Shut the Hell Up About Jay Cutler!!!

I drive an hour to work and an hour home every third week. That just happens to be this week. That gives me a lot of time to listen to the sports shows on the radio. When I am making this commute, I always have my finger on the pulse of the sports world. So this week, after two amazing NFL League Championship games, you'd think all the talk would be about the Packers and Steelers in the upcoming Super Bowl, right?

WRONG!!!

All anyone on any station is talking about is Jay Cutler, and his lack of toughness. The need for every player and every broadcaster to chime in his or her two cents is absolutely nauseating. Today I was relegated to listening to the PGA Channel. That's right, I listened to golf on the radio! Anyway, every opinion has at least these two components:

• I am not a doctor
• I don't know how Cutler really felt

Well guess what? I have an opinion too, and I will echo the above components of every idiot opinion:

• I AM A FU$^&ING DOCTOR
• I HAVE HAD THE SAME EXACT INJURY AS CUTLER, SO I KNOW HOW HE FELT

Look, I'm not a Bears fan, and I'm not a Cutler fan, so I have no horse in this race. However, I look at knee MRIs every day, and I know what these injuries look like and feel like. There is no way Cutler could have played following his knee injury. According to reports, Cutler had a grade 2 MCL sprain (see above). That means he tore through the ligament, but some fibers remained intact. Good news - it will heal without surgery. Bad news - it hurts like hell. Worse news - playing could lead to a major injury and future surgery. The MCL is a major knee stabilizer. When it goes, the next damage pathway is the ACL and medial meniscus - the so called "terrible triad." If Cutler would have taken another hit, he probably would have had to undergo major knee surgery and miss much of the next season.

Even so, Cutler tried to play and came out in the 2nd half for a series. He realized he had no stability and couldn't throw. So he went out. When I got my MCL injury, it hurt so bad I thought my knee had exploded! It swelled up like a balloon, and I couldn't walk for a week. I wore an immobilizer for a month, and a brace for several months after that and through rehab. I can't believe Cutler was even on the sideline standing up!

So question Cutler's ability or decision making on the field, but don't question his heart. As for his supposed "disinterest" on the sidelines... How would you feel if you were on the verge of Super Bowl greatness, and you got knocked out of the game, and your team's season was over. I'd be pissed and despondent. Maybe he should have been happy and joking. Oh wait - the media crucified Derek Anderson for that already this year. What the hell is a player supposed to do on the sidelines when he is out and the game is over. I'm not sure what the media wants.

I guess anyone else at QB other than Jay Cutler.