It’s official: QB Jay Cutler and the Denver Broncos are getting a divorce.

[SarahKay]

I am so pissed. So be it. Let the little baby go somewhere else.

I hope he gets stuck with the Lions and never wins a game.

[HittinAgenda]

I think this was just added to the Post story (at least I don't remember reading it earlier this morning):

A source close to Cutler said the quarterback was surprised by Bowlen's declaration. In recent days, Cutler had packed up his car in Nashville and had it shipped to Denver, where he intended to show up for the team's first minicamp April 17-19.

The source added that Cutler said he has not received phone calls from the Broncos since he received a text from McDaniels a week ago Tuesday. Whatever the interpretation, Bowlen decided to exercise his ownership powers and end all confusion. He's the boss, and he says the team will trade Cutler.

[Harkov]

Originally Posted by HittinAgenda

I think this was just added to the Post story (at least I don't remember reading it earlier this morning):

Yeah, saw that too. Probably more BS from Bus Cook.

[bud]

I've watched so many awful Denver Broncos quarterbacks.

By the numbers, Jake Plummer is probably 2nd best quarterback in the history of the Broncos.

Does that drive home the difficulty we've had at the position?

If you figure the odds here, Denver is in an ugly position.

I'm not excited about the new regime anymore. Now, I'm just skeptical.

I want the defense to finish 15th in the league and a better record next season. Shanahan delivered that--in spite of a massive overhaul on the defense in '95.

Anything less would be a substandard failure.

McDaniels says he has answers? Fine. Show me.

[Rickomatic]

As a BRONCO fan first, I could care less if a player cry's about this that or the other thing, just play the game with your heart on your sleeve. Even a bum like Brian Griese played his heart out and ruined his shoulder against the faders and made me a fan for life. If Jay doesn't want to be a Bronco, then screw him.

[Harkov]

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Now that Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler has pissed and moaned his way out of Denver, he’s apparently trying to reverse the perception that he’s a pisser and/or moaner.

Buried in a Denver Post article regarding the team’s decision to give Cutler his Oompa Loompa now is a report that Cutler had packed his car and shipped it to Denver, where he planned to participate in a voluntary minicamp on April 17-19.

Intended message: “I’m a team player. So if you put together a Herschel Walker-style trade package and then pay me a bunch of money, I won’t become a pain in your ass a year or two from now. Trust me.”

We’re also hearing that the Cutler camp is privately claiming that he didn’t fail to return calls and/or text messages from coach Josh McDaniels and owner Pat Bowlen.

As we understand it, the Cutler camp isn’t claiming that he returned the calls and/or texts. The Cutler camp, we’re told, is claiming that he never got them, and that the issue is being used as a way to justify trading him — and as a way to make him look bad (which of course makes no sense because it only makes it harder to get a Herschel Walker-style trade package if Cutler is perceived as a punk by other teams).

Mike Klis of the Post also says that Cutler was “surprised” by the news that the team had decided to trade him.

Perhaps Cutler was “surprised” in the same sense that Ralphie was “surprised” when he got that Red Ryder carbine-action, two hundred shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time for which he’d been pestering his parents for weeks.

[obi-groo]

Follow the money. Who stands to benefit the most financially by Cutler being traded. Cutler and Cook....at least that is what they plan. The Broncos will have a tougher time getting full value with Cutler acting like a butt so I'd say the Broncos are telling the truth....and Cutler is sugarcoating it.

[Harkov]

So who do we put in the header image to replace Cutty?

[zambini15]

Originally Posted by Harkov

So who do we put in the header image to replace Cutty?

keep cutler, use one of casinos images!
or maybe a real football player, a real bronco, a guy who did give his heart and soul to denver and its fans, FLOYD FREAKIN" LITTLE !

[0broncofan0]

Originally Posted by Harkov

So who do we put in the header image to replace Cutty?

I would suggest someone not on the team. Perhaps Karl Mecklenburg or Rod Smith. That way McD can't trade them away...

[Rickomatic]

Originally Posted by Harkov

So who do we put in the header image to replace Cutty?

How about Coach McD or even a Super Bowl trophy or two.

[rt497]

We can debate till we're blue in the face who's fault it is. In the end, if the trade goes down, everyone suffers. The Broncos do not have a QB to replace him and there's no one out there they can get of equal value.

It's a blow to the team. It's gonna take a few years to overcome. It sucks.

[Brand]

Dawkins

[zambini15]

how can anyone with a rational head on their shoulders buy ANY of this cutler crap?
honestly?
surprised they will trade me?
( more like how dare they, your original reaction, was it not? )
you have DEMANDED a trade, you arrogant jerk!
You refused to speak directly with BOWLEN!
then called him a LIAR, not once but TWICE now !
you, jay cutler will go down as the biggest april FOOL in history!
get on the BUS to siberia, moron !

GOOD LUCK ATTEMPTING 600 PASSES IN A SEASON WITHOUT THE DENVER OFFENSIVE LINE TO PROTECT YOUR DIAPERED BUTT !!!
the only time we are going to see YOU in football highlights will be in the segment called, "JACKED-UP "
welcome to detroit, punk !

[zambini15]

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dude
Plenty of that going around, but yeah let's take the word of a notorious locker room cancer over 3 guys who know what it's like to play here.

And as an addded bonus, the QB job just got much harder here. Maybe Josh's back up on his Pop Warner Team is available.

McD royally screwed the pooch.

I guess you choose to ignore the comments of the one guy who would best understand and recognise this situation, JOHN ELWAY, who point blank told the punk he was listening to bad advise?
better to acknowledge the comments of guys like greise and sharpe who had bitter departures from denver, thats just brillant, you must be one of cutlers camp counselors!

[zambini15]

heck, trade his sorry butt to the raiders, I would love the chance to cream his arse 2 times a year !
just as important to me as what we get for him is where we send him !
a 3 way with cleveland and detroit would be sweet !

[0broncofan0]

Originally Posted by zambini15

heck, trade his sorry butt to the raiders, I would love the chance to cream his arse 2 times a year !
just as important to me as what we get for him is where we send him !
a 3 way with cleveland and detroit would be sweet !

Trade him to the raiders! He will be kicking ours for the next ten years. Trade with an NFC team...

[Harkov]

I hope other teams think the same way you do rt497

Let's hope GMs around the league really believe he is a future HoF QB that will tear the league up for years to come.

[athomp_21]

Go ahead and hate cutler all you want for not being the bigger man, even give McFaggles a free pass when he has yet to prove something... but you guys are acting like its Christmas morning. All things aside do you no realize how big of a step back we have taken from this? When we start shuffling QB's, have our "upgraded" defense getting worn down and hurt, it will be interesting to see how you guys react. The fact of the matter is if we dont do as well if not better than we did with shanny and our offense, it WILL be a failure. We WERE a rising team with a very bright future, an offense that was young and one of the best, and a defense that I think a 3rd grader could improve upon in the off season. Now we are barely above the raiders, probably playing for high draft pick next year.

But hey, HOPE and CHANGE will get us through this mess! How we gonna do it? Umm.. HOPE of the change change change....duh!

[Harkov]

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Now that Jay Cutler is on his way out of Denver, we have to look at what started this whole ordeal and why it ended in such a messy divorce.

Many people blame rookie head coach Josh McDaniels, but how can you? Maybe he didn't handle the situation as well as someone with more experience. But looking at their stats last year, you can't blame him for going after Matt Cassel.

Here's a few reasons why McDaniels should have gone after Cassel:

1. Josh knows Cassel and knows how he works. I would compare it to someone getting a new job and bringing their old secretary with them because they know each other and how things are organized and how they both work.

It's comfortable, it's a good plan, and would ease some of the transition from offensive coordinator to head coach, probably making life easier on the entire coaching staff.



2. Cassel was better than Cutler last year. The Broncos played in a weaker division, with the Chiefs and the Raiders, their only competition coming from the Chargers. The AFC East had three possible playoff teams the last week of the regular season.

Here are Matt Cassel's stats for 2008 and Jay Cutler's stats for 2008. You compare.

Cassel: 21 TD 11 Int and an 89.4 passer rating

Cutler: 25 TD 18 Int and an 86 passer rating

You might say these numbers are virtually the same, but again, you have to look at the division.



3. Finally, the NFL is a business. They are in the business of winning, and they have the weapons, McDaniels wouldn't have been a good coach if he didn't look into upgrading one of those weapons. He has to look at all the options before just taking what he was given.



So, if McDaniels was not making a bad decision in terms of coaching, then why all the drama? Here's why: Cutler has handled this situation as poorly as anyone could. In Cleveland, Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn hear trade rumors every day.

In Chicago, there is similar QB unrest.

Even look at baseball, Mike Lowell was on the trading block because the Red Sox wanted Teixeira. They didn't get him, and Lowell is fine. All of these men take the trade talk in stride, understanding that it is a business, and their teams have to try and get the best player to help them win.

In fact, most of these guys take the trade talk as motivation, to prove to their teams why it was a good idea to keep them. That's all Cutler had to do. He is supposed to be the leader, and as a leader, you take the punches and turn them into motivation.

You don't whine, ignore the team like a 13-year-old girl sulking after being told "no", you understand its a business, and roll with it.

Jay Cutler would have had a great year under McDaniels, he's pretty good at offense, and he could have put Brandon Marshall and Eddie Royal to good work. Now I guess we'll never know.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...josh-mcdaniels