Cutler & McDaniels: Heartbreak in Denver

On Sunday night, Denver Broncos QB Jay Cutler has asked the Broncos organization to trade him after a meeting with Head Coach Josh McDaniels ended badly. “I went in there with every intention of solving the issue, being a Bronco, moving forward as a Bronco,” Cutler said. “We weren't in there but about 20 minutes, [McDaniels] did most of the talking and as far as I'm concerned, he made it clear he wants his own guy. He admitted he wanted Matt Cassel because he said he has raised him up from the ground as a quarterback. He said he wasn't sorry about it. He made it clear that he could still entertain trading me because, as he put it, he'll do whatever he feels is in the best interest of the organization.”

"At the end of the meeting, he wasn't like, 'Jay, I want you as our quarterback, you're our guy.' It felt like the opposite. He basically said that I needed to tell him if we can't work this out, to let him know," Cutler added. "I thought he was antagonizing me and that was disappointing because I was ready to move on, committed as a Bronco. Really, I figured we'd hash things out, shake hands, laugh a little and move forward. What happened [Saturday] was the last thing I expected. If I didn't think it could be fixed, I never would have come back to Denver. It was painfully obvious to me and Bus [Cook, his agent] it's not something they want to fix."
Well, at least the coach was honest right? I mean McDaniels could’ve lied his butt off to Cutler just to keep him, but no he was downright honest to Cutler right in front of his face. I don’t blame McDaniels for wanting Matt Cassel. McDaniels was accustomed to Cassel and his play style with the Patriots. Coaches like familiarity and McDaniels was very close with his New England QB, which he brought up to become last year’s diamond in the ruff.

I think now with how things have progressed, the Broncos should trade Cutler because there isn’t a sense that things will get better in the future. Each week it seems like this situation is getting worse and worse. I feel bad for Pat Bowlen who is in the middle of this with his franchise looking bad to the general public. The Broncos organization is getting a bad rep for what’s going on and I think the people who are to blame should be McDaniels and Cutler. We should blame McDaniels for evening thinking about replacing Cutler with Matt Cassel. You already have a decent QB who had one of his best seasons last year in Cutler. Why would you even want to replace him, just build his skills to your liking with your new offense. Adjust some things. Before things broke out, Cutler and McDaniels were talking about the new offense and Cutler was engaged into making the new McDaniels Offense work next season. Then news broke out about McDaniels wanting to trade Cutler for Cassel and all hell broke loose. We then should blame Cutler for even for prolonging this dispute. He should’ve by now in my opinion put this behind him, but he can’t because his ego is damaged and it should be. The QB is the face of the franchise in football and when a team wants to trade him, the QB should have every right to be mad.

I think the Broncos should trade Cutler and there are teams looking for his service. To name a few, the teams that are interested are the Lions, Bears, Vikings, Jets, and a few more (can’t remember from the top of my head). The best situation for Cutler would be to end up with the Vikings with Peterson because of the running game already established and a decent defense as well. Cutler will help out the Viking’s offense become more consistent unlike with Jackson in past seasons. The most realistic team that can make a trade and land Cutler would be the Lions who have two first round draft picks. They could trade either the 1st or 20th overall pick to the Broncos for Cutler. If I were the Lions, I would trade the 20th for Cutler and get an offensive lineman with the first pick or the other way around. Whatever does happen the situation over in Denver has reached its peak point with Cutler demanding a trade from the organization.