Post Trade MHR Poll

You’ve received a load of picks for Cutler. Have fun rebuilding your defense! You’ve done a pretty good job with this trade, and I hope your new coach gets the job done. With a better defense, you might just improve on your record. That’s all you can count on, because Kyle Orton is no Jay Cutler, not by a long shot.

There is one thing for sure, by this time next year he’s either going to be paraded around the city on a golden throne, or tied to a block of wood and burned at the stake.

Good luck.

But, I think that was probably the best they were going to get given the circumstances, I will say, I am a hell of a lot happier about this deal than any deal where we would of got Matt Cassel and given up picks.

GO BRONCOS

We have 4 1st-rounders over the next 2 years, an extra 3rd rounder, and a backup QB with starting experience.

And all we had to give up was a guy who didn’t want to be here anyway and a 5th rounder?

Grand slam.

But I didn’t want Sh.tlip which is my nickname for Orton. Sorry, but when he has his helmet on it looks like he has a nice turd just riding shotgun on his upper lip.

Anyways. I’m still concerned with our QB situation. I mean, Orton (SL), Simms, and Hackney… OK… Did we just become the Bears? Are we going to go through 10 QBs in the next 3-4 years too?

will start ahead of Orton FYI

says cutler doesn’t make the pro bowl next year

have fun loser!!

he’ll be sick of no oline or weapons on the bears and will finally realize denver was the best place for him. but it will be too late…

But can be convinced he’s mediocre. :) I really don’t know anything about him. Does he have a strong arm? Is he accurate? Does he have that elusive ability to escape would be sackers, y’know that sixth sense that he better move because he’s been in the pocket too long?

All I remember of him is a bad beard and the fact that nobody seems to want him, the Bears were just making due until something better came along.

What is the first round pick this year? 10?

Our starting QB will be Hackney. ;)
(stranger things have happened)

Just scared to death that Cutler goes on to a HoF worthy career while the Broncos are mired in mediocrity for 10 more years, if those draft picks don’t pan out.

Here’s hoping that both parties enjoy success and SB appearances… wouldn’t it be hilarious if they met in a future SB?

but he was your best option in my opinion teams would kill for a starter like him. Mcdaniels should be burned at the stake.

The drama ends today. There may be a few follow-up surprises, like maybe one or two guys that can’t get over loyalty issues with Cutler, guys from his draft class or later. However, the main question has been put to bed. Let’s hope McDaniels can work his magic on ANY career backup QB.

I still get to root (cautiously) for Jay on my second favorite team. I wasn’t inside any of the discussions that went on, so I don’t know whose “fault” all this was. Maybe its just the Universe’s way of setting things right, putting Jay where he wants to be, and giving Denver the fresh start Bowlen spoke about when he fired Shanahan. There is balance in the force now. Denver’s place is not, and has never been, “in the news.” Remember how we all used to be shocked if the media mentioned anything about the Broncos? This will teach us to be careful what we wish for. I don’t LIKE our team being in this limelight. I’d rather the hall of fame overlook our greatest legends every year than to have the media hype our quarterback the way they hyped Cutler. I enjoy being the under-the-radar underdog. It is where the Broncos belong. Victory from behind, beneath, and below. Subtlety in style, precision in execution, and class on the field. I wish I could go meditate at the Horvil Tiki. btw, is he back online yet?

Nobody knows how this deal will work out. But I don’t see how anyone in their right mind can feel good about it. Seriously.

Let’s just talk about facts. Fact, Jay Cutler is currently the best QB from his draft class, a class that included Vince Young and Matt Leinhart. I’ll go further and say that Jay Cutler is one of the few, young, franchise quarterbacks in the NFL right now. Period. Sometimes even top draft choices, at QB, don’t turn out to be franchise QBs. Some teams go decades without a franchise QB. The Broncos have only had one, and Cutler was becoming the second in franchise history. Now what do we have left at the most important position, by a mile, in football? Kyle fricken Orton and Chris Simms. Sorry if I’m not doing cartwheels here.

I don’t care who Josh McDaniels thinks he is. Other NE coordinators have been hyped, moved on, and failed. Other coordinators with more on their resume than McDaniels. I don’t care if they land a stud with the 18th pick in the draft. Unless he is a franchise QB (and I’m not even sure if there is one in this year’s draft), the Broncos just lost, big time. And my guess is that next year’s Bear pick isn’t going to be very high. Bear fans are feeling like Broncos fans felt in the spring of 1983 right now. And now I know how Colt fans felt.

Sorry if I forgot to sing cumbaya. ;)

I don’t get to post on here very often, so many better informed commentators who say it much more eloquently.

However, I do believe Jay when he said he didn’t intend to be traded – this was supposed to be about a Pro Bowl QB getting what he thought was a well deserved pay rise for putting up some stellar numbers. But when you hire Bus Cook and negotiate through bullying and threats and stone-walling the guy who signs your cheques, then the law of unintended consequences takes over. Either way, Cutler, Cook and the Broncos management have just taken part in the most bungled pay negotiations ever.

Moving forward, we’re off the frontpages and this has to be good for team morale. We have a stack of draft picks and I’m on my knees hoping that McX can do the business in the draft.

Cutler was always going to be traded out of conference, and my preference would have been for the graveyard of talent that is Detroit. I think he’ll do ok in Chicago – average O-line, decent D, tough division with Green Bay and the Vikes, and also up against the AFC North this season.

Bears next due in Denver in 2011 – GO BRONCOS!!

As an NFL deal this is a tremendous win for the Broncos. Getting 2 1st round picks is just unheard of. Throw in a 3rd and a quality QB and it’s a steal.

Yes Jay’s important, but he wanted to leave, so let’s move on from that.

Let’s see how Orton turns out under Wonderkind’s guidance. From everything I’ve heard he’s highly respected in the locker room and is a guy everyone rallies behind, and he’ll be willing to learn and never say die. I’ll take that.