Jay Cutler

Recently, Jay Cutler has been under fire from the media, fans, and players. Cutler is the starting quarterback for the Chicago Bears and helped lead them to their first NFC championship game since 2006. It was what happened right after half-time which has lead to the controversy. Early in the second quarter, Cutler was hit and went down awkwardly. He was able to finish out the first half but hobbled into the locker room. He did come out to start the third quarter but was taken out shortly after. Before the game even ended people started “tweeting” on twitter about how he has no heart and how he is a quitter. However, it turned out that not only was it the coach’s decision to take Cutler out, but doctors diagnosed him with a MCL sprain, an injury that would have made him questionable for the super-bowl if they had made it. Now, I am not a Jay Cutler fan. The media is usually against him and most of the time they have every right to be. However, in this case, I think everyone should give him a break. Even after his diagnoses people still criticized him for not acting like he was more hurt than he really was. I realize that he is disrespectful to the media which is why they are so hard on him but that does not mean they are right. He tried and wanted to play but his coach took him out and, based on his injury, he was right to do so. I believe that there are not many players out there that would have finished the game in his condition which is why people should leave the guy alone.