Denver Broncos blog, news and rumors


FB

[hype it up!]
[Share with Yardbarker]

Published on 12/30/2008 at Tue Dec 30 18:49.
Tagged: ,,,,.



Cutler as Shocked as the Rest of Us

Posted Tue Dec 30th by

Jay Cutler

Mike Shanahan has been fired, and Jay Cutler is not happy. Per the Rocky Mountain News:

“I’m disappointed, I’m shocked, I’m not happy about it, I’m not pleased with it at all,” Cutler said by phone Tuesday. “We had zero inkling this was going to happen. I didn’t have a clue.” …

“I think with the offensive staff we had, we were moving ahead,” Cutler said. “I had just met with Mike to go over everything, talk about the things we wanted to do, make sure we were going the right way on offense.” …

“I hope it all works out. But I know I’m disappointed, I’m not happy, and it’s a lot to think about. I just want to continue the things were able to do this year on offense and get better all the time.”

At the least, a once clear direction for the franchise has turned cloudy. I’m still speechless…

←  Older Comments
 →
  • OC Bronco

    I said it a couple of months ago as well, Cutler needs to grow up. He became a bigger whiner than Rivers!! Cutler is young and I believe he will mature but he didn’t carry himself w respect after mistakes, good and bad ref calls, and dropped passes.
    He certainly has shown that he is talented. 4500 yards is nothing to sneeze at but when you throw the ball 600+ times in a season?!? As important for that position is that they limit their mistakes and he made some bad ones. However, who doesn’t think he is the franchise QB we need? He is.
    Obviously he is not our problem. The defense is to blame. Shanahan is responsible for the Defense!!!! He is the GM/VP of Ops and Head Coach. Our defensive woes are his fault. We have had the best defensive player in the game the past few years (hurt this year and not the same) and still we stink!
    Despite all of this I would have liked to see a new D Coordinator come in this year and given Shanny 2 more years. I remember Jess Fisher and John Fox being on the hot seat lsat year and look what they were able to do with another season!!!!
    Next year is going to be rough considering our schedule and home record the past 5 years. I believe our D would have made strides next year and then in 2010 we would be primed for a real SB run.
    Maybe that can still happen if we make the right choice!
    Kerry – You called it and got a lot if sh-t for it so you deserve some credit dude….

  • darcey

    you people ahould be glad Cutler is your QB
    cause you have nothing else and if he swears at a receiver
    then that receiver deserves it Cutler runs the offense on the
    field he can yell at whoever he wants to –you dont drop
    passes in important situations he should be pissed they are all
    innept except him and he knows it ………

  • julie

    cutler is stuck between a rock and a hard place
    now wonder he whines! now he loses his coach too
    no defense – receivers that drop passes –no running game
    your lucky he doesnt QUIT — other teams would kill for that
    stud at QB !
    and as a woman he is rather an attractive guy too!

  • michelle

    when does he whine I never seen that when does he swear
    at receivers? he is a great QB with nothing around him
    do yu think the next coach will SPOIL him like shanny did ?
    lol

  • sloan looney

    if you ever saw him interviewed he has a NICE SMILE
    and very cute eyes too! but never heard him whine!

  • keely katdoole

    what is between Rivers and cutler anyways?
    is it a fight over a woman! why do they have
    such dislike for each other? why do i keep hearing
    that cutler is gay and has a crush on rivers?
    can that be accurate? OMG gross!

  • sloan

    One thing I know Jay Cutler is anything but Gay!

  • jchase8410

    Dude, Cutler isn’t pouting on the sidelines, that is just how the man looks. Seriously, how is he supposed to act? He gets blamed when he tries to force a ball downfield, makes a perfect throw and the receiver can’t catch the ball. He gets blamed for an INT when Shanny call the 9th bubble screen in a row and the defender gets a hand on the pass. He has been forced into a terrible situation, and he handles the pressure well.
    I would yell at my receivers too if they kept dropping good passes. I’ve always gotten upset when I threw an INT. Give the man some help in the running game and a defense, and he will dominate. If he doesn’t, then you guys will have room to talk sh!t

  • blind#6

    I agree with folks about the lack of “D” over the past years. However, even in our best years we never had a dominant D. It was always a matter of our offense blowing people off the field and our D taking advantage of the other offense having to resort to a predictable set of plays.

    With Cutler at the helm (which was Shanahan’s decision) we have been made to suffer under a QB with a serious IQ problem, and if not, then one of ego. Who in the world could imagine a Denver QB popping of in braggart fashion about the strength of his arm in relation to Elway without even having won a single playoff game?!!! Furthermore what this redneck doesn’t realize is that while Elway’s arm was famous, his role as the winningest QB in history is what made him a legend.

    One good thing about Cutler’s “strongest” arm: It kept his ridiculous interception rate a bit lower because half the time those moments when he would stare down a single receiver forever and launch the ball into triple coverage the defender wouldn’t be able to catch it though it hit him in his chest.

    I’m not saying the Shanahan is blameless — the decisions on the defensive side of the ball including the coordinator carousel cannot be overlooked…

    But I feel his worst decision was to bank on this blowhard who, despite all the hype of him being the next Bret Favre, has proven nothing but how he can end drives with repeated blunders. I always hoped that Shanahan would pull a Bob Knight and give him a little choke-hold as he came to the sidelines with that dimbwitted blank look on his face after throwing a pick.

    Shanahan will win wherever he lands. We won’t until we get a new QB and defense.

    Bronco Fan 4Life

←  Older Comments
 →