Bears WR Kevin White injures hamstring, limited at practice

So you'd rather just blame the majority of it all on Cutler then even when the team is rarely at full strength?  You do tend to do that you know.

A hammy strain can be an "owie" or it can be more serious.  AJ played some games with one last year and missed others.  I have no idea how serious KW's situation is but what I'm saying still fits. Any player who can't play and takes up a roster spot hurts this team especially one on offense.

Men being men doesn't go back to the leather helmet days.  That's nonsense.  The current NFL is what it is and the playing field is level for all teams as far as injuries go.  In a 16 game season there are times when a player won't be 100% but if he can play IMHO he should play.  If this is the career they've chosen for themselves there are both risks and obligations that are entailed.  At some point in time a player needs to push past some of those risks and meet his obligations.

What? Where did Cutler come into this?   I think AJ is a perfect example of trying to play through a Hammy when you shouldn't. Forte is on the other end where it wasn't so bad and he could play through it. If the team decides to hold him out then imo you are looking at something closer to AJ's where he needs to sit and let it heal. 

It might not go back that far, but I think you started to see less of that style well before Forte came into the league. 

The 46 players who suit up need to show up tomorrow. If White's one of them than he needs to show up. If he's not active it's because the medical staff deems him not fit to play. We can speculate all we want but no one on here knows the extent of the injury. We need to trust that Fox and his staff can make the right call about when to and when not to play an individual. Personally, I'd rather White sit out if he has an injury which could worsen if he plays tomorrow forcing him out more games just to please skeptical fans. I want White in as many games as possible this year, so do the coaches. They will make the best move they can to ensure that happens.

Something to keep in mind. This isn't the 1980s and 90s (and earlier) when a player would just get a shot of some banned substance or pain killer before the game. There are regulations about that kind of shit to protect the league (and as a side effect the players - though it should be the other way around).

While we all want them to play through owies, they don't have access to pills and drugs that allow them to play through them. They also have more supervision on who gets to play and who doesn't.

I don't buy that at all and I'm surprised you do.  Having access and how much they're used these days are two different things but let's not kid ourselves into thinking they're not available to those who ask.