It's not just the fans. Some fellow NFL players were tweeting about Cutler, like Maurice Jones Drew or whatever the heck his name is. Other players tweeted negative comments, too. Like I said, catty women have nothing on these guys. MEEEEOOOOOWWW.
NFL Talk - 2010-11 Season
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In case we needed more evidence that rich and athletic isn't synonymous with smart and charitable.
For Roger Wilco:
Here's a classic Daily Show clip, showing a correspondent at Media Day before Super Bowl XXXIII. Pay special attention to when Beth Littleford asks ,"In a pile up are you usually on the top or on the bottom?" Esera Tuaolo (still in the closet at the time) responds, "Is this a trick question?"
Well, I know mine is.
What?
Because he plays his heart out, tends to get results, and earned a lot of cred with how he acted during the Brett Favre non-retirement fiasco.
Here's a classic Daily Show clip, showing a correspondent at Media Day before Super Bowl XXXIII. Pay special attention to when Beth Littleford asks ,"In a pile up are you usually on the top or on the bottom?" Esera Tuaolo (still in the closet at the time) responds, "Is this a trick question?"
Well, I know mine is.
What?
I mean, Rodgers is the one that looks like the classic nerd from "The Big Bang Theory."
Because he plays his heart out, tends to get results, and earned a lot of cred with how he acted during the Brett Favre non-retirement fiasco.
Well, I might as well get this point off my chest because of some of the posts here so far. I wasn't sure if I should post this and get wait for the flames to come (Given the attitudes on here regarding Cutler and penises and Chicago and all that jazz) but We'll go ahead with it.
I was one of those people who called out Jay Cutler yesterday (I even called him Gutless on my facebook page). The reason for that was because of precidents in years gone by about the stature of the game and players sucking it up and playing for the betterment of the team. I mean look at players like Brett Farve last year in the NFC Championship game. He could barely stand up yet he played because simply it was the NFC Championship game. Same can be said about Phillip Rivers a few years ago. Didn't he have a torn MCL and still played because it was for the team and the nature of the game was too important.
I saw Cutler's attitude of demeanor yesterday and quite frankly, he looked scared to be there. Maybe it was a combination of the injury and his lackluster performance but it came across as kind of "please make this nightmare stop so I'm taking myself out of the game."
However, I've kind of cooled down on him a bit. I've always thought of him as an overrated QB and that is never going to change (It showed yesterday), but gutless was taking it too far. Now I know today he had a torn MCL and he really couldn't continue (And I think the thing to remember was he didn't take himself out, it was a decision of the medical staff to take him out), it does make me have a little sympathy for the guy. I know I was harsh yesterday on Twitter and Facebook, but if there was even more harsh stuff thrown his way, today I don't think he deserves it and I apologize.
I was one of those people who called out Jay Cutler yesterday (I even called him Gutless on my facebook page). The reason for that was because of precidents in years gone by about the stature of the game and players sucking it up and playing for the betterment of the team. I mean look at players like Brett Farve last year in the NFC Championship game. He could barely stand up yet he played because simply it was the NFC Championship game. Same can be said about Phillip Rivers a few years ago. Didn't he have a torn MCL and still played because it was for the team and the nature of the game was too important.
I saw Cutler's attitude of demeanor yesterday and quite frankly, he looked scared to be there. Maybe it was a combination of the injury and his lackluster performance but it came across as kind of "please make this nightmare stop so I'm taking myself out of the game."
However, I've kind of cooled down on him a bit. I've always thought of him as an overrated QB and that is never going to change (It showed yesterday), but gutless was taking it too far. Now I know today he had a torn MCL and he really couldn't continue (And I think the thing to remember was he didn't take himself out, it was a decision of the medical staff to take him out), it does make me have a little sympathy for the guy. I know I was harsh yesterday on Twitter and Facebook, but if there was even more harsh stuff thrown his way, today I don't think he deserves it and I apologize.
I wasn't suggesting that he didn't have heart. I was merely making a funny about how he looks like nerdy little Howard Wolowitz in the face.
Cutler's hurt... wah. He should have been standing on the sideline with a headset helping out like any other QB would have done. What good was he doing sulking in the corner?
Caleb Hanie said Cutler sat down with him after every possession to review it and plan for the next one.
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I guess you missed the cameras on Cutler reviewing the playbook with Hanie sitting on the bench while the Bears were on defense?
Anyhow, apparently Cutler has a torn MCL.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31751_162-20029332-10391697.html
Just goes to show you how the media blows things out of proportion.
Yes, but (like Cutler) the media is an easy scapegoat.
God, I just saw some idiot on Twitter say that if Cutler were really tough, he would have just had a cortisone injection and gone back into the game. As a diabetic, if Cutler were to just take a shot of cortisone willy-nilly, it could potentially kill him.
I hate the Internet so much.
I hate the Internet so much.
Not such a scapegoat. Every headline I saw this morning online assumed that Cutler had quit. Fox Sports had him in a top 10 Wusses slide show.
I just don't understand why anyone would (1) choose to believe that a professional athlete would give up a chance to play in an important championship game if he didn't have to, or (2) think it's a good idea for said athlete to damage himself to prove he's tough, even if it means he can't play in the Superbowl or ends up with a career ending injury.
There are a few factors. Primary among them is Cutler himself: He has made it explicitly clear throughout his career that he gives absolutely no fuck what anyone else thinks about him. He's his own guy and he does his own thing. He doesn't like doing interviews, and when he does grant them, he's very terse. That's made him incredibly unlikeable in the eyes of the media.
Another aspect is the Rick Reilly hit piece that came out earlier this week. It really, really had the worst timing. Every moron who read that on ESPN.com this past week just experienced a shit-ton of confirmation bias and is now convinced that "Jay Cutler is a bad quarterback and a bad person and he hates you and will drop-kick your kitten if he has the chance."
The last element of all of this is that Chicago fans are beaten down after years upon years of terrible football, so being mad at the quarterback is reflexive, sort of like saying "God damn it" after you stub your toe.
Another aspect is the Rick Reilly hit piece that came out earlier this week. It really, really had the worst timing. Every moron who read that on ESPN.com this past week just experienced a shit-ton of confirmation bias and is now convinced that "Jay Cutler is a bad quarterback and a bad person and he hates you and will drop-kick your kitten if he has the chance."
The last element of all of this is that Chicago fans are beaten down after years upon years of terrible football, so being mad at the quarterback is reflexive, sort of like saying "God damn it" after you stub your toe.
Monkeys throw feces when you don't feed 'em ... and sometimes when you do.
Interesting. I liked the guy more after reading the article. His unwillingness to fellate the media delights me.
If it makes you feel any better Timby, when I looked up that same poll just now Illinois has turned into a red state.
But really, yeah, to me the whole map should be solid green. Vick convicted of heinous acts... Roethlisberger doing some stupid things and being accused of doing bad things but not charged.... and finally.. Cutler... His crimes being he makes stupid faces and he couldn't co-exist with Josh McDaniels
But really, yeah, to me the whole map should be solid green. Vick convicted of heinous acts... Roethlisberger doing some stupid things and being accused of doing bad things but not charged.... and finally.. Cutler... His crimes being he makes stupid faces and he couldn't co-exist with Josh McDaniels
You know what pisses me off (And I apologized earlier for being an asshole about it myself) it's the Media (And ESPN) leading the charge to totally rip the guy. Give him a break for heaven sake. I guess professionalism has totally gone out the window and the Media has turned to the TMZ model in terms of how to report and how to tell people what to think. It's sickening and I kind of wish the Media was totally blown up and started fresh. It's shameful what it's become and what get's me the most is there is no more professionalism anymore.
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