Luck of the Broncos

I just realized how incredibly lucky the Broncos were with the Cutler trade. If you recall, this all started because the Broncos wanted to trade Cutler for Cassell in a three team deal. The Patriots ended up trading Cassell and Mike Vrabel to the Chiefs for a 2nd round pick. Then the whole soap opera started with the Broncos, and yesterday the Broncos announced that they traded Cutler to the Bears. They ended up getting two first round draft picks, a third round draft pick, and Kyle Orton. Josh McDaniels should be thanking his lucky stars. He went from screwing up the Cassell trade (who the Pats thought was worth a 2nd round pick and salary dump) to picking up a bunch of good draft picks and a QB who some people think isn't that much worse than Cassell. McDaniels' ineptitude at pulling off the initial trade actually paid off in the long run.