It's about time: Denver finally realizes that cry baby Cutler must be traded

By Chad Garner

Fan Fanatic Sports Staff

Well, well, well.

Looks like the Denver Broncos and new wet-under-the-ears head coach Josh McDaniels are finally smartening up. Maybe they've been reading my postings on this site, pleading with them to trade cry baby quarterback Jay Cutler?

This QB, who has a lot of learn about the position (watch how many stupid mistakes he makes as far as reading coverages and thinking his arm is better than John Elway's and Brett Favre's ... it's not), but most importantly how to conduct himself as a professional on and off the field. 

He has cried his way out of Denver, the latest not even having the decency to return call after call from McDaniels and owner Pat Bowlen. Mind you, he's an employee and he's getting paid pretty handsomely -- he's in the midst of 6-year, $48 million deal. I'd at least return a call.

Granted, I'd be ticked if my team wanted to trade me, but he had his time to stew and he just couldn't get over it. He's obviously hurt, but he's handled it in the entirely wrong way.

Asking for a trade is one thing. Maybe he thought ripping the entire organization was the way to get a trade? Well, it worked if that's what he was doing.

For Denver, ship him away. I keep saying Detroit, they've got 2 first-round picks, No. 1 overall and No. 20, while the Broncos have No. 12 overall.

It doesn't matter, Detroit could deal either pick. Cutler's now a veteran and there's a far less learning curve as an NFL QB compared to a rookie. But he's got to grow up, maybe a change of scenery will do that?

Denver has Chris Simms on their roster, but he's just a stop-gap until the Broncos get their man -- whoever that is. In the draft, there's only 2 real QB first-round prospects that I'm buying on: Georgia's Matt Stafford and USC's Mark Sanchez. Both guys are not instant starters, however, maybe halfway through the season but not right away. They need time to learn -- it's been proven to not rush a rookie into the limelight right away. Confidence is a big thing.

But now Denver must get a deal done. It's a good start to publicly recognize Cutler must go, now the Broncos must do a deal.

McDaniels can get his own guy and Cutler gets a fresh start with a team that hopefully will show him the love. A million dollar pacifier might help, too.

Good for Denver, way to smarten up.