DL510: Cutler, Twitter, BEN, Rodgers, Jets, Football, Super Bowl

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Where is show 509, you ask? Well, it’s a lost episode, for now.

That said, we’re back with show 510 talking about the media talking about Jay Cutler and spending a good amount of time on the fact that people were quick to rip him for “quitting” without finding out the real story. A product of the immediacy of Twitter, or more a story about the other shoe dropping on a guy most in the NFL really, really don’t like?

And can we please stop with the Philip Rivers comparisons? Rivers was terrible in the AFC title game he played with a torn ACL. It’s also hilarious that Maurice Jones-Drew had the guts to rip Cutler, saying, “All I’m saying is that he can finish the game on a hurt knee… I played the whole season on one…”

Really, MJD? The WHOLE season? In what amounted to a playoff game in week 15, Jones-Drew had six second-half touches (three run, three pass) for 16 yards. The lesson: being hurt and playing poorly is always better than not playing. Until you don’t play, as MJD missed the final two games of the year while his team was still in playoff contention for at least one, because he was hurt.

BUT HE PLAYED THE WHOLE SEASON ON A HURT KNEE.

And I’m not defending Cutler. I just think it’s ridiculous how everyone — especially the media members who are supposed to be fact gatherers as much as opinion givers — crushed a guy before getting the facts.

We talk about Roethlisberger’s career and how much of an enigma he really is as a bonafide superstar. The guy is insanely clutch, but does that make him great? Does being okay for most of the game get excused by how great he is when it matters the most?

There’s other football stuff in there too, and we briefly touch on Keith Olbermann’s departure from MSNBC. Mostly football today. Thanks for listening. Good to be back.

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