Jay Cutler a Quitter? Don't be Ridiculous. Also, a Preview of Super Bowl XLV

Currently, Jay Cutler is being blasted at by current and former players for being a quitter for exiting the NFC Championship game against the Green Bay Packers with a knee injury in the 3rd quarter. The 2nd string quarterback managed to be a spectacular failure and the 3rd string QB managed to get a touchdown, but not enough to take them back into the game. What made a lot of this worse was that the players blasting Cutler's toughness were texting and tweeting this shit during the game. After the game, several Chicago Bears players came to Cutler's defense stating that he's one of the toughest guys on the team and that he would only stay on the bench if he knew there was no way he could play.

This morning, MRI scans revealed Jay Cutler received a torn MCL. It's unknown if he needs surgery on it yet, but the point is that a torn MCL is not a minor injury like a sprained ankle. Despite this news, there are still some players, and worst of all sports reporters, who continue to question Cutler's toughness during the NFC Championship game. The best thing that could possibly happen to Cutler right now is that his injury is revealed to need surgery on it. That way, only the true assholes will continue to remain criticize Cutler for not playing with a severe injury and Cutler will be redeemed.

Last week, Kobe Bryant said the Denver Nuggets fans were idiots for booing Carmelo Anthony during the trade talks with New Jersey since 'Melo was continuing to play at a high level and was doing everything possible to not get traded. Today, I say Chicago Bears fans are idiots for burning Cutler's jersey and insisting he leave Chicago. If Cutler hadn't been traded to the Bears from the Broncos, the Bears probably wouldn't have even made the playoffs.

The Super Bowl matchup is now set, the Green Bay Packers versus the Pittsburgh Steelers, two of the most storied franchises in the NFL, and certainly a far more watchable Super Bowl than last year's Colts vs Saints. The Packers and Steelers both destroyed their competition in the playoffs thus far and we are going to have a Super Bowl for the first time where the 1st and 2nd ranked defenses face each other. The Packers are also the first NFC team to be seeded #6 to reach the Super Bowl.

One thing that makes this game particularly exciting for sports analysts (or at least ESPN) is that they predicted the Packers would win the Super Bowl before the season started. ESPN is sure to talk non-stop about the Packers these next 2 or 3 weeks, whether they win or not. It's kind of funny, the Steelers are going to be competing for their 7th Super Bowl win, which would place them 2 wins ahead of the Cowboys and 49ers, but hardly anyone at ESPN is giving the Steelers any chance to win. While I admit that the Packers are most likely going to win, it's still kind of sad that the Steelers are being dismissed so easily despite being so incredibly dominant this year.

I'm not really picking sides for the big game, but I will say this: Whoever wins is more than deserving of it and will be a much better champion than the Saints were.