Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Why the Cutler Bashing?

I'm really getting tired of all these writers who talk about Jay Cutler's supposed immaturity.  Ok.  I'll grant the guy has a few issues to work out, but honestly?  He's NO worse than Tom Brady or Peyton Manning.

Peyton Manning yelled at Jeff Saturday (from another bench) so loudly that the fans behind the team could hear and then he walked over to Saturday, continued to yell, and then back to the original bench, yelled some more.  This is leadership?  Jay Cutler gives J'Marcus Webb a small (but noticeable shove) and quietly says something to his lineman.  This is immature?  Wow.  Seems the National Media apparently knows nothing about maturity.

Tom Brady nearly comes to fisticuffs with his Offensive Coordinator, but Jay Cutler calmly walks away to take a couple seconds to cool down, before returning to talk to his OC.  But, Cutler's the one with the attitude problem?

Seems to me there is a real bias against Jay Cutler that I don't understand.  Someone please enlighten me.

I get that he's mopey.  But, isn't that in the QB Contract?  I thought all QBs were mopey.  After all, Joe Montana moped on the sidelines when he was knocked out of a game.  Troy Aikman moped on the sidelines after he went 3 and out.  Tom Brady is the king of sideline mopers.  Peyton and Eli Manning mope. I've seen Captain America himself, Roger Staubach, mope on the sidelines after an INT.

It happens.  So, why constantly nail Cutler for it?

Okay.  He doesn't smile  I don't either.  It doesn't mean anything other than he doesn't smile.  It doesn't mean he's all mopey.  Maybe he doesn't smile on the sidelines because he's getting inside of his head to figure out how he can best contribute to the game.  Maybe he just doesn't want to smile on the sidelines.  I don't remember Joe Montana smiling a lot on the sidelines - except when he was winning.  But, then again isn't that when QBs are supposed to smile?

The thing of it is that a lot of the writers who are bashing Cutler are the ones who PRETEND they understand Chicago fans.  So, I ask them to quit unless they ARE from Chicago and understand Chicago fans.

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