Bob's Mostly Sports Blog

On Thursday April 2 nd , the Denver Broncos traded Jay Cutler and a 2009 5 th round pick to the Chicago Bears for a pair of first round draft picks (2009 and 2010), a third round pick (2009), and incumbent quarterback Kyle Orton. This trade ends the Jay Cutler saga which began back when word leaked that the Broncos had discussed a possible scenario in which they would trade Cutler to another team (possibly the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and acquire Matt Cassell from the New England Patriots. That trade never materialized as the Patriots ended up trading Cassell (who worked with new Broncos coach Josh McDaniels in New England) to the Kansas City Chiefs for a second round pick. Now that the drama in Denver is over for now (Cutler and the Bears make a visit during the 3rd week of the preseason) it seems like a solid idea to take a look at this situation. First of all, after the trade was announced, Cutler released a statement (I will paraphrase) that he was surprised that the Bronco...

The World Baseball Classic is has already embarked on it's second effort to capture the attention of all and is about to kick into it the second round of the elimination tournament. The was much fanfare for the first go around of the WBC, but there seems to be less this time around. The players seem to be enjoying the experience as they would normally be sitting through meaningless spring training games right now anyways. At least now they are on a bit of a more competitive stage, and they aren't going from city to city in either Arizona or Florida on buses. On the other hand, many major league baseball organizations are holding their collective breath right now as they hope, wish and pray that these players that they have to pay millions of dollars to do not get hurt while representing their country in this tournament. The idea of the classic is a novel one as the hope is that one day it can reach at least close to the level of popularity worldwide that the World Cup h...

I'm watching the New England Patriots on NBC on Sunday Night Football against the San Diego Chargers and I am amazed with how poor they look. Matt Cassell does not look like an NFL quarterback, and the defense has looked extremely vulnerable thus far. Cassell has shown an inability to complete passes consistently that travel more than 6 or 6 yards, the defense has been carved up by both the run and the pass, and the special teams has been tormented by Darren Sproles to this point in the evening. Did Tom Brady really mean this much to this team? I have believed that Brady has been this team's most important player for years, and there is no question what he has meant to the outcome of the offense, but the defense's lack of solid play has surprised me the most. When Brady went down, the defensive players said all of the right things about how they would have to step up and that defense wins championships and that this was their turn to shine after the offense made so ma...