NightLink: Jay Cutler a No-Show at First Broncos Team Meeting

by Dane Noble on Mar 16, 2009 5:50 PM CDT

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Jay Cutler was a no-show on Monday for coach Josh McDaniels' first team meeting and the start of the Denver Broncos' offseason workouts, and if he gets his way, he'll never step foot in the team's training facility again.

Although it's voluntary, the coaches expect everyone to attend the team's offseason program.

It's looking increasingly likely, however, that trading Cutler might be the only way to resolve the dispute

"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that. We know it's the most valuable position on the football team. We've gone through so many scenarios at that position we can write a book, moreso on what not do."

-- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008) (Helmet tip: SackMan's sig)

Think the Bears are even talking with the Broncos???

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Big couple days for Sack

First, ifyouwanna dreams about his writing, and now his sig is front-page material. I’m only wondering what the next few days will bring….

Re the post….love to see something happen, but I’m not holding my breath.

I'M A MAN! I'M 22!

by ChiFan13 on Mar 16, 2009 5:53 PM CDT reply actions

I'm calling it

Sack finds out he the One. shortly after, he frees us all from the matrix

OH! STEWIE!! GET OUT THE WAY BOY! GET OUT THE WAY!
-Stacey King

by ifuwannacrownem on Mar 16, 2009 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Sack knows Kung Fu!

Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!

by Adam T on Mar 16, 2009 6:18 PM CDT up reply actions

More like Sack Fu

OH! STEWIE!! GET OUT THE WAY BOY! GET OUT THE WAY!
-Stacey King

by ifuwannacrownem on Mar 16, 2009 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions

oh look sacktus!

Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!

by Adam T on Mar 16, 2009 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions

Haha! maybe that's what happens...

Sack Vs. Shaq. only on pay-per-view!

OH! STEWIE!! GET OUT THE WAY BOY! GET OUT THE WAY!
-Stacey King

by ifuwannacrownem on Mar 16, 2009 7:14 PM CDT up reply actions

I wouldn't free you all...

I’d lock all the Packer fans in there LOL.

"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that.

We know it's the most valuable position on the football team. We've gone through so many scenarios at that position we can write a book, moreso on what not do."

-- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)
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by SackMan on Mar 16, 2009 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions

no

this would be a big move. considering all the reasonable and much smaller moves we haven’t made this offseason, i just can’t see this one happening. it should be a no-brainer…i like orton, but he’s no cutler. plus, he’s a midwest guy, his favorite team growing up was the bears, and he had pretty good success in college playing with williams and bennett. i’d offer orton and a 3rd rounder, and work from there. but again, i just can’t see the bears picking up the phone.

by guy incognito on Mar 16, 2009 6:26 PM CDT reply actions

does it even bother anyone at all that

there are men on this board, not talking about football but having in depth conversations about sack?

by tempchad on Mar 16, 2009 6:38 PM CDT reply actions

Don't lump me in with them

I at least addressed the article. You sir, still have to do that. lol

I'M A MAN! I'M 22!

by ChiFan13 on Mar 16, 2009 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions

chad, if i remember,

you wouldn’t deny that you have dreamed about sack

Ryan Perilloux in 2010!!

by Dane Noble on Mar 16, 2009 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions

+1

I'M A MAN! I'M 22!

by ChiFan13 on Mar 16, 2009 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions

+100 dammit :D

OH! STEWIE!! GET OUT THE WAY BOY! GET OUT THE WAY!
-Stacey King

by ifuwannacrownem on Mar 16, 2009 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions

i will neither confirm nor deny

please make sure to use my exact quote.

that being said, no, I am not specifically denying it.

by tempchad on Mar 16, 2009 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm gonna ignore the Sack-obsession.

Please Mr. Angelo?

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by bdalebs on Mar 16, 2009 6:49 PM CDT reply actions

I declare from this day forward, March 16th will become

Sack appreciation day.

OH! STEWIE!! GET OUT THE WAY BOY! GET OUT THE WAY!
-Stacey King

by ifuwannacrownem on Mar 16, 2009 6:55 PM CDT reply actions

TWSS

"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that.

We know it's the most valuable position on the football team. We've gone through so many scenarios at that position we can write a book, moreso on what not do."

-- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)
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by SackMan on Mar 16, 2009 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions

lmao

You beat me to it.

I'M A MAN! I'M 22!

by ChiFan13 on Mar 16, 2009 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions

Hahahaha!!

OH! STEWIE!! GET OUT THE WAY BOY! GET OUT THE WAY!
-Stacey King

by ifuwannacrownem on Mar 16, 2009 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Aside from the fact that I have no idea

what ELSE you’re talking about on this thread:

Chris Mortenson said on ESPNEWS today that if the Broncos do trade him they’re going to want more than draft picks in return. They want a QB in return. And I doubt Hanie would count.

The shortest distance between two points is under construction.

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Mar 16, 2009 7:18 PM CDT reply actions

Keep up, halfblind :)

We could send them Orton.

I'M A MAN! I'M 22!

by ChiFan13 on Mar 16, 2009 7:24 PM CDT up reply actions

but don't forget, the worst trades are ones when you have a gun to your head

the Broncos will get full market value for a disgruntled player who has pretty much quit on being a bronco.

by tempchad on Mar 16, 2009 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions

orton + a first day pick

but again, this requires us actually trying to make this move.

by guy incognito on Mar 16, 2009 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions

To get a guy like Cutler

I’d go for 1st & 3rd this year & next years 1st rounder.

Offer a king’s ransom, even if they want a QB in return wow ’em with a huge offer.

Course that’d never happen because this franchise has no balls.

The shortest distance between two points is under construction.

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Mar 16, 2009 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions

No balls?

How dare you question the Sack in this thread.

"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that.

We know it's the most valuable position on the football team. We've gone through so many scenarios at that position we can write a book, moreso on what not do."

-- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)
.

by SackMan on Mar 16, 2009 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions

hahaha

The shortest distance between two points is under construction.

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Mar 16, 2009 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions

they will not get two #1s nor is he worth it

by tempchad on Mar 17, 2009 1:06 AM CDT up reply actions

Maybe he's not "worth it"

but i’d like to see us swing for the fences so that if Angelo fails at least I can buy his “we tried but it takes 2 to trade” speech with a straight face.

The shortest distance between two points is under construction.

by halfblindcubbiegirl on Mar 17, 2009 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions

Think the Bears are even talking with the Broncos???

I’d be surprised if they knew their number.

by NittanyCub on Mar 16, 2009 8:53 PM CDT reply actions

JA - Broncos?

There’s a team in Denver?

Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!

by Adam T on Mar 17, 2009 9:20 AM CDT up reply actions

What's a Denver?

by NittanyCub on Mar 17, 2009 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions

An omlette.

Ryan Perilloux in 2010!!

by Dane Noble on Mar 17, 2009 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Time to call up DC...

If they don’t take a shot, it’s gotta be coming from ownership. Since we’ve got a Bears fan in the White House (like him or not), I say we push for a bill stripping ownership from McCaskey. And they should make him come out at half time and let fans pelt him with beers, rotten produce, etc, for causing so many years of suffering.

by JerBear50 on Mar 16, 2009 9:46 PM CDT reply actions

Obama for Bears Ownership!!

by Sam Householder on Mar 17, 2009 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions

Cutler

For my sanity and the safety of others, I believe the Bears have contacted the Broncos. They have contacted them so that they can say “Yeah, we inquired about Cutler but their asking price was to steep for us!” and make us fans believe they actually tried. How in the name of Zeus’ butthole do the Bears not make this trade happen? For all their impotency at the QB position for the past 50 years, isn’t this the one trade that should be made?

by McRipper on Mar 16, 2009 10:18 PM CDT reply actions

if the price is right, though

if denver wants orton plus a ton of picks (#1’s, etc.), that might be too much. if he can be gotten for orton and a first day pick (#2, #3?), do the deal immediately. if they want a lot more than that, i’d say no. nfl draft picks are far more valuable than other sports’ draft picks. cassell, who had a great season last year (admittedly, fluke possibilities, but you have to admit he’s physically sound and he made just about every throw last year), went for a #2 pick, which is reportedly what the pats will trade to get peppers from carolina, an elite DE. orton, a solid starter who looked really good at times (with nothing around him) plus a first day pick looks pretty fair in comparison.

by guy incognito on Mar 16, 2009 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Since JA

F**KS up our 1st rounder half the time, they really aren’t that valuable.

The Bears have no BALLS when it comes to making moves. KC got Matt Cassell for a friggin 2nd round pick! Come on. We couldn’t have done better than that?

Personally, I don’t care for guys like Jerry Jones and Dan Snyder. But those guys have BALLS! When it comes to pulling the trigger on a deal, they don’t piss in their Pampers like JA.

The Bears have NO GUTS, NO IMAGINATION & NO BALLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by GeoMak on Mar 16, 2009 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions

Let me ask this

What isn’t the right price for a franchise QB?

If you can get a guy who can lead the team for the next 10+ years, what isn’t it worth? It is certainly worth a #1 and your current starting QB and some other assorted picks.

Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!

by Adam T on Mar 17, 2009 9:22 AM CDT up reply actions

This deal will never happen

It just won’t. It pains me that this will drag on and on until either a) Cutler reports and finally says ’We’ve settled our differences’ or b) He gets traded elsewhere. Frankly, I am hoping for one of these two because we know the Bears won’t do it and I will get sick of this story dragging on all summer.

And if he’s traded to the Browns then we’ll be thrown into potential Brady Quinn/Derek Anderson trade talks (unless, of course, one or both of those guys go in the deal to Denver)

by Sam Householder on Mar 17, 2009 12:19 AM CDT reply actions

Yep

Chances of Bears management actually pulling this off are less than 1/100th of 1 percent.
“So you’re tellin’ me there’s a chance?” Lloyd Christmas

by Mike Mueller on Mar 17, 2009 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions

Best quote ever

"I'm thinking about getting metal legs. It's a risky operation, but it'll be worth it."

by Acreman20 on Mar 17, 2009 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions

This is the second reference to a Farelly brothers movie today

the first was Kingpin

OH! STEWIE!! GET OUT THE WAY BOY! GET OUT THE WAY!
-Stacey King

by ifuwannacrownem on Mar 17, 2009 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions

I wish

this Cutler saga had never happened so I wouldn’t have to be disapoointed when Angelo doesn’t get him.

DEJESUS!!!

by tomas21 on Mar 17, 2009 1:31 PM CDT reply actions

One issue

I don’t mind giving away Hanie or Baesesesnez, but I’d prefer not to trade Orton. In all honesty, even if we had Cutler I can’t think of a better back up to have than KO. He’s not old, he’s got in game experience, and he’s not hunting for a starting job and going to pout about it, he seems to have matured past that.

by Jacob Hayes on Mar 17, 2009 4:43 PM CDT reply actions