Jay Cutler’s supposed lack of toughness has people discussing the gutsiest performances in sports. Here are the ones we’ll always remember:
Kirk Gibson: The Dodgers outfielder overcame a stomach virus and two injured legs to successfully stand in one place, swing a 32-ounce stick from one shoulder to the other, and then jog 360 feet
Jay Cutler: Was going to get paid a hell of a lot either way on Sunday, right?
Tony Romo: Without telling his coaches, played through a mosquito bite he received the night before a game in 2009
Willis Reed: Truly embodying what New York sports is all about, the media completely clings to one photogenic star’s marginally inspiring decision to play on a torn thigh muscle and ignores the fact that he only scored four points
Curt Schilling: With blood seeping through his sock, we forget how the rest of this whole Schilling-media jerk-off session played out
Ronnie Lott: Bit off his own mangled finger in order to keep playing; later in the season, dislocated his neck while trying to bite off whatever was causing his migraines
Daniel Snyder: The Redskins’ plucky owner once overcame a bout with the flu to dump money hand over fist onto some fat old player
Dale Earnhardt: Drove his car into a wall and died, like a badass
