Champ Bailey discusses his thoughts on the Jay Cutler saga

by John Bena on Apr 2, 2009 12:57 PM MDT in 2009 Re-Loading Season Comment 17 comments

We've been waiting to hear from one of the team leaders regarding the Cutler situation, and one has spoken. Sure, you might think he is towing the company line, but Champ is one of the few players on the Broncos that has earned the clout to say whatever the hell he wants.

Bailey appeared on 2 Live Stews on WQXI in Atlanta to discuss the Cutler situation. Here is the important stuff -

Champ’s take on the Jay Cutler Situation:

“I was a little surprised in the beginning because you’ve got a quarterback coming off his first Pro Bowl and with all of this ahead of him. He’s got so much potential to be one of the greatest. It shocked me at first but if you let it soak in a little you have to understand that it’s a business and guys are going to do whatever they want to make their team better or whatever makes the coach comfortable, that’s what he’s going to do. Him (Coach McDaniels) trying to get a guy (Matt Cassel) that he brought up from day one, I mean, its understandable.”

On what kind of locker room guy Jay Cutler is:

“He’s a likeable guy. He has a different personality than what most people would be used to. He’s still a great football player, prepares well. Whoever gets him he’s going to be great for them. They know what they’re getting. The downside of it is we don’t know what we’re going to get. Regardless of what you get on paper, whether it’s a first round pick, or a number one pick, whatever it may be, you still have to depend on the potential of that draft pick, or if it’s a player we bring in, you never know what you’re going to get.”

Did Champ see this possible trade coming?

“No I never saw it coming. The thing you have to understand is business, anybody is expendable. There’s always going to be a point in your career where teams try and get rid of you. It’s not a surprise to us. There are 31 other teams that might want you. It’s not a surprise to us, I mean we didn’t expect him (Jay Cutler) to do that, and he didn’t consult with anybody, but you know, it happens. It happens all the time, more than people think. This one just happened to get out.”

Just some more to chew on as this whole thing keeps on keepin' on!

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Champ seemed very level headed about the whole thing

I hope that my avatar is a sign of things to come for a verrrrry long time :-)

by ohiobronco on Apr 2, 2009 1:02 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

+1

I knew I liked that guy. I hope we give him a front 7 that can help him be dominant again.

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by broncosmontana on Apr 2, 2009 1:47 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think Champ pretty much said Jay's a douchebag!

"Vegetarians are cool. All I eat are vegetarians - except for the occasional mountain lion steak "

Ted Nugent

by Idaho Nate on Apr 2, 2009 1:07 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Not at all...

He said he’s a likeable guy, but implied that he’s kind of quirky,

“a different personality than what most people would be used to”

by SlowWhiteGuy on Apr 2, 2009 1:09 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Where there’s some pretty sollid evidence that some people will only hear what they want to (or read what they want to in this case).

How does “He’s a likeable guy” get traslated into “Jay’s a douchebag”?

"C" is for Championship...that's good enough for meeeee!!!

by PosterNutbag on Apr 2, 2009 1:22 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have no idea

I’m baffled by it though!

I hope that my avatar is a sign of things to come for a verrrrry long time :-)

by ohiobronco on Apr 2, 2009 1:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

More than people think....

there seems to be an impression that what the front office did, considering a trade, was somehow extraordinary. Both Champ and Rod Smith said the same thing, “It happens more than people think.” Dan Reeves considered trading Elway, Shanahan considered trading Sharpe and did trade Portis, McDaniels considered trading Cutler. Heck from reading the Boston papers NE even considered trading Brady and keeping Cassel.

by SlowWhiteGuy on Apr 2, 2009 1:07 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Elway

was all but traded to the Skins in 1992, the only reason he wasnt is Bowlen stopped it. That was the end of Reeves

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by broncfanstuckinsd on Apr 2, 2009 1:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not really...

the trade just fell apart. Reeves contract was tready to expire and Bowlen was already considering not renewing. This is another one of those Urban Myths that no one bothers to actually check out.

by SlowWhiteGuy on Apr 2, 2009 1:56 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

No

It was all but done. 1992 was Reeves last season with Denver. I was overseas and this was HUGE news. Then I rotated back to the states and it was known that Reeves was done. That was the reason for the Maddox drafting is that Elway was all but gone

somethings wrong, Trying to conquer these fears i thought were gone. And it's been so long, I'm dying to live in a world i don't belong

by broncfanstuckinsd on Apr 2, 2009 2:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

SD...

LOVE the new avatar… Can anyone help me pick my jaw up off the floor?

-Harvey J. Neptune

"Practice doesn't make perfect. PERFECT practice makes perfect." - Vince Lombardi

by HarvJNep2n on Apr 2, 2009 11:10 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

BFISD is always good for an eye-popping avatar

as well as encyclopedic knowledge of past Bronco games. It’s good to see his posts again.

by CoastalBronco on Apr 3, 2009 12:47 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

2 months ago

i’d have expected Jay to be talking about Champ being traded.

by mikebirty on Apr 2, 2009 1:30 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

You mean like we all were? : )

Seems like a long long time ago, doesn’t it?

"THIS IS SPARTA!!!" -- papigrande

by broncosmontana on Apr 2, 2009 1:45 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry

I took it that far guys. I was referring to the quote:

"a different personality than what most people would be used to"

I’m just struggling with my own personal Jay Bashing Day!

"Vegetarians are cool. All I eat are vegetarians - except for the occasional mountain lion steak "

Ted Nugent

by Idaho Nate on Apr 2, 2009 1:37 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Well I have to say in the immortal words of John McClain

“Welcome to the Party, Pal!”

Not that I expect Champ to be the team leader, he obviously does not want that role, but for the highest paid guy on the team to remain silent until after the fact, just strikes as too little to late.

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem" - Duffman
"Good, bad, I'm the one with the gun, A-hole" - Ash from Army of Darkness

by Broncoman on Apr 2, 2009 1:49 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Better late than never

And I’m being so contradictory because I said Bowlen was too late in his play of “control” with his announcement yesterday. Oh well, I’m allowed to contradict myself because I acknowledged the contradiction before anyone else. Have fun making sense of that last sentence :-)

I hope that my avatar is a sign of things to come for a verrrrry long time :-)

by ohiobronco on Apr 2, 2009 1:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs