Jay Cutler Deserves the Criticism After Quitting During the NFC Championship
As we all know by now, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler did not finish the second half of the NFC Championship game after injuring his knee in the second quarter, as his team fell to the Green Bay Packers 21-14.
Cutler then underwent an MRI yesterday to figure out just how serious the injury was, where it was revealed that he sprained the medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his left knee during Sundayโs game.ย
It has caused a lot of controversy throughout the entire league as current and former players have teed off on Cutlerโs lack of toughness.
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And all of it is certainly deserved.
It pisses off players as they watched a guy who was playing for a right to go to the Super Bowl, every player's dream, just walk off the field and give up on his teammates like that, when the majority of them wouldโve just manned up and tried to play through it.
Is there any way that Brett Favre comes out of this game? Heck no.
Does Ben Roethlisberger come out of this game? Not a chance.ย
How about Phillip Rivers? Not likely.ย ย ย
To be perfectly frank, it pisses me off too.ย This is a guy who is getting paid millions and millions of dollars to play a game that most of us would give anything to play and with his team on the verge of greatness, he just gives up on them.
Not to try to compare high school to the NFL, because I can honestly say itโs not even close, but I played quarterback during my high school days just like Cutler.ย It would have taken a huge injury to get me off the field and this is in a meaningless high school game, not anywhere close to the magnitude of the game Cutler was in.
I played through plantar fasciitis for weeks not only to try and help my teammates, but because the competitive athlete in me wouldnโt let me stop. No way was I just going to watch my teammates working hard from the sidelines and not be out there trying to help them.
In my eyes, it is not only a matter of questioning Cutlerโs toughness, but also his competitiveness. ย ย
The Chicago Bears were a team that is playing for a right to go to the Super Bowl and Cutler basically quit on them.ย
And please donโt try to argue his toughness right now through sack numbers.ย
Yes, I have heard over and over again that Cutler was sacked 52 times this year, most in the league.ย That number doesnโt really do anything for me.ย
David Carr was sacked an NFL record 72 times during the 2007 season.ย Was anyone calling him tough?
They were calling him plenty of names but Iโm pretty sure tough wasnโt one of them.
Anyone trying to explain Cutlerโs toughness with his sack numbers this year is crazy.ย It doesnโt mean heโs tough, it means Chicago didnโt have too great of a line pass protecting this year.
To put it simple, he came out in one of the biggest games of his life due to an injury he should have at least tried to play through instead of walking around the sidelines for the rest of the game.
And please donโt try and say the medical staff was the reason he was held out of the game either.ย
If he wanted to play back in there was no way the medical staff wouldโve been able to keep him out of the game.ย Players have the final say whether they can go back and play or not, and Cutler chose not to.
On the national stage, Cutler might have taken his biggest flop of all and it wasnโt because of his play.
It was because he lacked the courage and the competitivenessย to go back into the game.ย ย ย
The players know it and most of the fans know it too. Cutler really showed what he was about in the biggest game of his life, a scared quitter. ย ย
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