Sunday, September 27, 2009

Jay Cutler is one of the All-Time Greats!




The Chicago Tribune launched an exceedingly interesting article today by Rick Morrissy titled "Is Jay Cutler the second coming of Tom Brady." However, let's not overlook that two weeks ago Morrissy had two count em two articles criticizing Cutler greatly. One of the articles was titled "Someone must tell Jay Cutler to wise up" and the other was titled "Jay Cutler leaves you with somewhat empty feeling."

My question is which is it? Is Cutler horrible or is Cutler fantastically great and destined for the Hall of Fame?

As my biggest influence Dan LeBatard says I dunno...maybe. The point is (repeat after me) WE DO NOT KNOW. We can't know. The typical sports guy, however, is omniscient. The typical sports guy falls into the trap of changing his or her beliefs and opinions immediately after results and does NOT pay attention to sample size and qualitative factors such as situation and circumstance. With the typical sports guy all perspective is lost and knee jerk reactions occur early and often. In addition to that, the typical sports guy models his or her opinion with and after the results. For example, Jay Cutler is terrible after a bad game v. Jay Cutler may be the next Tom Brady after two good games. As human beings it is evolutionarily advantageous to produce theories and opinions about the world that we live in, however, we still shouldn't be lazy and should be cognizant of the plethora of factors at play.

Sportynation, we as people that enjoy sports should be more responsible and NOT lazy. Internalize and think about what is happening and at play and stick to it. That is not to say that you should be unbendable or stubborn, but flip flopping CONSTANTLY and lacking a true genuine opinion is unacceptable. Lastly, be able to admit when you are wrong. Sportynation, I will content that if you aren't lazy and think before acting prematurely and crazily, you won't fall into the trap of the typical sports guy and will have added credibility and a greater understanding of sports which inturn should present you with an unquestionable satisfying feeling.

Sportynation, keep it real and THINK. This is my MINORITY REPORT.

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