‘SKINS SNIFFING AROUND CUTLER?

We’ve been flooded with questions about whether the Redskins will be making a play for Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler. There’s an item at bleacherreport.com that sets forth a far-fetched three-team trade, involing Cutler and Broncos tight end Tony Scheffler going to Washington, Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell and tight end Chris Cooley going to Cleveland, and Browns quarterback Brady Quinn going to Denver. Citing an unnamed source, the report stated that the deal would be announced by 5:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday. We poked around a but bit [Editor’s note: unfortunate typo not narrowly avoided] on this one, but only because we heard on Monday that the ‘Skins are interested in Cutler. A source with knowledge of the situation scoffed at the bleacherreport.com item regarding the supposed mega-trade. “Guess we’ll find out when that 5:00 p.m. news conference begins somewhere,” the source said Tuesday afternoon. Coincidentally, now that 5:00 p.m. EDT has come and gone, the word “satire” appears in parentheses at the top of the bleacherreport.com story. (Damn, we should have used that one when we reported after we found out that Terry Bradshaw hadn’t croaked.) But there’s also a report from John Keim of dcexaminer.com suggesting that the Redskins are interested in Cutler. Again, we’re dipping our toe into this pool only because we’re separately hearing that the ‘Skins are indeed interested in Cutler. Whether they make a run for him remains to be seen.