“This isn’t about him having what today is a very manageable disease,”

Wow. I just can’t “argue” with “logic” like that…you guys are right, Cutler must be a wuss.

Jay Cutler is Ryan Leaf with better stats.

Your username and the lunacy you spew just about sum things up.

Cutler, a Quitter ?

DOINK !

jlstaud – no, we HAVE a clue; if Cutler was truly injured he would not be shopping in LA – he exposed himself as a liar there. You have no right to be wrong, staud, so stop being wrong right here.

And your Saints “tapped out” of the playoffs against a Seattle team the Bears absolutely SMOKED.

And prior to last year’s S.B., your Saints team “tapped out” of the playoffs at the hands of the Bears FOR THREE years in a row, didn’t they?

How about I offer you a new definition of “tapping out”?

When 8 defenders try to tackle one RB and CAN’T–that’s “tapping out”.

By the way, that same monster RB who went into “beast mode” against your soft-ast team…the Bears held him to 2 (TWO) yards on 4 carries, and held the Seattle offense to 34 total yards on 12 carries.

Cutler by himself had more–43 yards on 8 carries (that includes a couple kneel-downs) and two rushing TDs, which included having to plow through multiple defenders at the goal line.

If you really want to question heart and character–why don’t you ask Reggie Bush about “tapping out”? Has he even played a full season yet?
How about Shockey? That guy gets hurt if someone looks at him sideways.

And Brees didn’t have the “same injury”, anymore than he and Cutler can have the “same knee” or been hurt in the “same play”–each players’ body is different, plays are different, injuries are different, reactions are different.

And who are you to question HIM? You probably wash dishes or arrange flowers or crunch numbers on a computer for a living–you probably get winded from crying yourself to sleep at night.

Just to put it all in a little perspective.

As for the “fans” who question any NFL player’s toughness; they have never felt the kind of hit that an NFL QB feels many times every game. Most would be out of work for a month if they did.

Please tweeters, keep em’ coming. It’s truly enjoyable. HaHa! Jay “Nails” Cutler baby!

Playing a physical sport while having diabetes isn’t a cause for hagiography though. Someone posted a long long loooong list of other athletes who have done just that and a lot of them at a high level. The condition is much easier to manage now than when a lot of them did it too.

No one should dismiss the challenges of type 1 diabetes

No one should question Cutler’s toughness

No one should question his ability to throw a laser spiral from a well protected pocket

Further, I hope no one questions his ability to make smart decisions with the football under pressure. I think the Bears should stand behind their franchise quarterback and keep him front and center for a very long time.

Packerfan

But having Diabetes isn’t exactly “suffering”…it can cause a multitude of problems, but only if you’re an idiot and don’t take of yourself. After you have it for awhile, you really don’t think about it as if it were a horrible disease…it’s just a part of your life. Cutler no doubt has the best medical care options available to him, so he’ll be fine. I don’t consider myself a tough guy because I’ve had it for years…maybe I consider myself more responsible, but that’s about it.

His coach, team captain, and now Madden join the growing number of people who realize how absurd this story had gotten. Congrats on being late to the party PFT.

“still doesn’t change the fact he quit on his team in the biggest game of the year and succumbed to what 99 percent of the population believe was an injury that could have been played through”

Maybe we need to post another 100 cutler articles on this site, you obviously didn’t read the first 100.

Yes, Cutler plays with type 1 diabetes — that’s great! I have the utmost respect for that….

…..still doesn’t change the fact he quit on his team in the biggest game of the year and succumbed to what 99 percent of the population believe was an injury that could have been played through.

Cutler was lambasted for being “soft” by some when in reality Cutler took horrific beatings while at Vanderbilt; concussion (s) while in Denver and poundings behind one of the worst pass blocking lines in NFL history with the Bears. (Seven days prior to the NFC Conference game, Cutler was deemed a “hero” who ran head first through Seattle linebackers.)

Living with Type I Diabetes is a “heroic” event all by itself. Being pounded by 300 pound lineman MORE THAN ANY QUARTERBACK IN THE LEAGUE adds to the toughness.
Being unfairly accused by cowardly, envious and hypocritical weasels only makes Cutler a bigger HERO!

Whew, and here I thought that since those years passed where you were no longer the commentator for your video game, that you lost your knack for spotting the obvious and generally repeating the same thing with different words…