ESPN: The Bears acquired disgruntled Broncos QB Jay Cut...

Apr 02, 2009

ESPN: The Bears acquired disgruntled Broncos QB Jay Cutler in a
trade on Thursday afternoon, giving up QB Kyle Orton and 1st-round
picks in 2009 (18th overall) and 2010, along with a 3rd-round pick
(84th overall) in 2009 to do it. To complete the trade, the
Broncos had to give back a 5th-round pick (140th overall) in 2009.
That pick was acquired by the Broncos from the Seahawks in a trade
for WR Keary Colbert. The Bears beat out the Redskins, Bucs,
Lions, Titans and other teams to land the 25-year-old Pro Bowl QB.
The Broncos had made it clear they were asking for at least two
1st-round choices. Cutler had asked to be traded when he found out
1st-year Denver coach Josh McDaniels tried to acquire Matt Cassel
in a trade with the Patriots. "I don't have any concerns," Bears
GM Jerry Angelo said. "[Coach Lovie Smith] and I talked about
that. We did, like a lot of people who were interested in Jay, a
lot of work going back to not just when he was with Denver [but]
but going back to his days at Vanderbilt."

Fantasy Impact:

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Cowboys "moving away" from RBBC, declaring Rico Dowdle No. 1 RB

Ed Werder

3 hours ago

Mike McCarthy moving away from running back by committee concept, declaring Rico Dowdle the No. 1 RB. “Rico needs to touch the ball,” he said.

Related Players: Ezekiel Elliott, Deuce Vaughn, Dalvin Cook, Hunter Luepke

Fantasy Impact:

This is great and all, but the Cooper Rush-led offense looked beyond miserable last week, and it's hard to see how it's going to get much better moving forward. Consider Dowdle a high-floor/low-ceiling RB3 in Week 11.

WR Jonathan Mingo set to make Cowboys debut in Week 11

Patrik Walker

4 hours ago

Jonathan Mingo is expected to make his debut for the Cowboys this week, per MM.

Mingo was inactive last week following the trade to allow time for ramping up.

Related Players: Jalen Tolbert, KaVontae Turpin, Jalen Brooks

Fantasy Impact:

We wouldn't expect a ton of action from Mingo fantasy-wise, but it's not as if he has a murderer's row of talent standing between himself and a WR2 role. He can be left on waiver wires in most every format, but might be worth checking to see if he ended up on waiver wires in Dynasty leagues.

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