In the wake of Denver Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall’s suspension earlier today, there was no questioning his motive in practice this week. He walked while his teammates ran. He punted the football instead of handing it to a ball boy. And he swatted at a pass rather than catching it. Check out this video of his antics. He wants out of Denver and this is his childish way of attempting to get what he wants. The only problem is, he’s not getting what he wants. But I don’t blame him for trying. Quarterback Jay Cutler pouted his way out of …read more

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Is anyone else tired of hearing about the ongoing soap opera between Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels and quarterback Jay Cutler? At the NFL Annual Meeting today, coach McDaniels said Jay is still the team’s quarterback and he’ll do what he can to improve their strained relationship:
“I’ve always been optimistic. He’s on our team, he’s under contract, and I understand there’s things we have to work toward in our relationship. I’ve heard (Jay’s trade request) but have not heard it from him personally. No one has contacted me, called me, text-messaged or e-mailed me. …read more

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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 …read more

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Denver Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler was upset to hear his name being thrown around in trade talks this weekend. And I can’t say I blame him. Before Matt Cassel was traded from New England to Kansas City yesterday, Jay’s name came up in a proposed three-way deal with the Tampa Bay Bucs that would have brought Matt to Denver (and reunited him with his former offensive coordinator from New England and Broncos new head coach Josh McDaniels) and sent Jay to Tampa Bay. It obviously didn’t work out but the trouble had already started as …read more

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The Denver Broncos introduced former New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels as their new head coach yesterday. That now makes three members of Pats head coach Bill Belichick’s staff that has been hired away to head coaching vacancies (Romeo Crennel with the Browns and Eric Mangini with the Jets) since 2000. Amidst an historic, undefeated regular season last year, coach McDaniels turned away any and all head coaching opportunities, but he’s confident this is his right time:
“I’ve spent a lot of time and preparation over the last year getting myself more ready to go …read more