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03-17-2009, 12:38 AM
Jets tracking Jay Cutler situation, source says
By Erik Boland / Newsday
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - Updated 2m ago
If Jay Cutler successfully cries his way out of Denver, the New York Jets [team stats] can’t be ruled out as a potential landing spot. A source said Monday that the Jets are "paying attention" to the situation involving the Broncos quarterback, who wants to be traded.
Cutler made the request Sunday night through his agent, Bus Cook, several outlets reported. Cook also represents the retired Brett Favre, but a deal for this Cook client is a long way from happening, and just how interested the Jets are is not clear. It would seem to be a long shot, but general manager Mike Tannenbaum pulled off a stunner last summer by trading for Favre.
The Jets have not commented on Cutler and will not because league rules prohibit discussing another team’s player who is under contract. Cutler has three years left on the six-year deal he signed after the Broncos drafted him out of Vanderbilt as the 11th overall pick in 2006. The Jets looked hard at Cutler before taking tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson with the fourth overall pick.
New Broncos coach Josh McDaniels angered Cutler when word got out that McDaniels, formerly the Patriots [team stats]’ offensive coordinator, was interested in trading for Matt Cassel. Cassel, under McDaniels’ tutelage, shined last season after Tom Brady [stats] went down in Week 1 against the Chiefs, who recently traded for Cassel.
Cutler put off meeting with McDaniels for two weeks before getting together Saturday. McDaniels, according to various reports, thought things went well; Cutler, not so much.
"At the end of the meeting, he wasn’t like, ’Jay, I want you as our quarterback, you’re our guy.’ It felt like the opposite," Cutler told ESPN. "I thought he was antagonizing me, and that was disappointing because I was ready to move on, committed as a Bronco."
The Denver Post and Sports Illustrated reported that McDaniels wants to meet again with Cutler, who skipped the team’s first day of voluntary conditioning sessions Monday, to see if they can smooth things over.
McDaniels briefly addressed the situation with the team Monday. "He said, ’I’ll take care of it,’ and that’s pretty much it," Broncos defensive lineman Kenny Peterson said, according to the Denver Post.
The Broncos have no quality in-house replacement, which makes trading Cutler because he’s unhappy impractical, though not impossible.
Coincidentally, several members of the Jets are in the Midwest looking at another quarterback. Brian Schottenheimer met with Kansas State’s Josh Freeman Monday, according to nfl.com, and the offensive coordinator, along with Tannenbaum and coach Rex Ryan, have a private workout with Freeman on Tuesday. The Jets also have scheduled a private workout with USC quarterback Mark Sanchez.
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/football/other_nfl/view.bg?articleid=1159156&srvc=rss
By Erik Boland / Newsday
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - Updated 2m ago
If Jay Cutler successfully cries his way out of Denver, the New York Jets [team stats] can’t be ruled out as a potential landing spot. A source said Monday that the Jets are "paying attention" to the situation involving the Broncos quarterback, who wants to be traded.
Cutler made the request Sunday night through his agent, Bus Cook, several outlets reported. Cook also represents the retired Brett Favre, but a deal for this Cook client is a long way from happening, and just how interested the Jets are is not clear. It would seem to be a long shot, but general manager Mike Tannenbaum pulled off a stunner last summer by trading for Favre.
The Jets have not commented on Cutler and will not because league rules prohibit discussing another team’s player who is under contract. Cutler has three years left on the six-year deal he signed after the Broncos drafted him out of Vanderbilt as the 11th overall pick in 2006. The Jets looked hard at Cutler before taking tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson with the fourth overall pick.
New Broncos coach Josh McDaniels angered Cutler when word got out that McDaniels, formerly the Patriots [team stats]’ offensive coordinator, was interested in trading for Matt Cassel. Cassel, under McDaniels’ tutelage, shined last season after Tom Brady [stats] went down in Week 1 against the Chiefs, who recently traded for Cassel.
Cutler put off meeting with McDaniels for two weeks before getting together Saturday. McDaniels, according to various reports, thought things went well; Cutler, not so much.
"At the end of the meeting, he wasn’t like, ’Jay, I want you as our quarterback, you’re our guy.’ It felt like the opposite," Cutler told ESPN. "I thought he was antagonizing me, and that was disappointing because I was ready to move on, committed as a Bronco."
The Denver Post and Sports Illustrated reported that McDaniels wants to meet again with Cutler, who skipped the team’s first day of voluntary conditioning sessions Monday, to see if they can smooth things over.
McDaniels briefly addressed the situation with the team Monday. "He said, ’I’ll take care of it,’ and that’s pretty much it," Broncos defensive lineman Kenny Peterson said, according to the Denver Post.
The Broncos have no quality in-house replacement, which makes trading Cutler because he’s unhappy impractical, though not impossible.
Coincidentally, several members of the Jets are in the Midwest looking at another quarterback. Brian Schottenheimer met with Kansas State’s Josh Freeman Monday, according to nfl.com, and the offensive coordinator, along with Tannenbaum and coach Rex Ryan, have a private workout with Freeman on Tuesday. The Jets also have scheduled a private workout with USC quarterback Mark Sanchez.
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/football/other_nfl/view.bg?articleid=1159156&srvc=rss