First off let me say that I do think Jay Cutler is a tough QB andcriticisms of him are pretty baseless. What is funny is the backlash to the backlash is in full effect with the standard line about how tough Jay Cutler is, because he has taken a beating. So, in the spirit of Chuch Norris…
“Jay Cutler is so tough he once played football…in the rain!”
“Jay Cutler is so tough he orders his steak jerkied!”
“Jay Cutler is so tough he made Jon Boehner stop crying!”
OK, those are totally lame.
Jay Cutler is so tough, he’d eat the boogers out of a dead man’s nose.
Jay Cutler is so tough, he watched his girlfriend get a Brazilian!
I just want to add that it’s disgusting how many fellow players (with their uneducated minds and uneducated opinions) and the media (with its hunger for attention) are treating Cutler. It’s a witch-burning via social media.
Yes, how dare Hall of Fame and Superbowl-winning NFL veterans voice their opinion about current NFL players. Who do they think they are? Hall of Famers? Where are their rings? The nerve of them to talk about playing through injuries to get to the Superbowl, as if they had the first clue.
My favorite retarded defense of Cutler was Urlacher, who cited Cutler “showing up to practice every day” as evidence of his toughness. Every other team in the league is green with envy at the thought of a QB who shows up to practice.
The Vikings were.
Jay Cutler is so tough he can walk up some stairs!
(How sad that that tidbit made the paper).
Jay Cutler is so tough, once he intercepted one of his own passes.
Jay Cutler is so tough, even his bruised ego has bruises.
Jay Cutler is so tough, he once mutton busted Sam Bradford.
He played on a Super Bowl winning team, therefore he cannot be a jerk. :rolleyes:
Jay Cutler is so tough he sprained his knee but didn’t think anything of it at the time.
Well, let’s take a look at who was slamming Cutler, shall we?
Maurice Jones-Drew: no Super Bowl appearances.
Derrick Brooks: OK, we have one ring here.
LeCharles Bentley: Who??? No playoff appearances.
Ross Tucker: Journeyman player (6 teams in 8 years) who lucked into a writing gig. No rings.
Kirk Morrison: Again, who??? Six undistinguished years with the Raiders and Jaguars…obviously no rings there.
Anthony Armstrong: …yeah, we’re sensing a pattern here. A wideout with a whopping three touchdowns in three years with the Dolphins and Redskins. No playoff appearances.
Lance Moore: A Super Bowl champion with the Saints, who…wait, who the hell is Lance Moore? A wideout who scored exactly one touchdown with the Saints, that’s who.
Darnell Dockett: Probably the best active player on this list, but, again, no rings.
So that’s eight players and former players, with two Super Bowl rings between them (and one of those from a part-time player at most). And no Hall of Famers obviously, with only maybe Brooks with an outside shot at one (a very outside shot). The cream of the NFL is not exactly represented here.
You forgot Mark Schlereth, with three rings (and countless knee surgeries,) but point taken.
Has Madden weighed in one way or the other on the kid?
I’m not a huge Jay Cutler fan, but let’s get real: the only one who knows how badly he was hurt is Cutler. Other players can offer opinions, and fans can jump to conclusions, but they have no idea how easy or hard it would have been for Cutler to get back on the field.
Like him or not, Cutler is one of a few dozen guys who does a job that involves getting chased and pounded repeatedly by 300 pound men every week. It ill behooves couch potatoes like me (or many of Cutler’s other critics) to accuse such a man of being a cowardly crybaby.
Something is wrong when people who’d go home from work due to a sinus headache feel qualified to question the manhood of a guy who does what Cutler does for a living.
There aren’t any sissies in the NFL. There just aren’t. As far as I’m concerned, if an NFL players SAYS he’s too hurt to play, he should be taken at his word.
astorian, it doesn’t help that he was labeled a crybaby when he stormed out of Denver when he got his feelings hurt. Whether or not that’s really what happened I haven’t a clue, but that’s how it was spun.
As for me I think he’s a pretty tough dude and a marginal quarterback. When he did the “open dislocation” on his finger he just sort of looked at it and jogged off the field without much drama. I wouldda cried.
Todd Collins, the Bears #2 QB. The Bears got him out of retirement for $1 million, and he never, ever wanted to actually play QB. His actions and demeanor out there for those 4 snaps was “Please for the Love of God TAKE ME OUT!!!” Basically, he pulled himself, because he is a big fat sissy.
All the hate that Cutler got should be heaped on Collins instead.
It’s all relative.
Nothing will make Cutlet look tough, or even have his behavior on Sunday deemed acceptable, because there have been guys who played with broken legs, broken noses, broken arms, concussions, and numerous other severe injuries.
Cutlet is going to fall victim to a perception issue he nor the Bears coaching staff handled properly that day, and the fact that – unfortunately for those who cherish their bodies – he is surrounded by a bunch of lunatics that destroy their bodies and play with their bodies in various stages of disrepair.
Finally, this all happened when 85% of the league was home and possibly watching the debacle.
In the NFL, ‘knee sprain’ means a scurry to apply ice on the sidelines, trainer wrapping it, pulling out a brace, massaging and various other desperate attempts to find one’s way back into the game. All we saw was some puss-faced chump pedaling a bike distant from the typical frenzy of activity that goes into getting players back on the field.
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Oops, I forgot:
Jay Cutler is so tough, he can help himself up off the ground.
Todd Collins is such a sissy, he tries to get under the ground.
Jay Cutler is so tough, that when he goes to KFC he tells them to make his order EXTRA extra crispy.