So are you questioning the truthfulness that he suffered a Grade II MCL Tear?

Or are you actually saying maybe he is tougher than you in that he IS able to climb stairs after suffering that injury.

Climbing a few stairs is a bit different than playing QB in the NFL.

grade ii mcl tear = grade ii mcl sprain

I think the main thing we can take away from this is that Jay Cutler hates cancer patients.

I hate Jay Cutler.

http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/knee...kneesprain.htm

If climbing stairs proves you can QB a team in an NFCCG, ZOMG someone draft this guy!!!!

anyway, when i tore my acl i could walk decently for the next 12 hrs and even tried to test it out to go back in the game. days 2 and 3 it swelled up and moving was difficult. then the swelling subsided and i could walk fine for the next month.

i didnt know that a knee sprain = partially tore/grade II mcl injury.

sprain and tear are interchangeable when talking about ligaments.

As far as I know, Cutler has been generous with Bears fans for the most part. But put him aside, and just talking in generalities....

Let's say you make 2 million dollars a year. And let's say this little gnat that writes crap about you in the paper for millions to read makes about $60k, or whatever it is they pay these guys to pound nonsense on keyboards these days.

And then let's say this little gnat comes your way, fresh off about two weeks ago ripping on you or your teammates based on complete untruths, or made up anonymous quotes, or just baseless speculation. And remember this little gnat ain't got a clue about the game you play, he never played it, probably played tennis or some crap, and he ain't even got a fundamental understanding of the game, much less being clued in to the intricacies involved in succeeding at your profession.

Then this little gnat badgers you for a soundbyte, continues to push if he doesn't like your answers, seeking something more to his liking. This gnat doesn't even care or want to know about you or your game, he just wants a juicy soundbyte on your teammate and the running story of the day. This little gnat may even intimate to you that you may get less than favorable coverage if you don't cooperate. This little gnat acts like he is entitled to your time, and that he controls your perception in the public if you don't give it to him.

Keep in mind this little gnat don't pay for tickets, or buy team merchandise, or have any part of paying your salary.

You mean to tell me you think you owe this guy something?

Man, you can stand outside the gate signing autographs for 2 hours every day, and attend every fan day convention and sign balls for days....but it don't mean crap to this little gnat, and if you don't give him the answer he wants, then oh woe is me, you're the big bad meanie who is a dick and doesn't care about the fans because you was boorish to the good ol'sportswriter who was just asking an "innocent question" and looking to convey some insight "for the fans".

Forgetting that you might have answered his queries six ways from sunday, it's just that you just didn't answer them to his liking.

And he goes back to the gnat nest and he tells all his other gnat friends, and it spreads like wildfire throughout the gnat community that you are in the doghouse, and to get out, you're expected to bend over backwards even more so, and put on a tap dancing monkey act better than before to make it up.

Screw that bro.

Unfortunately, the bubble guys on the end of the benches have to tap dance like a monkey for these guys, else it could have serious ramifications on their careers. The guys who want to cultivate an image and get commercials or sell sneakers or go into broadcasting when they hang it up love to tap dance too, of course, and build relationships and contacts and all that jazz.

I'm telling you, I could go into a cave for ten years and come out and read a sports page and tell you what players are tap dancing and which aren't just based on how they are covered.

But some guys just want to play ball, not all that other nonsense, and the ones who make themselves irreplaceable on the field or just don't give a rats ass don't have to play the game.


I'd eat a mile of sh*t for a fan, but I wouldn't give a gnat the time of day if I was wearing three watches.


Well, maybe you just ain't nearly as tough as Jay Cutler, bro.


You notice how that article didn't mention Clay Matthews chasing his ass up them stairs in that restuarant?

It's just a wee bit different.

I bet it's really easy to keep your weight 100% in check if you have a disease that influences what you can eat at any given time.

Isn't Cutler like, still drinking heavily?

Are you counting banging a D-list reality TV star as interaction with the fans?

Obviously you learned something today.

Unfortunately some guys treat all of the writers/reporters and sometimes fans like little gnats and they all end up writing/saying bad things about them. If a few writers say bad things, it could be "revenge". If most of them say it, it is probably the player.

Obviously, he proved that on Sunday, didn't he?

i learned that yet another 2p2 poster is indeed a complete idiot. tho you may just be a thinly disguised troll.

I once sprained my MCL, played through it, and subsequently tore my ACL completely to ****.

Meh, don't get your hopes up. I ain't nobody famous.

And aside from potentially being trolled based on career stats or trainwrecked based on some controversial stances I've taken here in the past, I'm actually considering making good a promise of an 'Ask me' thread around opening day if everything works out right.

Until then I'm just another anonymous slap dick that ain't in no hurry to be getting a subpoena or blackballed from the folks who sign my pension checks.

It's not a question of toughness. If his knee was so unstable that he couldn't plant his knee (I've been there), then it's too unstable to climb stairs.

Do I question of diagnosis of grade II sprain? No, but different doctors can diagnose knee sprains at different grades. A grade II sprain involves partial tearing of the ligaments, which means swelling. Do you think he would have been standing on the sideline if his knee was swelling, with no medical attention? Imo, the coaching/medical staff were overly cautious with the inury, which was easy to do since Cutler was playing like crap. From all reports, Cutler didn't resist, which most great QBs would do, whether they should or not. Do they not make knee braces anymore?

BB's love child!

Actually from all reports from people who were there he did resist. Doctors told him not to come back in after halftime. He pleaded and against doctors orders played the first series of the 2nd half.

You aren't smart enough to realize a knee sprain and torn knee ligament are the same things and you call me an idiot? Now that's funny.

http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/understanding

pretty much every single orthopedic surgeon that weighed in on this story mentioned this as a primary risk.

once again we see that college football posters are the US equivalent of soccer posters

ofc i understand that. not really sure where i indicated otherwise.