Jay Cutler broke his media silence since the Chicago Bears quarterback left the NFC Championship Game with a sprained MCL, telling the Chicago Sun-Times he was bothered that some -- including fellow players -- questioned his toughness. "I was gone, and I stayed away from it all," Cutler told the paper. "But I can't say it didn't bother me that people questioned my toughness and desire to play. "I think I've been through a lot here in Chicago, and I would have loved to play." Asked about fellow NFL players who criticized him, Cutler said: "They can think what they want." Cutler sustained the injury -- later ruled a Grade II MCL sprain -- in the second quarter of the Bears' 21-14 loss to the Green Bay Packers in the NFC title game. Cutler played the first series of the third quarter, then was replaced by backup Todd Collins and eventually Caleb Hanie. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/news/story?id=6307706
