I am a bit befuddled by the cartoon. Now I do know a lot of people were questioning his toughness in the wake of the Green Bay loss. Heaven knows he’s no John Elway or even Dan Issel (referring to a cartoon you did many years ago of “The Wizard of Oz” when Oz told the Cowardly Lion that if he wanted courage talk to Dan Issel. This was when the Nuggets were in the playoffs and Dan was hurt badly yet kept trying to play) in the tough department. Yet as I understand it he has a category 2 cartlidge tear in his knee and that a doctor claimed for the Super Bowl he would have been listed as “questionable” at best.
As alway’s I liked the cartoon I’m just confused by it in light of recent developments.
On a side note, do you think Brett Farve is going nuts thinking of Green Bay in the Super Bowl and he’s not a part of it? Karma is something isn’t it?
All the best,
Louis
M0rning from Minnesota-
I’m not a fan of the NFL anymore (haven’t watched a game in 5 years or so) and don’t care either way about Cutler, but the piling on him is rediculous. The whole “be a man” and play through the pain is silly to begin with and that should have died out twenty years ago.
According to a Minneapolis radio guy, Cutler is a diabetic, thus he can’t receive the pain shots so he can play like the other “I’m going to be a man” players can.
A Fox radio show I was listening to (can’t remember the name) said, where’s the criticism of Joakim Noah for missing 21 straight games in the NBA?
Can I expect you to start calling every single player who missed any time, in any sport, for any reason, “soft” or something like that?
To make things fair, I’ll apply this to the Super Bowl Champion Broncos for back when I somewhat cared for the NFL. So you’re now going to do a cartoon criticizing Terrell Davis for missing some time during the SuperBowl for migranes right? He may have come back to play, but that was only when he was being a manbetter right? Where’s the cartoon saying he wasn’t caring whether his team won, since he stayed out of the game for some time.
Oh and just for the record Drew, I don’t take issues with you not liking the guy (I never did comment on your cartoons with him as a horses behind and such).
So as far as the “pouting”, I don’t have an issue with that.
I know you Broncos fans are full of hater-ade about Cutler, but this is a bit much. Guy was legitimately injured, tried to play on it and the coaching and medical staffs pulled him. Cutler has never been a rah-rah guy on the sidelines, and most guys who are basically look like buffoons anyway. A friend who was at the game said Cutler was talking to Collins and Hanie all through the second half (FOX cameras were focused on the game, not the sideline). The real weakness was not in Cutler’s heart — it was inside each of those NFL players and alumni who, armed only with arrogance and ignorance, smeared one of their contemporaries because he didn’t just “rub some dirt on it” and play injured when they had no concept of the severity of Cutler’s injury.
Good Morning from Omaha,
Our son had a simaliar injury when he was in high school.
It took 6-8 weeks of rest and a big knee brace during the football season for it to heal.
Everyone has a different tolerance for pain. Yes there is a difference between playing hurt and an injury, but its a rare guy who can play through such a injury and if he wants a life after football where he can walk down the street without the use of a cane or walker he made the right choice for him.
The people who are criticizing him either haven’t had the injury and don’t know or are speaking out of ignorance.
strive for excellence, nothing but your best.
Gene
I don’t see this toon as criticizing the injury. I see it as criticizing Jay for not being a teammate and just sitting and sulking on the bench. It was really telling when Caleb Hanie was sitting on the bench studying the photographs and Jay just stared off in his own little world.
The guy is not a leader yet he plays a position that demands leadership. He will never have anyone’s respect for that reason.
It’s not the injuries, it’s not the question of toughness, it’s not the interceptions, it’s not sacks. It’s the attitude – that is why he gets such criticizm for every miss-step. He’ll ruin a locker room and a fan base. Being an NFL player is so much more than on the field. The best quality a player can have is attitude. Cutlers ain’t NFL quality.
Well said Dale. People who think all this piling on is about the knee are seeing only what they want to see. The cartoon has nothing to do with that. Well done, btw, Drew!
My impression of Jay in the years he was here in Denver and the 2 he has been in Chicago have never changed, he is an immature spoiled brat.
As Broncomaniac said in the last comic, if Jay thinks the fans and media were tough on him here about his attitude, the folks in Chicago will eviscerate him. That is a blue collar, hard nose town. Crybaby attitudes need not apply.
That is Jay Cutler, a pouting, immature, only in it for me person. When you play in the ultimate team sport that doesn’t even come close to being good enough. Leave that immature crap for the NBA.
As much as I am still on the fence about Tebow, I LOVE how he interacts with his teammates. We have not had that here since #7 retired. It really is refreshing to see. McDumbass actually did something right by getting rid of Quitler.
Clearly this one has rattled a few cages. I won’t get into the whole “injured” or not thing because the cartoon is really directed at his behavior on the sideline after the injury. He’s just not a team guy. And this is where I think the criticism is valid. As the quarterback and offensive leader of your team it is key what you do on the sideline during a huge game to help your team win. Cutler simply withdrew and did nothing to help Caleb Hanie find a way to win. At some point Cutler has to grow up and stop thinking it’s all about him. I won’t go into the fact that quarterbacks like Drew Brees and Philip Rivers played with similar injuries in similar circumstances. Let’s just sum it up by saying Cutler couldn’t cut it in the NHL.
Again, cleverly done, Drew. The issue is Jay’s attitude, and it is all about what we perceive. We don’t know him and we don’t play with him. His body language, the things he does and says are definitely immature and not team player. If we, the public, are wrong, it doesn’t really matter, we get to discuss and have opinions. His teammates are what should matter to Jay, what they think and how they perceive him, not us, if we are wrong.
Uncalled for drew, I call foul on this. Keep your venom directed at someone who deserves it, i.e. carmelo anthony.
drew,
wow, I can’t spell either. The worst part of the whole thing is I did not get to see the game, either of them I am am working from hearsay and second hand information. I suppose I was talking from ignorance, which not good.
All I have heard about is the injury and him not playing. I guess the bigger issue was his sideline behavior of seemingly not caring.
Oh well, the snow is melting and baseball starts soon.
Gene
hes turned people off with mightyer than tho attitude .the problem can be fixed but he doesnt have the goods to do so.He cold shoulder the press and not a leader.Feel a bit sorry for but everyone is on their own. He put spot light on self with his attitude.He is what people dont like rich and arrogant.No favors given here,sorry.To many other Aaron Rodgers in the world to respect and see class from.
Dear Drew,
I am a bit befuddled by the cartoon. Now I do know a lot of people were questioning his toughness in the wake of the Green Bay loss. Heaven knows he’s no John Elway or even Dan Issel (referring to a cartoon you did many years ago of “The Wizard of Oz” when Oz told the Cowardly Lion that if he wanted courage talk to Dan Issel. This was when the Nuggets were in the playoffs and Dan was hurt badly yet kept trying to play) in the tough department. Yet as I understand it he has a category 2 cartlidge tear in his knee and that a doctor claimed for the Super Bowl he would have been listed as “questionable” at best.
As alway’s I liked the cartoon I’m just confused by it in light of recent developments.
On a side note, do you think Brett Farve is going nuts thinking of Green Bay in the Super Bowl and he’s not a part of it? Karma is something isn’t it?
All the best,
Louis
M0rning from Minnesota-
I’m not a fan of the NFL anymore (haven’t watched a game in 5 years or so) and don’t care either way about Cutler, but the piling on him is rediculous. The whole “be a man” and play through the pain is silly to begin with and that should have died out twenty years ago.
According to a Minneapolis radio guy, Cutler is a diabetic, thus he can’t receive the pain shots so he can play like the other “I’m going to be a man” players can.
A Fox radio show I was listening to (can’t remember the name) said, where’s the criticism of Joakim Noah for missing 21 straight games in the NBA?
Can I expect you to start calling every single player who missed any time, in any sport, for any reason, “soft” or something like that?
To make things fair, I’ll apply this to the Super Bowl Champion Broncos for back when I somewhat cared for the NFL. So you’re now going to do a cartoon criticizing Terrell Davis for missing some time during the SuperBowl for migranes right? He may have come back to play, but that was only when he was
being a manbetter right? Where’s the cartoon saying he wasn’t caring whether his team won, since he stayed out of the game for some time.Oh and just for the record Drew, I don’t take issues with you not liking the guy (I never did comment on your cartoons with him as a horses behind and such).
So as far as the “pouting”, I don’t have an issue with that.
I know you Broncos fans are full of hater-ade about Cutler, but this is a bit much. Guy was legitimately injured, tried to play on it and the coaching and medical staffs pulled him. Cutler has never been a rah-rah guy on the sidelines, and most guys who are basically look like buffoons anyway. A friend who was at the game said Cutler was talking to Collins and Hanie all through the second half (FOX cameras were focused on the game, not the sideline). The real weakness was not in Cutler’s heart — it was inside each of those NFL players and alumni who, armed only with arrogance and ignorance, smeared one of their contemporaries because he didn’t just “rub some dirt on it” and play injured when they had no concept of the severity of Cutler’s injury.
Good Morning from Omaha,
Our son had a simaliar injury when he was in high school.
It took 6-8 weeks of rest and a big knee brace during the football season for it to heal.
Everyone has a different tolerance for pain. Yes there is a difference between playing hurt and an injury, but its a rare guy who can play through such a injury and if he wants a life after football where he can walk down the street without the use of a cane or walker he made the right choice for him.
The people who are criticizing him either haven’t had the injury and don’t know or are speaking out of ignorance.
strive for excellence, nothing but your best.
Gene
I don’t see this toon as criticizing the injury. I see it as criticizing Jay for not being a teammate and just sitting and sulking on the bench. It was really telling when Caleb Hanie was sitting on the bench studying the photographs and Jay just stared off in his own little world.
The guy is not a leader yet he plays a position that demands leadership. He will never have anyone’s respect for that reason.
It’s not the injuries, it’s not the question of toughness, it’s not the interceptions, it’s not sacks. It’s the attitude – that is why he gets such criticizm for every miss-step. He’ll ruin a locker room and a fan base. Being an NFL player is so much more than on the field. The best quality a player can have is attitude. Cutlers ain’t NFL quality.
Well said Dale. People who think all this piling on is about the knee are seeing only what they want to see. The cartoon has nothing to do with that. Well done, btw, Drew!
My impression of Jay in the years he was here in Denver and the 2 he has been in Chicago have never changed, he is an immature spoiled brat.
As Broncomaniac said in the last comic, if Jay thinks the fans and media were tough on him here about his attitude, the folks in Chicago will eviscerate him. That is a blue collar, hard nose town. Crybaby attitudes need not apply.
That is Jay Cutler, a pouting, immature, only in it for me person. When you play in the ultimate team sport that doesn’t even come close to being good enough. Leave that immature crap for the NBA.
As much as I am still on the fence about Tebow, I LOVE how he interacts with his teammates. We have not had that here since #7 retired. It really is refreshing to see. McDumbass actually did something right by getting rid of Quitler.
Clearly this one has rattled a few cages. I won’t get into the whole “injured” or not thing because the cartoon is really directed at his behavior on the sideline after the injury. He’s just not a team guy. And this is where I think the criticism is valid. As the quarterback and offensive leader of your team it is key what you do on the sideline during a huge game to help your team win. Cutler simply withdrew and did nothing to help Caleb Hanie find a way to win. At some point Cutler has to grow up and stop thinking it’s all about him. I won’t go into the fact that quarterbacks like Drew Brees and Philip Rivers played with similar injuries in similar circumstances. Let’s just sum it up by saying Cutler couldn’t cut it in the NHL.
Again, cleverly done, Drew. The issue is Jay’s attitude, and it is all about what we perceive. We don’t know him and we don’t play with him. His body language, the things he does and says are definitely immature and not team player. If we, the public, are wrong, it doesn’t really matter, we get to discuss and have opinions. His teammates are what should matter to Jay, what they think and how they perceive him, not us, if we are wrong.
Uncalled for drew, I call foul on this. Keep your venom directed at someone who deserves it, i.e. carmelo anthony.
drew,
wow, I can’t spell either. The worst part of the whole thing is I did not get to see the game, either of them I am am working from hearsay and second hand information. I suppose I was talking from ignorance, which not good.
All I have heard about is the injury and him not playing. I guess the bigger issue was his sideline behavior of seemingly not caring.
Oh well, the snow is melting and baseball starts soon.
Gene
hes turned people off with mightyer than tho attitude .the problem can be fixed but he doesnt have the goods to do so.He cold shoulder the press and not a leader.Feel a bit sorry for but everyone is on their own. He put spot light on self with his attitude.He is what people dont like rich and arrogant.No favors given here,sorry.To many other Aaron Rodgers in the world to respect and see class from.