Denver Broncos will try to trade unhappy Jay Cutler

RamFan — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:12:00 GMT

Denver Bronos Josh McDaniels and Jay Cutler are not getting along. Coach McDaniels begins his career with the Denver Broncos by chasing off his All Star quarterback before he even saw Cutler throw a single pass.

Team owner Pat Bowlen announced this week he will allow his new brain trust of McDaniels, 32, and general manager Brian Xanders, 37, to “begin discussions with other teams in an effort to accommodate his request to be traded.” The Broncos insist they tried to call a truce, but Cutler wouldn’t pick up his phone.

Xanders and McDaniels declined comment Wednesday through a team spokesman. The players, who are going through offseason conditioning drills, weren’t made available, either.

An e-mail to Cutler’s agent, Bus Cook, wasn’t returned. Cook hasn’t responded to media requests for several weeks after ripping the Broncos for talking trade without clueing in his client.

Jay Cutler became pissed once he learned that McDaniels and the Broncos showed interest in acquiring Cassel, who McDaniels groomed in New England last season after Tom Brady went down in the opener with a knee injury.

Cassel ended up being dealt to Kansas City, but Cutler was infuriated when he found out about the trade talks. His distrust in McDaniels only grew in two subsequent meetings that were designed to clear the air.

There will be no shortage of interested teams for Cutler. Teams who may show an interest in Cutler include Tampa Bay, Detroit, Chicago, Minnesota, Cleveland, Washington and the New York Jets.

Jay Cutler is halfway through the six-year, $48 million deal he signed as a rookie, and his salary cap number for the 2009 season is a little over $1 million. That’s a bargain for any team that ends up with the strong-armed quarterback who made the Pro Bowl after just his second full season as a starter.

The Broncos figured it finally had the franchise quarterback who could possibly handle living in Elway’s shadow. Cutler even claimed he had a stronger arm than the Hall of Famer who led the Broncos to back-to-back Super Bowl titles in the late ’90s.

Everything changed when the rookie coach failed to keep his All Star QB informed of the trade talks.

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· The four teams from another division within its conference on a rotating three-year cycle (4 games).

· The four teams from a division in the other conference on a rotating four-year cycle (4 games).

· Two intraconference games based on the prior year's standings (2 games). These games match a first-place team against the first-place teams in the two same-conference divisions the team is not scheduled to play that season. The second-place, third-place, and fourth-place teams in a conference are matched in the same way each year.

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Home: St. Louis, San Francisco, Seattle, Green Bay, Minnesota, Carolina, Houston, Indianapolis
Away: St. Louis, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Detroit, N.Y. Giants, Jacksonville, Tennessee

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Away: Arizona, St. Louis, Seattle, Green Bay, Minnesota, Philadelphia, Houston, Indianapolis

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Away: Arizona, San Francisco, St. Louis, Green Bay, Minnesota, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis

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Denver Broncos will try to trade unhappy Jay Cutler

NFC WEST - 2009 NFL opponents