Or, has McDaniels anywhere been candid enough to admit either that he screwed up in his communications with the player or that he candidly did not want Cutler to be his QB and is now happy with Orton and others in Cutler’s place?

Though I obviously tend to side with the Broncos on the Cutler fall out, they could’ve saved a lot of us a lot of time if anybody knew what the heck actually happened. The flip side is, I see some noble behavior on both sides by the restraint shown when it comes to airing out grievances in public. The double flip side, is that Cutler continues to allude to the things that people don’t and will never know about…so he isn’t exactly any more forthcoming than Josh McDaniels…unless it really comes down to just being insulted by being declared expendable…in which case I have absolutely no sympathy for Cutler at all.

My point, I guess, is that I don’t see this as just being about one side or the other because none of us know diddly squat about any of it…thanks in large part to both sides. All I see is that our extremely talented and promising QB acted in contrary to all the values instilled in me in my upbringing. He cracked under pressure, made it all about himself, skirted responsibilities and obligations, fibbed or fat out lied repeatedly, and acted in general more like a guy that if I randomly met him in public, I’d view him as an annoyance rather than as a guy I’d like share a cold one with.

The fact is, among the Kool Aid drinker, there is a huge element of us out here that believe that Cutler could be great; who wish that he could be great with the Broncos: but are more than glad that he is going to get to prove that somewhere else. For me its never been about replacing his talent— which is an incredibly tall order— but rather about doing away with his narcissistic mentality and potentially subversive presence. In other words, from a talent perspective, I see no real debate about who has the advantage between Cutler and Orton. The pro-Cutler folks are preaching to the chior with me on that one. Its about the person that Jay Cutler revealed and the heartfelt belief that he revealed some deep deep flaws that beg the question as to whether that talent will ever really translate to elevating his team.

I apologize for the rant, here. But darn it, being ready to move on is niether an attack on Cutler or some blind affection for Kyle Orton. The picture, to me, is far bigger than who looks like the more capable QB. Its about having a team I’m proud of; that I want to root for; and one that isn’t populated by guys I always feel compelled to defend. I loved the physical gifts of Jay Cutler as much as anybody. But I don’t like Jay Cutler the person much anymore. Let him go to the hall of fame with somebody else, even if that means I have to wait and extra year or two for my Broncos to find a way to make up for it.

Finally, maybe I’m being unfair to Jay Cutler. I just go by what I’ve seen from him. Maybe there is far more to the story. But Jay Cutler, like his former employer, isn’t letting me know anything that would justify his little tissy fit. As long as that’s true, I think I can say good riddance without also being a delusional idiot that doesn’t understand football.

I know…I should just let it go…

was around a 4.7 or a 4.8, which is exactly the point. Relative to other RBs, TD was very slow. However, you remember him being fast. So I don’t know why it’s such a big problem that Buckhalter may be the fastest RB.

How many knee surgeries ago was that? I can’t remember…Let’s see, he clocked that in 2000…maybe it was 3…or was it 4 surgeries…I can’t remember.

Just to be clear, you’re saying that it doesn’t bother you that the 22 or 23 year-old running back we just drafted with the 12th pick isn’t the fastest running back on the team? That doesn’t bother you a little bit?

Several times TD was caught in the open field. He was average at best in regards to his “top speed”. But man oh man, he could see the whole field, he hit the hole HARD, and absolutely punished defenders that were unfortunate enough to take him down. He always seemed to fall foward, dragging full grown NFL defenders with him.

By the end of the 4th quarter, that vaunted Green Bay defense was gasping, battered, bloody and bruised. And this was with TD sitting out the 2nd quarter.

It was funny when the announcers were talking about him, when asked what his favortie hobby was he said “sleep” :)

He was a very, very special player, but he was not what I would call by any means a “fast” RB.

When they said the best guy would play and they replaced Larsen with Webster…..thats when I started praying that Shanny would leave and we would have a new sheriff in town.