Morning Links-4/1

by John B on Apr 1, 2009 8:16 AM EDT

-Denver has announced it will look to deal Jay Cutler, and the Jets are interested.

-A mock with Hakeem Nicks going to the Jets at 17.

-It may be silly to not hold training camp in a state of the art brand new $75 million facility, but I can't agree that fans will turn on Rex Ryan over it.

-Two men were killed at a condo owned by former Jets linebacker Jonathan Vilma. Vilma is not suspected of any wrongdoing.

-The Carson Palmer-Laveranues Coles relationship is still in its honeymoon stage.

-The Pats will take a look at Texas A&M quarterback Stephen McGee. They drafted Kevin O'Connell a year ago presumably to take Matt Cassel's job as Tom Brady's primary backup. Maybe McGee will provide him with competition.

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The #17 pick in the draft, THE RIGHTS TO BRETT FAVRE, and perhaps a roster player for Cutler. I don’t think it would take too much persuasion to get Brett back on the field in a caretaker role while a QB the Broncos drafted this year develops. Everyone wins in that case. Favre would probably win as many games as Cutler did in the Mile High City, he just won’t do it for as long. I don’t think that Brett felt at home with the Jets, despite the early season success. He was resented by terminal adolescents like Coles and Jones, who were the big men in camp before Brett came along. They jettisoned Coles so there is room for another sensitive ego type, I suppose. I don’t think a lot of Cutler, and would probably take a chance with Favre for the next 5 years ahead of him, but Brett ain’t coming back to the Big Apple. He MIGHT go to Denver to mentor a younger player.

by robert ethan on Apr 1, 2009 11:53 AM EDT reply actions

….also, both Cutler and Favre are Bus Cook clients, and if he can orchestrate a scenario that makes both players happy (and keeps them working and paying his cut), obviously Bus will do what he can to make that come to pass. Personally I think that Cutler’s stance was the first step in that direction. Everyone could see that the Jets were starved for a QB, and it had to be equally obvious that the Broncos would then be looking at using a top draft pick to secure a future starter WHILE AT THE SAME TIME LOOKING FOR A SOLID VET TO TRANSITION.

Voila! Cutler goes to NYC where everything is bigger, including the paycheques, while renowned hunter and outdoorsman, Favre, enjoys a Rocky Mountain High for a couple of years. With about a 60% chance that whomever the Broncos draft to ultimately replace Cutler is also a Cook client.

by robert ethan on Apr 1, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions