MrTitleist said:
Sprain, not complete tear. Not that it matters. But it looks pretty bad when you have a "tear" in your knee and you're standing and walking around the sidelines with no ice on your knee. In the biggest game your franchise has played in quite some time.. at home.
Actually, a sprain can be a tear and depending on the severity could be a complete tear. Cutler had a Grade II sprain which means the ligament was at least torn but not completely. This could mean anything from a minor tear to almost a complete rupture. Also, if you have a Grade II or III (III = complete tear) sprain, you have to be very concerned that the ACL might be damaged as well. The only way to fully rule that out would be by MRI. As for walking around, walking on a torn MCL wouldn't be too difficult, but trying to run and/or move laterally would be very painful and dangerous (I.E. Bye-bye ACL). I'm not a big fan of Cutler but I do have a problem when people (such as the jersey burners) blame athletes for "pussing out" when they actually have a legit injury and are taken out by the coaches/athletic trainers.