Finally a Trade Where Everyone Benefits

The recent trade between the Bears and Broncos is the first significant trade where everyone involved is going to be happy. Unlike the NBA trade between the Pistons and Nuggets that sent Chauncey Billups to Denver and Allen Iverson to Detroit. The Pistons traded one of the best team players in the league for one of the worst team players. Now that Iverson is ruled out for the remainder of the season, the Pistons at least can give Rodney Stuckey the playoff experience he'll need for the future and not piss off Richard Hamilton by coming off the bench. Back to the Bears and Broncos trade, this trade makes sense for both teams and all parties involved. Cutler was acting like a spoiled NFL quarterback and demanded a trade and was traded to his childhood favorite team (check), the Bears haven't had a promising quarterback in my lifetime (check), Kyle Orton, who is the prototypical system quarterback gets the opportunity to play for a coach who helped a quarterback who hasn't started a game since high school have success (check) and the Broncos still get a third round pick and two first round picks that Mike Shanahan can't screw up (check). Wow it all makes sense. Some analysts and reporters are comparing this trade to the old "Hershel Walker trade" back in 1989; however, this trade does not exactly resemble that trade because the Vikings ended up trading a total of five players and six draft picks--not exactly the same as giving up three picks and getting one in return with the star player. Even if Jay Cutler doesn't win the Bears a championship in his career, he will add something that they haven't had since the Super Bowl Shuffle, EXCITEMENT! No one wants to watch them dominate on defense and hope the opposing team punts to Devin Hester to score points. Because if their defense or special teams didn't score, you knew they weren't going to put up many points if any. Maybe a few field goals. But now with Cutler and his ability to throw down the field, they can use tight-end Greg Olson down the middle of the field. Too bad they still don't have Bernard Berrian, then their offense would be wide open. I still think they are a legit number one wide-receiver away from putting up big numbers, like a Plaxico Burress (who was recently released). For the Broncos, Orton will have success (assuming he beats Chris Simms for the starting job, safe assumption). He should be considered one of the most coachable players in the league, especially at his position. He's 12-6 as a starter while playing on a crummy team with no wide-receivers. Imagine what he'll do with Brandon Marshall and Eddie Royal. Now with those extra draft picks Denver should be able to stock up on defense. An early, pre-draft prediction, the Broncos finish the 2009 football season with a better record than the Bears, but Cutler puts up decent numbers. The only person I don't think benefited from this deal was the 5th round pick the Bears receveid. Even though this player doesn't have a name, I feel bad because he has to play for the Bears instead of the Broncos. Thank God for free agency.