RYObroncosfan
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Wow, this was a big misstep for McDaniels, but I think Cassel is a better fit for McDaniels' offense and I think Cutler is overrated and not the guy you can count on to lead his team to a Super Bowl. They guy really choked down the stretch that killed them from a gimme AFC West title.
Besides, if Cassel detractors are going to trash him for the competition the Patriots faced making him look better than he is, people should look at the Broncos opponents and how Cassel did vs. good and bad teams.
I don't think McDaniels was wrong to have questions about Cutler. I do think he was wrong in this move (well actually Brian Xander is the the GM and deserves a lot of the blame too).
How is it a mis-step for McDaniels? He's not the GM in Denver and he didn't initiate the contact, Tampa did. I'd be willing to bet this has more to do with stalled contract extension negotiations than anything. Either Xander put the word out to rattle Bus Cook's cage or Bus put a bug in Tampa's ear (he had them lined up as Favre's alternate landing zone last year before the Jets jumped into the Favre fray) because he doesn't think he's gonna get the deal he wants for Cutler any time soon absent a trade... Or maybe now he and his client plan to play the wounded QB card in hopes the PR pressure will demand a new deal for Jay...
Josh probably should have rolled the dice and waited on Pioli's decision to leave. Then he'd have been working for a GM who would have his back and owned his responsibility for player personnel decisions. Xander and Bowlen should be fielding these questions, not a rookie HC... Cutler's contract or future isn't really his decision.
How is it a mis-step for McDaniels? He's not the GM in Denver and he didn't initiate the contact, Tampa did.
For a guy that is 18-19 as a starter (48%), he certainly thinks a hell of a lot more of him himself then he should.