The Denver Broncos say Jay Cutler wants to get traded.
The star quarterback disagrees.
Cutler spoke exclusively Wednesday night with FOXSports.com's Jay Glazer at the UFC Fight Night 18 card in Nashville that both were attending. Cutler says he was shocked the Broncos issued a statement proclaiming he was on the block after conversations with agent Bus Cook.
"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. They [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."
In a team-issued statement Tuesday, Broncos owner Pat Bowlen said his attempts and those by first-year head coach Josh McDaniels to reach Cutler for the past 10 days were "unsuccessful." But in what has turned into an obvious he-said, she-said situation, Cutler claims he is the one who had not heard from the Broncos during that time. Cutler said the first time he heard from the Broncos in 10 days was Tuesday when they informed him of their decision to trade him.
"A conversation with his agent earlier (Tuesday) clearly communicated and confirmed to us that Jay no longer has any desire to play for the Broncos," Bowlen said. "We will begin discussions with other teams in an effort to accommodate his request to be traded."
Hmm, that is odd because I specifically remember this statement Jay...
Cutler and Cook issued the trade request a day after a meeting with McDaniels and general manager Brian Xanders did not go the way quarterback had hoped. (courtesy of the Denver Post online)
(thanks to Ryan on the Broncos Facebook group for the video!)
What a joke this thing has become. Someone is lying, and it really seems to be Jay and his agent Bus Cook. You requested to be traded after you did not like the way your meeting with the new coach went, and now that you see that as something that is going to happen...you say you never said it?
My God, this is crazy. Part of me thinks that Jay had no idea how far it would go and he put too much trust in his agent, and Bus struck again. Another part of me says Jay was actually unhappy about the meeting and requested the trade, and now regrets it with the thought of playing somewhere like Detroit.
Sorry Jay, you lost a fan here. I don't care if you stay, I won't be able to like you again. I will always root for Denver and if you happen to be a part of that then great. Unfortunately, you are making your intentions pretty clear Jay, this is a money play and I, as a fan, don't want you representing the franchise I love.
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