This what I saw. A quarterback who had a poor first half. I did not see a limp as Jay Cutler walked to the locker room a little bit before the end of the first half. I was thinking that he went in early because they didn't think the Bears would get the ball back.
This what I saw. A quarterback who had a poor opening drive to start the second half. I did not see Jay Cutler limp off the field after that drive and I could not tell that he was hurt.
This is what I saw. Todd Collins coming on the field as Jay Cutler's replacement. For the rest of the game there were several times when Cutler was on camera. Once he was on a stationary and looked OK to me. A number of times he was just standing on the side looking like his mind was somewhere else. A couple of times he was shown on the bench next to 3rd string QB Caleb Hanie. During one of those camera shots Hanie was trying to talk to Cutler and Jay was barely responding.
What I was thinking. Honestly, he didn't look to be in pain and the trainers didn't seem to reacting with urgency so I wondered whether he quit on the team; and his calm and nonchalant demeanor enforced that thinking. To me, if you're a starting NFL QB in the NFC Championship game; you are going to do anything and everything you possibly can to get you team into the Superbowl. That is why they pay you the big bucks. And that means that if for some reason you can't play, you do whatever else it takes. When your on offense, if you can stand (he was); your place is standing next to whoever is calling plays and advising (he wasn't). If your team is on offense the injured QB should be right by the 3rd string QB talking the last possession and offering advice (he wasn't).
What I did. I came to the conclusion that Jay Cutler was being a wimp mentally and physically. And I posted that I thought Cutler was a wimp on Twitter. I don't know why but I did.
What I did next. About an hour or two after the game I went to a couple of sports sites where I know stories get responses. I noticed a number of people thought the same thing that I did and I noticed Cutler had a lot of defenders also. But there was one short two sentence response that caught my eyes, "Jay Cutler as Type 1 diabetes. Lay off him."
Today I saw on another web site another commenter mention the same thing. I went on Wikipedia (yes I know not the best source) and sure enough it says that he does have Type 1 diabetes and takes insulin shots everyday. I looked for what it was and did not understand what I read. I am hoping that if my favorite neurodork/goddess reads this that she can explain diabetes to me in plain English. This is only speculation; but I wonder, is it possible that Jay wasn't taking proper care of himself?
What I learned. I believe there are lessons to be learned in most, if not all, that we go through in life. And I believe that I was at least reminded to not be so quick to jump to conclusions. And I should do all I can to really understand a situation before coming to a conclusion.
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