You probably all have heard so much on this Jay Cutler situation from players, ex players and coaches, and reporters but I want to offer my thoughts on it especially with the recent TMZ video of Cutler walking around in a outdoor shopping mall. We'll get to that but first lets look at what actually happened in the game. The fact that Cutler doesn't exactly know when he sprained his MCL is the first alarming piece of information and that he was just standing on the sideline is also a little strange. However, stepping into and throwing a football requires a lot more pressure than most people think and especially more than just standing on a sideline. So yeah I think he was actually hurt and just because Philip Rivers is crazy and able to play on a torn ACL, way worse than a sprained MCL, does not mean that Cutler by any means should have played. The toughness mentality of the NFL is overplayed and frankly outdated. Look at old pros like Jim Brown, the greatest running back of all time, who can't even walk anymore or the numerous professional who had concussions and just played through the because that's what tough was. No that's what dumb is. Questioning Cutler's toughness is just as dumb because you don't run the option pitch in the SEC if you're not tough, you'll get destroyed.
People are making a huge deal over his demeanor on the sideline and how he didn't "fight" to get back in the game but no one knows who pulled Cutler from the game. Also, people thought that Cutler should have been giving Caleb Hanie some tips and "coaching him up" on the sideline. Also dumb. When we live in a world where player means coach please tell me because coaches coach and players play; plus Hanie was doing far better than Cutler was against the Packer defense almost bringing them within overtime if not for a classic Mike Martz dumb reverse call to your slowest receiver. Get over his demeanor on the sideline, the only thing he could have done was cheer and I do fault him for that. To say he just didn't care is silly considering Cutler was on the verge of tears in his postgame locker interview.
Where are your pom poms Jay? (usatoday.com)
Let's read some tweets, shall we?
"Cmon cutler u have to come back," Cardinals safety Kerry Rhodes wrote, "This is the NFC championship if u didn't know!"
Added Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew on the same site: "All I'm saying is that he can finish the game on a hurt knee ... I played the whole season on one ..."
I follow a healthy amount of players on Twitter and these type of tweets were seen in numerous amounts from players and ex players like Deion Sanders and Mark Schlereth were destroying Cutler as well. However only one player got a serious backlash from the media, Jaguars Maurice Jones-Drew. Why he was singled out unfairly, I can't say but regardless his comments were just as foolish as everyone else's. Saying he played the whole season on a hurt knee is a lie considering he sat out the important last two games and played poorly in the game before against the Colts that proved to define the Jaguars' season against. So. no Maurice Jones-Drew you didn't play the whole season and if you maybe had sat out the first month of the season, healing your knee properly, the Jaguars could have been in the playoffs. Players on the couch should probably watch their comments during the playoffs especially ones like this or they could suffer from a media outlash like MJD did.
Overall, the overspeculation on Jay Cutler is outlandish and people on Twitter should learn to shut their mouths a bit. I think that the attacks on Cutler have more to do with his overall career and his perceived laziness and attitude rather than this instance of injuring his knee. If this was Tim Tebow, no one would question him rather they would praise his performance beforehand. Cutler should spend more time rehabbing his image instead of his knee but walking around a shopping center with your girlfriend is probably not a good idea Jay.
Come on Jay (tmz.com)
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