Jay Cutler Wants to be Traded

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Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels has a real mess on his hands. By trying to get quarterback Matt Cassel to join him on his trip from New England, he alienated Broncos QB Jay Cutler with trade discussions that told Jay he wasn’t good enough to fit into coach McDaniels’ new system in Denver. And from the events that have happened since (a conference call and face-to-face), it doesn’t appear he’s done a whole lot to remedy the situation because Jay’s more miffed than ever. In fact, he now wants to be traded.

At the Broncos first offseason OTA yesterday, coach McDaniels told his players he would “take care” of the situation with Jay. But it appears there is really only one way he can truly take care of it — by giving Jay his wish and trading him. I don’t see these two peacefully coexisting.

So, what we’re dealing with now are two stubborn people who won’t budge and it appears the only satisfactory solution will be to ship Jay to another team. I think Jay is standing his ground not because he’s a big baby but because he feels he has completely lost (or never had) the trust of his head coach. And that’s very important. Jay is still under contract with Denver so the Broncos can essentially force him to play for them, but do they really want to? Do they want a completely disgruntled and furious quarterback who can’t get along with his head coach leading their team? It’s obvious coach McDaniels thinks he can do better (although I’d have to argue that one), so he should have at it. After all, the Broncos could get some pretty impressive returns for one of the NFL’s best young quarterbacks. So, it will be interesting to see if and when Denver opens to door for this trade to happen. And what teams will show an interest — and put up the proper compensation — for such a deal to happen. Either way, I think it’s a no-win situation for the Broncos.

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