keep Cutler? Sure…franchise QBs don’t grow on trees. But they could very easily turn a Jay Cutler trade into a huge plus for them this offseason, depending on what they get for him and how they handle their draft.
Predictions for 2009
1. Todd Haley's going to struggle with managing his staff in his rookie year as head coach.
2. The Lions will draft Matt Stafford, the Rams will draft Jason Smith, and the Chiefs will draft either Aaron Curry or Eugene Monroe.
3. Maurice Carthon will be the most hated man on the Chiefs' coaching staff within two years.
If we may...
We’d suggest that’s still your Chiefs-skeptic coming through here. You’re not representing this was a “planned” McDaniels move. But even if it’s Cutler, so what, a decent HC and GM should be able to diffuse this situation. If it turns out well, you gotta believe that it’s dumb luck for McDaniels at this point.
More importantly, this was premised on you being a broncos fan, and considering your not unfounded concern that Pioli’s implementation of “the patriot way” here in KC could be Weis-ian hubris™, we’d like to suggest that logically it follows that a bizarro UC – “UBoulder” perhaps – would be plenty pissed over the smug interviews McDaniels has been dropping of late?
by Official Arrowhead Pride Parade on Apr 2, 2009 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions
What the heck?
First he wants to be traded and then he says he never wanted to be traded? What a freakin’ douchebag.
Cook's doin fine... Jey should still get paid and paid well
Again no one remembers Xander, chief failure.
by Official Arrowhead Pride Parade on Apr 2, 2009 12:26 AM CDT up reply actions
Xanders, yes...
…but I disagree on Cook…between last years Favre mess and now Cutler’s nonsense I think it is pretty obvious he has something to do with stupid decisions by his high-profile QBs…All it would have taken to (potentially) save the situation was for him to advise Cutler to meet with the team without him present and keep an open mind…
He's back peddling
Trying to make it look like he’s an alright guy. He didn’t cause the trouble it was all Bowlen and McDaniels fault. That way he looks better to the prospect teams that want him. Trying to make himself look like he’s not a trouble maker or a cry baby.
His agent and himself said that the calls never got through to him. His phone never rang. There is one problem with that statement though. Bowlen said, we’ve got the phone records to prove it.
I’m so glad that we have Pioli. He cut the head off the snake concerning LJ, BW and TG. McDaniels and Bowlen only got the tail of the snake and it bit them.
On the NFC destiny
I have to agree that Cutler will land in the NFC, it only makes sense. There is no way Denver lets him go to an AFC team that could potentially prevent them from getting to a Super Bowl. You just don’t stack the deck against yourself like that.
As for NFC destinations, I like the following
Carolina – you can deal Julius Peppers + a 1st rounder. Denver supposedly wants 2 first rounders for Cutler – maybe you have to deal 2, or maybe Peppers helps offset that. Delhomme is at the end of his road. Decent place for Cutler to go throwing to Smith and having a killer RB corps.
Detroit – I’ve heard that if they give up a 1st round pick it will be their pick at 20 and not the #1. If Denver takes the 20 and next year’s 1st round pick, I would take that and pick one of the OT’s (Smith or Monroe) with the #1 pick and then take Cutler. You’ve instantly turned that team in to a playoff contender if the tackle pick pans out. Other than the franchise’s track record it wouldn’t be a horrible spot for Cutler to go.
Tampa Bay – I don’t know what they have to give other than 2 first round picks. I know Tampa was originally involved in the 3-way that led to all this insanity, so they are certainly interested. I think this is probably the worst destination for Cutler just because of the new coach situation and the softer WR & RB corps.
I know a lot of people are talking Washington too, but I think Zorn has a chub for Campbell and Brennan. I think their need for Cutler is lesser than the 3 above. I think they’d be better served to use the 2 1st round draft picks to improve elsewhere.
I think Minnesoter is in the same boat – but Rosenfels is no Cutler so maybe they dive in too.
San Fran could use him too – they haven’t had consistency at QB since Garcia.
There are a lot of teams in the NFC that need a QB. Where do you think he will land?
Cutler pitches a fit, demands to be
traded, and then he is surprised it happened so soon? Official Arrowhead Pride Parade was talking about UCrawford’s head exploding, well mine is about to explode at the arrogance and stupidity of this jack ass. But, I guess, real asses are what the donkeys are all about. Right Chiefs fans?
Time to watch Cutler flame out.
He is going to wind up in a system that he does not fit in, and flop, someone is going to bet their future on him.
Now hopefully this team is fun to watch again! Thanks Scott, Clark!!

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