Top 11 reasons why Jay Cutler had to leave the Broncos

Posted by Douglas Charles on April 3rd, 2009 at 8:05 am

The Denver Broncos traded franchise quarterback Jay Cutler to the Bears after a disastrous off-season transition to a new head coach. Amidst all of the recriminations and he-said she-said of the break-up, what are the real reasons behind the trade?

11. When an insecure emo guy wants to leave, you accommodate him with all possible speed

10. Just like Kyle Orton and Chris Simms, he wasn’t Matt Cassel

9. Just wasn’t up to the franchise standard of Bubby Brister, Jake Plummer and Brian Griese

8. New head coach Josh McDaniels thinks diabetes is contagious

7. Didn’t out-sulk Philip Rivers in their head-to-head pout-offs

6. Once Mike Shanahan was gone, the team needed to become not just defense-first, but defense-only

5. Everyone involved in last season’s collapse has to die

4. Wasn’t totally committed to McDaniels’ plan to become the most hated man in franchise history

3. When you get the chance to move an elite level QB for a mess of probable late-round first rounders and a game manager back-up, that’s a deal you just have to make

2. After the Vince Young and Matt Leinart picks, the Broncos had their doubts about any quarterback from that class

1. The Broncos just can’t have nice things

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Douglas Charles Douglas Charles, aka "DC Scrap," is the managing editor of Guyism.com. His experience includes operating an assortment sports and entertainment Web sites over the past decade, but his specialty is discovering sexy women from all over the world that he knows he will never have a chance with, let alone meet - a quality he shares with 99.99% of his readers.