Troy Aikman says he’s still baffled by the falling out between Jay Cutler and new Broncos coach Josh McDaniels, a rift that resulted in the young Pro Bowl quarterback being traded to Chicago.
“I just don’t get how it got to that point in such a short period of time,” the FOX NFL analyst said today. “It seems to me that McDaniels had that in mind before he even got that job. That’s what was bizarre to me.”
Aikman wonders whether Broncos owner Pat Bowlen would’ve hired McDaniels had he known the coach wasn’t committed to building around Cutler.
“Maybe (Bowlen) did know it, I don’t know. But it was pretty obvious, based on the timing, that Josh McDaniels knew that he wasn’t real high on Cutler, if he’s trying to make a trade for Matt Cassel within his first few weeks on the job,” Aikman said. “Could Jay have handled it a little better? Yeah, I think maybe he could have. But I certainly don’t begrudge him for being as upset as he was.”