Jay Cutler was almost traded for Matt Cassel last month. That apparently didn’t sit well with the Broncos quarterback, and he finally got around to talking to his employer about his current situation.

The result? According to a source close to the situation, things went from bad to worse this week.

Cutler had a conference call with Broncos team higher-ups and new coach Josh McDaniels, and Cutler’s mind was not put at ease by the talks.

The conference call was anything but genial and the two sides are now further apart than prior to it, the source said. The source added that the Broncos’ tone of the conference call was as if Cutler created the situation by asking for the trade and not the other way around.

McDaniels was the offensive coordinator in New England and apparently made a play to trade Cutler for Cassel, before Cassel was dealt to Kansas City.

The Denver Post (via Shutdown Corner) says that Cutler left the discussions unhappy, and would rather just be traded now, if that’s what it comes down to.

According to the NFL source, Cutler has not yet decided whether he would report Monday. If Cutler doesn’t report to Broncos headquarters next week, he would be viewed as undermining McDaniels’ authority. What would the team do then? The Broncos may have no other choice but to move the player who in recent years has been dubbed not just the quarterback, but the “franchise” quarterback.

Be careful what you wish for Mr. Cutler. Word around campus is that the Detroit Lions are interested in making a draft-day move to acquire Cutler, a tough pill for any self-respecting quarterback to swallow.

For the foreseeable future, Denver is a tough town for a quarterback to be happy in. The pressure there is overwhelming, and now with the questionable removal of Mike Shanahan from the equation, success is going to be even more difficult to come by, thus making Cutler’s full acceptance in Denver nearly impossible. Cutler is in a way turning into the new Jake Plummer. Would you rather spend your prime years with a terrible franchise that is giving you no opportunity to win (Plummer: Cardinals), or play in Denver, where you will always be in a position to make the playoffs, but thanks to unrealistic expectations, you will never be considered John Elway successful?

A move to Detroit would make Cutler ponder that football philosophy quandary.

In the meantime, things should be pretty interesting as he hangs out at Broncos camp up until draft day. There’s a lot of teams that may be interested in his talent, but there are probably equally as many teams that want no part of his attitude.

It will be very interesting to see if the Broncos draft a quarterback this year, which would effectively signal the beginning of the end of the Jay Cutler era in Denver.

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