As you probably noticed, I haven't been terribly critical of Jay Cutler during this whole fiasco with the Broncos, but here's a new little twist that makes me think Cutler is indeed being a silly goose: He now says he never wanted to be traded.
Jay Glazer, bless his heart, ran into Cutler last night at UFC's Fight Night 18, and took a break from watching the sweaty men pummel each other to talk to Cutler.
"I was surprised they decided to trade me this soon," Cutler told Glazer in his first comments since the statement was released. "I didn't want to get traded. This wasn't me. (The Broncos) had been going back and forth saying things, wanting me to be their quarterback and then they didn't."
"I really didn't want this. I love Denver. I really like my teammates. I didn't want it to get this far."
And that just has to be nonsense.
I gave Cutler the benefit of the doubt at first, because it seemed odd that he'd been a nearly-model citizen for three years under Mike Shanahan. Then comes in a daisy-fresh head coach, and all the sudden, Cutler's a problem child? I didn't buy it.
And if Cutler was a problem, it would've probably behooved the new coach to smooth things out, as opposed to what he did do, which was take a stand, fold his arms across his chest and let everyone know that he's the tough guy in the room.
I don't suppose any of that matters anymore, as the decision's already been made to trade him. But it irks me that Cutler takes the high road now.
You wanted out, fine. You got it. Let that be enough. Don't come back now with the "I still want to be the good guy!" routine. The need to have your every whim catered to, and to also be the public's darling reminds of another quarterback who went through some turmoil last season, who also happened to have the same agent.