Daily Haze: Where Does Jay Cutler Go From Here?

January 25, 2011   ·   Michael McNeil   ·   Jump to comments


The Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers punched their tickets to the Super Bowl this past weekend. It is really, really hard to overshadow the accomplishments of those two teams.
But Jay Cutler figured out a way to do it.
Fair or not, Cutler was wrecked by current and former players on Twitter when he was unable to finish the NFC Championship game for the Bears. Turns out Cutler has a  MCL tear in his knee and did come back onto the field after halftime to try and give it a go.
It was a no go, but the criticism showered upon Cutler like a monsoon.
Personally, I am not sure it was Cutler’s toughness that needed to be questioned (even though he sort of cried about it after the game). Sure, Philip Rivers played with a torn ACL a few years ago. Drew Brees played with a busted MCL this year. But different players have different tolerances for pain. Lots of players miss half a season because of sprained MCLs, much less torn ones.
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