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This is a prediction and you can hold me to it, until it proves to be false, then you never heard it from me. Brandon Marshall wants out of Denver and will not end up a Bear.

Mostly Brandon will not go to Chicago because the Bears have nothing else to give up. Unless they just want to trade franchises or something and that would sort of defeat the purpose.

Jay Cutler would love to throw to Brandon Marshall as a Bear

The Bears gave up two first round picks to get Jay Cutler and would love to get top flight receiver Brandon Marshall.

“I talked to ‘B’ a few days ago,” Cutler told the (Newport News, Va.) Daily Press. “Just checking in on him and seeing how he’s doing, because I went through a similar thing that he’s going through.

“I played with Brandon for three years and I think he’s one of the best receivers in the NFL. I think he can be one of the greatest ever to play.”

Marshall indicated he wants the Broncos to trade him, although the team may not be willing to honor the request.

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This time we can’t blame Josh McDaniels for someone wanting to leave. Sure, Jay Cutler just wanted out of Denver and did not respond well to McDaniels, but now Brandon Marshall, the All Pro receiver, wants out of Denver and the sticking point appears to be money.

Marshall and his agent, Kennard McGuire, have taken the offensive. McGuire told Fox 31 News that “there was a request for a trade. Mr. Bowlen has said that ownership will do everything in its power to accommodate his wishes.”

However, there is no indication the Broncos will seek to deal Marshall, who is unhappy with his contract that will pay him $2.198 million this season, the final year of his deal.

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Jay Cutler wanted out and now so does Brandon Marshall

How typical of pro sports and the selfishness of the athletes involved. They sign a contract and immediately if they do better, they want more. Just once it would be nice to see one of these athletes then turn around and have a bad season and offer the money back or ask for less. OK, maybe just feeling a little upset about this, but it just seems like a contract is not worth the digital paper it is created on.

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Things just keep getting crazier for Jay Cutler. After being quietly, well maybe not real quietly, ushered out of Denver, he now finds himself in the unlikely position of having Kyle Orton post a better season.

Relax, relax, nobody is saying that Kyle Orton is as big of a talent as Jay Cutler. It is more what is surrounding each quarterback that makes an enormous difference. Jay Cutler just does not have the weapons around him in Chicago and Kyle Orton does in Denver.

Jay Cutler has the talent, but not the weapons

The only reason we’re having this discussion is because…well, it’s a gimmick — ex-Bear versus current Bear — and Denver’s wide receivers are clearly better than Chicago’s. It’s not reasonable to prefer Orton based on anything else. But if you’re just looking at the receivers, then you’re not considering the entire passing game. Matt Forte had 63 catches last year while Greg Olsen(notes) and Desmond Clark(notes) combined for 95. And when Devin Hester(notes) possesses the football, he’s among the most dangerous men in the NFL. He’ll finally have a chance to work with an elite passer. Chicago massively upgraded its O-line, too.

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How strange it will be for the Broncos with Kyle Orton at quarterback. It will take a while to wash away the stain of Jay Cutler. First they tried to get another quarterback from anyone and then they drafted a running back in Knowshon Moreno to help the running game.

Then with the first pick they took Tom Brandstater, a quarterback from Fresno State.

That would be the first pick of the 6th round.

Brandstater said he had some contact with the Broncos but didn’t necessarily expect to be picked by Denver.

“I thought I had a pretty good connection with them, but the draft is so hard to know, who’s interested and who’s not,” Brandstater said.

Brandstater thought all along that Denver would be among his favorites.

“The last two quarterbacks that Coach McDaniels has had were Tom Brady and Matt Cassel,” Brandstater said. “I think my measurables are similar to theirs.

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Good luck on those measurables translating into being as good as Matt Cassel and we won’t even go to the Tom Brady thing.

Denver needs to move past Jay Cutler

The odd thing is that Kyle Orton won more games than Jay Cutler and here is where it gets tricky. In Chicago the defense won games and it was Kyle’s job not to lose them. In Denver, last year, the offense won games and the defense was pathetic.

Here is hoping that Denver improved their defense or all the fans will complain that Cutler is gone!

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Can Denver live with Kyle Orton at quarterback? It is not that Orton does not win games, he does. It is not that Kyle is not talented in some ways, he is. It is just that, well, Orton just does not impress. Does that make sense?

USC used to chase Brady Quinn. Now the Broncos may be chasing him.

Denver has to believe that there is a better option. Cleveland cannot continue with Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn on the same team. Two starting quarterback salaries? Better to get a draft pick or player for one of them and move on.

Denver may want Mark Sanchez of USC. But can they get him?

Speculation in Denver and elsewhere is that the Broncos might use their two first-round draft picks — No. 12 and No. 18 — to move up high enough to select Mark Sanchez of Southern California. Seattle, sitting at No. 4, already is giving signals it suddenly loves Sanchez, perhaps to sway a deal with Denver.

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A cheaper more believable option may be Brady Quinn.

So there’s Quinn, still not endorsed by the Browns as their starting quarterback as he enters his third season. And there’s McDaniels in Denver, filled with positive feedback about Quinn from Notre Dame Coach Charlie Weis, whom McDaniels adores as an offensive football coach. If McDaniels can’t trust Weis, then who can he trust?

Trading the No. 18 pick to the Browns for Quinn (who was taken 22nd in 2007) makes so much sense for the Broncos, I can’t believe it hasn’t happened yet. They get a young quarterback schooled in McDaniels’ system whom the new coach can develop and appoint as the face of his team going forward. Denver also saves its No. 12 pick for much-needed defensive help.

Quinn or no Quinn, you have to think that Denver is not done.

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Why should this have even been a game? What is it that could get the Chiefs to play so good at the end of the year when they have so little to play for?

KC took the early 17 - 7 lead in the first half, but the Bronco’s came back to take the lead and then made a goal line stand to hold it.

The Broncos finally found a way to win at home Sunday, rallying past Kansas City 24-17, but they lost their sixth tailback when bulldozing rookie Peyton Hillis went down with a strained right hamstring.

Bell came in and helped the Broncos (8-5) snap a three-game losing skid at home by rumbling for 52 yards on 11 carries, including a crucial 28-yard run on Denver’s game-winning, 95-yard touchdown drive.

Cornerback Dre’ Bly then stuffed Kansas City quarterback Tyler Thigpen a yard shy of the end zone on fourth-and-goal to seal the Broncos’ first win at home since Oct 5 and atone for their lopsided loss to the Chiefs (2-11) in September.
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Denver loses another running back and yet still has a three game lead on the underperforming San Diego Chargers.

What is it about division games? The Chiefs have only two victories and wouldn’t you know it, one of them is against the Chiefs. Can you even name one player beyond Larry Johnson? Division games bring you two teams that just seem to know each other to well.

Denver is playing for the Division title. They should have romped, not struggled.

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This is the part of Fantasy Football that is just so hard to take.

Tyler “who” Thigpen scored more Fantasy Football points than Jay Cutler. Thigpen threw for 2 TDs and Cutler could only manage 1 against the meager Falcon defense.

Oh, in case you were wondering, Tyler plays for Kansas City. You remember, the Chiefs, former kind of good team and now 1 -9 fighting for the number one pick of the draft.

My Fantasy team goes down in flames.

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Brady Quinn is not on my cable

So the one person that has the NFL Network on cable got to watch the game on TV. The rest of us had to go to NFL.com and watch the game on our PC.

Brady Quinn has the Browns ahead by 10 at half against Jay Cutler and the Denver Broncos.

Hey, that would be all good, except my Fantasy Football Team happens to have 3 Broncos starting. Jay Cutler at quarterback. Eddie Royal at wide receiver. Tony Scheffler at tight end. Tony is doing all right, but Jay and Eddie have to get it going.

Quinn has already thrown 2 touchdown passes to Kellen Winslow. Yeah, it all seems like a strange dream, doesn’t it.

Is the NFL going to base its TV NFL Network strategy on stealing the Thursday night games? Does not seem like that is going to work. Wonder how long this game will be free on my PC?

Still mad at my Lions for not drafting Brady Quinn or Jay Cutler. Then again, they would have probably failed in a Lions uniform.
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It is getting a little more intense.

First Ricky Williams tells us he has to try to stay off the pot and then Travis Henry gets busted.

Federal agents arrested Henry on Tuesday after he attempted to buy five kilograms of cocaine from a drug courier who had been caught several weeks earlier near Billings, Mont., court documents say.

The courier had agreed to cooperate with the Drug Enforcement Administration. The courier told DEA agents that Henry was the “money guy” in a Denver-based drug operation, according to an arrest affidavit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Denver.

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Travis Henry - check out his ankle. what is in that ankle brace? hmm

Hey, don’t pro football players make millions? Is this guy hooked or what?

“Henry and Mack then started cooking the cocaine to test the quality,” the affidavit says. “After they ‘rocked’ up the cocaine and saw that it was good quality, Henry and Mack packaged up all six kilograms of cocaine in a duffle bag.”

If convicted of the charge, Henry, who was released from the Broncos in early June, would face a minimum 10-year prison sentence.

Now if they get Ricky, you have a prison backfield of Ricky Williams and Travis Henry with Michael Vick at quarterback.

You don’t think Al Davis is scouting the prison team, do you?

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The legendary John Elway is to marry the former cheerleader and current actress Paige Green.

She’s hot, she’s talented, she’s Paige Green and she will marry John Elway

Can it be true?

Elway met the former Raiders cheerleader at Marcus Allen’s golf tournament in L.A. three years ago. But it wasn’t until he saw her later in an infomercial that he called her. They’ve been keeping company ever since.

Elway, 48, had been married for 19 years to Janet Elway when the couple divorced in 2003. Janet Elway is active in Denver’s charity scene.
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My favorite memory of John Elway has nothing to do with the Super Bowl drive or any of his other unreal comebacks in the NFL. Nope, my favorite memory of John Elway is in the quarterback challenge shown on TV.

The quarterbacks had to hit a moving target at 10 yards or 30 yards and there were more points for the 30 yarder. Most of the quarterbacks chose the 10 yard target, but not John. He threw frozen ropes that battered into the 30 yard target. It was awesome to behold.

The man had talent and skills.

But does he make a good first impression?

“Well, we’ve all been on first dates,” Green said. “It either gets better or worse from there. In this case, it got good enough that I moved to Denver a year later.”

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