Why does everyone hate Jay Cutler?

Wow. Shit hit the fan yesterday.

After having to leave yesterday's game against the rival Green Bay Packers, Jay Cutler was absolutely demolished in the media and on Twitter by Bears fans, NFL fans, sports fans, current sports players and past sports legends alike... Bears fans were even seen burning Cutler jerseys in the streets of Chicago.

Does anyone actually like this guy? He's even more hated than the evil Mike Vick and the creepy Ben Roethlisberger. The most intriguing part of this is how other current NFL players, who were watching from home, were jumping in on the Cutler lynch mob bandwagon, even before any medical reports had come back as to the extent of the injury. Here's some of the stuff that was being posted via Twitter during the game:

Maurice Jones-Drew, Jacksonville Jaguars running back:

"Hey I think the urban meyer rule is effect right now... When the going gets tough........QUIT... All I'm saying is that he can finish the game on a hurt knee... I played the whole season on one..."

Darnell Dockett, defensive lineman for the Arizona Cardinals:

"If I'm on chicago team jay cutler has to wait till me and the team shower get dressed and leave before he comes in the locker room!"

Raheem Brock, Seattle Seahawks defensive end:

"Cutler u little siSsy...how does it feel that ur back up's backup is the only 1that can put pts on the board!I bet cutler comes back now!"

 Kirk Morrison, Jaguars linebacker:

"Jay Cutler better go put some Tussin on that knee and get back out there. Tussin cures all. #Robitussin"

"If my knee was hurt or acl/mcl/pcl sprain, I would not be standing up on the sideline. #jaycutler"

One thing is very apparent from these tweets, NFL players need some serious spelling, punctuation and grammar help... Okay seriously, it's clear that Cutler's peers simply do not like him. Even former greats were lining up to take a cheap shot at Cutler while he was down...

Deion Sanders got into the Twitter rip-fest:

"Folks i never question a players injury but i do question a players heart. Truth"

Derrick Brooks tweeted:

"BEARS fans I am so SORRY, I have to be crawling and cant get up to come off field,Josh Freeman would not come out, MEDS ARE AVAILABLE"

"HEY there is no medicine for a guy with no guts and heart"

Crazy. I get that the fans would crucify the guy, but usually peers and former players don't chime in with this type of banter. Especially since the details of the injury had not yet been disclosed.

I guess it's uncharted territory in a way; websites like Twitter have given players a voice when they didn't have one in the past. Already the NFL has had to ban players from twittering (is it a verb too?) during games or at halftime. Yes, players were actually taking the time DURING games, on the sidelines, to use twitter.

The whole Twitter phenomenon in sports is really interesting as we can now see the athletes' personalities in the forefront a lot more. Guys like Chad Ochocinqo can use it to talk junk to opposing cornerbacks and fans can happily follow right along with the exchange. In the past we had to send in fan mail, join a fan club or wait outside the stadium to catch a glimpse of an athlete's off-field personality. Nowadays, we can log on to Twitter and watch these guys make asses of themselves without having to leave the house. Fun stuff. Twitter has also changed the NFL in how we get information about injuries. Now we can get updates from players directly, by following their Twitter accounts, instead of waiting for an injury report to come out. It's weird how much Twitter has affected the NFL, but it makes sense too. Social media affects everything, including sports.

Okay, back to how everyone hates Cutler. I guess it's not totally unfounded. The guy does look like a smug little prick... but being a Bears fan, I want to like the guy and have succeeded in liking him to some degree. I did used to flame him when he was in Denver though so I do get how easy it is to not like this guy. I do wonder why everyone hates him so much sometimes though. There's got to be something beyond how pointy his nose is or how his eyes are kind of beady. I googled, "why does everyone hate Jay Cutler?" and the overwhelming response I found was that people think he's whiny. I don't know, I suppose he does have bad body language at times, but I've never seen him actually yell at any of his receivers or offensive lineman before or have an attitude on the sidelines with anyone... And the notion that Cutler isn't tough is untrue. He has only missed two games in his entire career, and this season he was sacked 57 times and never whined about it once. Lots of NFL quarterbacks would have been calling out their offensive line with that many sacks but Cutler never did.

So after all the shit storm of tweetings yesterday, it'll be interesting to see how the injury plays out. If Cutler tore his MCL, which was speculated this morning, then he should get a pass from everyone who criticized him, maybe even an apology. But if the injury is just a sprain, which was also speculated today, then it could get even worse in the media for Cutler. We'll see.

As for reasons why everyone hates the guy so much, my only possible conclusion is that he just looks kind of douchey...