In last season’s NFC Championship game against the Packers, Bears quarterback Jay Cutler hurt his knee (or didn’t hurt his knee) and took a powder. He sat out for about half the game when his team needed him the most, basically handing people the right to rag on him mercilessly for the rest of his life. If he thinks that’s going to be limited to NFL fans and the Internet, he should think bigger; even the federal government is speaking out on Cutler’s trademark futility.
Enter Paul Ryan, a Republican Congressman from Wisconsin who opened his speech about debt reduction to The Economic Club of Chicago with an absolute ice burn on the “Laguna Beach” season seven hopeful:
“I want to thank you all for inviting me to speak. It was especially gracious of you to host me, even though I’m a Packers fan and I assume most of you are Bears fans,” Ryan began.
“But that doesn’t mean we can’t work together. As chairman of the House Budget Committee, I stand ready to do whatever it takes to help you re-sign Jay Cutler. I’m here to talk about the economy today — about the need to get four quarters of strong, consistent performance. That wasn’t another Jay Cutler joke, I swear. It could be, but it’s not.”
I would’ve preferred the “that wasn’t another Jay Cutler joke” part read “boom, roasted,” but hey. This is the way we should be spending our nightmare lockout — making fun of people who deserve it.
[H/T Shutdown Corner]
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Goofing on Jay Cutler is one thing that unites both left and right, truly a non-partisan issue.
Wait, Paul Ryan is a fan of the Green Bay Packers? A community-owned, non-profit organization? Doesn’t he realize they’re evil socialists who would make Ayn Rand cry?
That said, I have to agree with UU — the Cutler burn was a good one.
Waiting to see similar posts on Ryan Mallett.
Ryan has his head up his ass about Cutler about as much as he does about the federal budget.
Regular season Game 1 Bears vs. Packers, Bears win going away, Cutler has a good game.
Regular season Game 2 Bears vs. Packers, the Bears have absolutely no incentive to win (the playoffs having been determined by that point, except Green Bay had to win to get in), and they play a limited game plan. Cutler doesn’t have a great game, but then, Rodgers doesn’t, either. In fact, the game is tight all the way to the end, with the Packers playing for their lives.
NFC Championships: Cutler sprained his MCL. I’ve posted on this blog before about when I sprained my MCL, and to recap without re-telling that whole story: a grade 2 MCL sprain means you can’t get jack shit for push off that leg. A QB who can’t follow through on his throws is a Rex Grossman. Cutler couldn’t follow through on his throws, and was pulled by the coaches.
Did he conduct himself on the sideline the way I’d want a franchise QB to? Hell no. But he didn’t pussy out the way he gets painted–shit, look at the pounding he took all season long, and the shit he did to win games (end-zone dives, scrambles out his ass, etc.), and you can’t honestly criticize his toughness.
Yeah, he sulked. And I didn’t like that. But, all things considered, he’s the best QB to wear the navy & orange since Erik Kramer–and probably better than Kramer, too–and Ryan should remember that 1) the Packers backed into a wildcard berth, and 2) John Stewart OWNED Ryan regarding the budget deficit:
[www.thedailyshow.com]
Suck on that, cheesehead.
“Suck on that, cheesehead.”
Superbowl champs dude, enough said…