Broncos Will Try to Accommodate Cutler's Trade Request

Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen issued the following statement tonight:

"Numerous attempts to contact Jay Cutler in the last 10 days, both by head coach Josh McDaniels and myself, have been unsuccessful. A conversation with his agent (Bus Cook) earlier today clearly communicated and confirmed to us that Jay no longer has any desire to play for the Denver Broncos. We will begin discussions with other teams in an effort to accommodate his request to be traded."

My instant analysis of this statement is that if the Broncos trade Cutler, and I'm (still) not convinced they will, the franchise is about to be set back by about 2-3 years, which coincidentally, is the amount of time it'll take for them to add the players necessary to make the switch to a 3-4 defense.

Unfortunately for first-year head coach Josh McDaniels and first-year general manager Brian Xanders, trading Cutler gets the start of their new careers off to a horrendous start. Regardless of what the anti-Cutler/Bus Cook shills write and say, it was McDaniels and Xanders who alienated the franchise's 25-year old Pro Bowl quarterback, which got this avalanche started.

Expect the New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears to be highly interested in acquiring Cutler, and expect another pointless column by Tom Curran in 3...2...1...