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Newsflash: Josh McDaniels came out today with a statement about Jay Cutler. He said “He’s our quarterback”. Based on this statement, we would assume that McDaniels has decided that Cutler will be on the team this year. Unfortunately, this is the kind of statement that might have fixed things about 3-4 weeks ago, when the problem first began. This is the problem. McDaniels hasn’t been clear, apparently, with Cutler about whether he will be an important part of the team or not, or whether he will be part of the offense. If he wanted Cassel, that’s ok, but if you don’t get him, you need to be upfront about that. It’s also possible that Cutler’s being disingenuous about what’s happened. Hard to untangle this one.

Terrell Owens is now a member of the Buffalo Bills. I don’t know what will happen there, but it’s an interesting development. Why? Well , the question is what the Bills’ reason for bringing him in is. Many people in the media have been discussing it as though it’s a great strategic move by Buffalo. But several others suggest that the move is much less useful than that. For Owens himself, a one year deal for a 35 year old player is probably not the best that he could have done. And he came up with a deal pretty early after being released. This is another one of those things. You wonder if the Bills really needed someone new or whether that person needed to be a wide receiver. We will find out next season!

Jay Cutler is upset at his team the Denver Broncos. He came up recently in rumors about possible trade deals including Matt Cassell. Cutler feels insulted that his name even came up during these discussions, and now he’s refusing to talk to the team for a little while. The new Denver coach is the former offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots and wanted to bring Cassell in. Maybe. The Broncos deny everything about it, and say that they want to discuss is with Cutler. My question is this: why does this guy, with a losing percentage, get any say at all in whether he might get traded or not? And why is he surprised that he would come up in such discussions?