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Cutler A No-Show, Demands Trade

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A Tribune wire report

Published: March 17, 2009

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Jay Cutler says he wants to break up. The Denver Broncos say they want to make up.

The Pro Bowl quarterback was a no-show Monday for Coach Josh McDaniels' first team meeting and the start of the Broncos' offseason workouts, and if he gets his way, he'll never step foot in the team's training facility again.

"The Denver Broncos confirm that Jay Cutler has requested a trade," team spokesman Jim Saccomano told The Associated Press on Monday.

McDaniels declined interview requests after telling The Denver Post that he wanted to meet again with Cutler to try to resolve their differences before he considers a trade.

Cutler is upset that the Broncos tried to trade him for New England quarterback Matt Cassel last month and what he considers McDaniels' misleading answers to his inquiries about those talks.

So, he asked for a trade through his agent, Bus Cook.

Cutler has been unhappy since learning that McDaniels, who was New England's offensive coordinator the last three seasons, entertained the notion of trading him to the Bucs in a three-way swap that would have brought Cassel from the Patriots to Denver on Feb. 28. New England instead traded Cassel to Kansas City.

NFLPA Chief Ready For Talks

DeMaurice Smith is wasting no time as the new NFL Players Association executive director, hoping to spend his first day on the job discussing labor talks with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

In a telephone conference call with reporters on Monday, less than 12 hours after he was elected to lead North America's most powerful sports union, Smith said it was his intention to speak to Goodell by phone as soon as possible.

Smith, 45, a Washington, D.C.-based attorney, succeeds the late Gene Upshaw as union boss following an election by the league's 32 player representatives in Hawaii on Sunday night.

STALLWORTH CASE: Police are awaiting a toxicology report before releasing details about their investigation of Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth, who hit and killed a pedestrian with his Bentley over the weekend.

Police spokesman Juan Sanchez said Monday that the routine blood work had not made it to the lab for testing yet.

Stallworth was cooperating with police and no charges have been filed.

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