Caleb Hanie Takes Over For Todd Collins Jay Cutler Out

Packers Vs. Bears: Caleb Hanie Takes Over For Todd Collins; Jay Cutler Out

Chicago Bears QB Caleb Hanie, whom none of us have ever heard of, has taken over for QB Todd Collins behind center. FOX’s Chris Myers mentions Hanie’s mobility as being highly preferable to Collins’, so there’s that. But who in the world is Caleb Hanie?

Jay Cutler is apparently out of the game due to his knee injury, leading many to question his heart and toughness and patriotism and so forth. At one point Brian Urlacher was seen speaking to Cutler, who just kept moping around the sideline with his coat on. Since Hanie was inserted before the fourth quarter began, he's the only quarterback allowed to play for Chicago from this point on.

Hanie has played in five games, completing eight regular season passes, in his three seasons since leaving Colorado State. Caleb Hanie? He went undrafted in 2008, and apparently has been a fan favorite among certain Bears fan circles.

The Bears have actually gotten the ball moving on Hanie’s first drive, so maybe somebody was on to something.

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Crybaby Cutler Hopes rest

Hopes rest in crybaby Cutler

Hey, Jay Cutler: Turn that frown upside down. You’re playing in the NFC Championship Game!

Many might hate Jay Cutler for being, well, a jerk.
Dubbed a cry baby in Denver when Josh McDaniels was hired, Cutler got his way and was part of a three-team trade two years ago and found himself in the Windy City.

We know the story. If you’re a Bronco fan, you hate him now. If you’re a Bears fan, you hated him last year, but now his ornery, pretty-boy look is growing on you.

But if you’re a fan of an AFC West or NFC north team, you thrive in a Cutler-prone three-interception performance of years past.
Well, now is the new-and-more-improved Cutler. This is the NFC-Championship-Game Cutler.

He looked stellar in 2010 and helped Chicago beat out the Packers and Vikings for the NFC North crown.

Now on the verge of being in the Super Bowl, Cutler is faced with the biggest task and maybe the biggest game of his career so far.
He told USA Today on Thursday that the 182nd meeting between the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears — the NFL’s oldest rivalry — could be Chicago’s game of the year.

“It’s almost like a mini-Super Bowl,” Cutler said. “I know Chicago will be really disappointed if we don’t win this game.”
Maybe the people from Chicago, the state of Illinois and Bears fans all over the world can take a second Super Bowl loss in the last four years.

But losing to Green Bay for the right to play in the Super Bowl and maybe having to watch the Packers win the Super Bowl is unacceptable.

I couldn’t handle Philadelphia or Dallas beating the New York Giants in the playoffs, advancing to the Super Bowl and walking away with the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

As a fan, I’ve recently been on both sides of that. The Giants defeated the Cowboys in the 2007 NFC Divisional round and eventually went on to win their third Super Bowl title.
The following year as the No.1 seed in the NFC, the Plaxico Burress-less G-Men were embarrassed in the Meadowlands by the Eagles.

Thanks goodness for Larry Fitzgerald and Kurt Warner. The Eagles were shocked the next week by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2008 NFC title game.
But something I thought Cutler would do is maybe take a war of words with the media in regards to Sunday’s tussle with the Packers.

He hasn’t.

Cutler has been humbled for where he is this season and looks forward to the third battle with the Packers and their up-and-coming quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

But Cutler doesn’t want to make this game to be about him and Rodgers. He wants it to be about Packers vs. Bears.

“If we both play well, then it’s going to come down to a lot of different things,” Cutler told USA Today. “If I don’t play well, and he does, we could still win. I plan on playing well, and I’m sure he does, too.”

Cutler — aside from return specialist Devon Hester — could be the X factor if the Bears plan for their third visit to the NFL’s biggest stage.

And Bears fans will probably agree with me here: For their sake and mine, the Bears offensive line better block that harassing Packers defense.

We all want the best games possible. I don’t want to see Cutler’s head bouncing off Soldier Field’s frozen gridiron.

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Jay Cutler Cutler's Public Image

Jay Cutler: Cutler's Public Image May Become A Concern For Chicago Bears

Jay Cutler, the Chicago Bears quarterback, has been widely criticized by media for his unfriendly behavior with fans and members of the media throughout his career.

According to Mark Potash of the Chicago Sun Times: "The Bears really need to get Jay Cutler some professional help with his social skills so he can present a better public image when talking to the media.

"Not for our sake. For his."

There seems to be a relationship between brash quarterbacks that alienate themselves from the media and press-friendly quarterbacks that win the affection of reporters and fans. Guys such as Manning, Brees and Brady, all successful quarterbacks, are all very good on camera. While quarterbacks that get on our nerves never really go far in the league, think Ryan Leaf and Jeff George.

"How many quarterbacks as awkward as Cutler in public forums have won the Super Bowl? How many quarterbacks as overtly disdainful — purposely or inadvertently — of the media process that molds much of his public image as Cutler have sustained success in the NFL?" wrote the Sun-Times.

It's not too late for Cutler to turn things around. He's a professional and if he plans on staying around in the league for a while, part of his job entails talking to the press and making himself available to fans.

If he refuses to conform, that may be it for his career and the Bears' hopes of winning a Super Bowl may have to be put on hold again.