Is it true Jay Culter was going to be traded?
AP asked:
As you have certainly already heard, today the Kansas City Chiefs swung a trade that brought them Matt Cassel, the back-up-turned-starter who wowed the sports world enough to become perhaps the most coveted player on the market this off-season. The actual trade was only the beginning of the story, however. In its wake, we learned that the Denver Broncos had gottem themselves involved in the Cassel talks, and dangled quarterback Jay Cutler as bait. One widely-reported scenario had the Broncos sending Cutler to Tampa Bay, the Buccaneers sending a package to New England and the Pats shipping Cassel to Denver to reunite with his old offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, who is now the Broncos’ head coach. But here’s where it gets interesting: Michael Smith of ESPN is now reporting that the Broncos called the Vikings and tried to get them interested in the same deal - Cutler to the Vikes, Cassel to New England and some sort of package from Minnesota to the Pats. Obviously, the Vikings turned the deal down.
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As you have certainly already heard, today the Kansas City Chiefs swung a trade that brought them Matt Cassel, the back-up-turned-starter who wowed the sports world enough to become perhaps the most coveted player on the market this off-season. The actual trade was only the beginning of the story, however. In its wake, we learned that the Denver Broncos had gottem themselves involved in the Cassel talks, and dangled quarterback Jay Cutler as bait. One widely-reported scenario had the Broncos sending Cutler to Tampa Bay, the Buccaneers sending a package to New England and the Pats shipping Cassel to Denver to reunite with his old offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, who is now the Broncos’ head coach. But here’s where it gets interesting: Michael Smith of ESPN is now reporting that the Broncos called the Vikings and tried to get them interested in the same deal - Cutler to the Vikes, Cassel to New England and some sort of package from Minnesota to the Pats. Obviously, the Vikings turned the deal down.
We of course don’t know what the Vikes would’ve been required to give up in such a trade. It’s possible that the price was too steep (of course, the Chiefs just got Cassel for a 2nd rounder, so…). It’s also possible that Michael Smith is full of you know what. The only thing we know for sure is that Cutler heard about the trade talks and apparently isn’t too happy about the whole thing. It must **** knowing that your new coach tried to get rid of you so he could bring in his guy from his old team. In the end, the other guy from New England, Scott Pioli, got his man. And the anti-Sage Rosenfels crowd just got a whoooole lot more to gripe about.
Sources: Thevikingage.com
Broncos are dumb! Jay Culter is way better than Cassel.
March 23rd, 2009 at 7:00 am
We’ll find out who’s better this season won’t we?
March 25th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
i think it was blown out of proportion, they might have called, But the owner LOVES Jay and would not trade hi, even if they got Cassel, Jay is the Future.
March 28th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
yeah i heard all about the fact that the broncos were sniffing around Cassel. Of course they claim that all these teams that wanted cutler called them and they were in fact not shopping Cutler around. but who knows? My guess is that Cutler will remember this for future reference.
March 29th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
no just offers made to the broncos.