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Published by Dustin Brown on May 17, 2010
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears

Why is it that the players who have a right to be compared to fellow colleagues aren’t?

Brett Favre, whom I’m not fond of, is in a vision inside my head that includes him being compared to Jay Cutler.

Both gunslingers are NFC North division rivals and under the helm of a former smashmouth squad.

Both quarterbacks have a gunslinging ambition and throw many picks…at points.

Both commanders under center have faced adversity with the media—Favre with his on-and-off retirement, Cutler with his “uncoachable” ego.

LeBron James can be compared to Michael Jordan, who nobody will ever be as good as, but these couple aren’t compared?

Seems a little weird to me. Usually the media would pounce all over this, since, y’know, Brett Favre is a god in their eyes.

I apologize for being a bit sour towards Favre. He does have monster stats and is a future Hall of Famer, I’ll give him that.

The thing I don’t like about him is he knows that the team he plays for rides or dies off him. Same with Cutler, ironically. But Cutler doesn’t get cocky with it.

For example:

Favre said after the Bears’ overtime win versus the Vikings that he played the best he could. Kinda rolling your team under the bus, right?

As opposed to the Bears’ franchise quarterback:

Cutler always uses the terms “we” and “us.” He’s a leader. I don’t care what everyone else thinks. He takes full responsibility for the offense’s failure and gives credit when it succeeds.

But the fact in my point is that Favre knows he’s the team, as well as Cutler.

When Favre first came back to New York, things didn’t go as planned.

Many teammates called Favre a bad teammate, as did the media with Cutler when he was playing for Denver.

Finally, the most bitter end of Brett Favre to me is the Green Bay situation.

Brett just looked lost. He, first, wanted to retire.

You know that they’re running a team in Green Bay, correct? Correct.

He waited ’til the last minute, and then he retired. Okay. Now the legacy is over. Everyone can move on.Then he comes back and wants to start immediately.

I’m sure Green Bay was saying, “No, we can’t play this game. Are you in or out? Regardless, Aaron Rodgers is our quarterback.”

Green Bay handled it well, while Favre didn’t.

Well, the media was on Favre’s side. Can’t expect any less on that one.

But Cutler was lied to and basically blown off by a new head coach that should be focusing on his defense…yet Cutler was to blame?

Sounds like two similar situations to me.

Lastly, they both play at a very high level. Brett threw many picks when he was Jay’s age as well. Worked out fine for him, I’d say.

The media is ignorant. Why isn’t Jay Cutler compared to Brett Favre?

I’d finally like to end this page with a congratulations to my personal favorite writer, Spencer Tucksen, for at last gaining the title of Analyst. It was well deserved long before you achieved it.

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