This whole incident with Chicago Bears quarterback  Jay Cutler cussing at offensive coordinator Mike Martz has become my nominee for non-story of the year.  There is nothing to it. Why every wagging tongue and poison pen is beating this story into submission is beyond my mortal comprehension.

Look, people disagree with their supervisors from time to time.  Sometimes, it escalates into something more, like a passionate discussion or even a heated argument.  I've been cussed up and down by several supervisors for one reason or another whether I deserved it or not.  I, myself, have cussed at a supervisor in the heat of an argument.  Believe me when I tell you, it ain't no thing.

But the focus is on the language.  So, Cutler said "Tell Martz, F-him." So what?  Why do we even care?  If he said "Tell Martz, forget it.?" would we even be having a conversation?

Football is a game played by tough men.  And tough men talk tough.  Jay Cutler is a tough man, and, in a moment where the world was closing in on him, he reacted.  Most coaches not named Knight or Parcells would appreciate an occasional outburst like that from a player because it shows passion and an intense desire to win.  It shows "fire in the belly", something coaches preach endlessly.  So, again,. what is the big deal?

Some of these guys have used the word "insubordination" to describe Cutler's actions.  If you've gone through your entire life without once questioning the decision of a supervisor or expressing your displeasure to him or her, please go to a urologist and donate your balls to someone who could use them. 

There are some that believe that a coach is sacrosanct and that his orders should never be questioned.  But in an offensive scheme where Cutler is often used as a tackling dummy by the opposing team, it is acceptable, in my book, for him to balk at a questionable play call, especially when he is prohibited to call audibles.

When Cutler appears unapologetic for saying what he said in the crucial moment of a crucial game and the wagging tongues and poison pens chastise him for it, I want to scream.  Have we become so sissified that we can't accept a heated, profane exchange as men being men?  Are the politeness police so unforgiving that being a man is no longer socially acceptable?  Are there actually people thinking "he said that with children watching" and that he should tone his language down so the little ones don't get corrupted.

I hate to tell you this, but there is nothing wrong with swearing.  It's just words.  And I am sick to death of people who do not allow people to use those words in the appropriate environment.  On a football field is one of those environments. Let it go.  Cutler has.  Martz has. Let's move on, shall we?