Apparently it has been so long now people have forgotten that December Monday night in 1985 at the Orange Bowl in Miami when the Chicago Bears lost the only game of their greatest season.

OK, it's not the loss that's important to this discussion but the drama, specifically the halftime dustup featuring Mike Ditka and Buddy Ryan. To recap: Ryan was trying to cover the Miami Dolphins' explosive receiver, Nat Moore, with linebacker Wilber Marshall. It wasn't working, but that didn't dissuade Ryan one bit. So an enraged Ditka told his defensive coordinator, "We can do it any way you want to. We can go right out back and get it on or you can shape your [butt] up."

Jay Cutler goes into Sunday's game against the Jaguars coming off his second-best passer rating as a Bear (140.1). Matthew Emmons/US Presswire

Which brings me to Jay Cutler and Mike Tice and their little episode on Monday night in Dallas. In the age of relentless Facebook posts and anybody with a pair of thumbs tweeting after every down, an annoyed quarterback walking away from his coach in a heated moment during a football game equals an enormously big deal, to be chewed on all week.

OK, it can't be ignored when former Bear Desmond Clark tweets during the game, as was reported by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert, "Jay has to stop with his antics." Because Cutler's got a bad behavior video reel now and because he walked away from Tice on national television during MNF, Cutler has taken some shots this week.

I'm just not sure he should.

Look, it's fair to wonder if a quarterback with Cutler's demeanor can lead a team to a Super Bowl because when have we seen a sourpuss QB do it? But suppose Cutler jumping people now and then actually works for the Bears? Hasn't J'Marcus Webb played better since that whole screaming, bumping thing with Cutler in Green Bay? I'm just asking. For that matter, didn't the Bears begin a five-game winning streak last season after Cutler dropped that F-bomb on Mike Martz, which led to the offensive coordinator calling much smarter plays? I'm just asking. Didn't the Bears' offense get a whole lot better Monday night after Cutler blew off Tice for a few minutes?

I guess you can call these coincidences until we get a larger sample size. But if it keeps working, you shrug and let Cutler keep doing his thing, even if he does look petulant or sour during games. But the larger issue here is the presumption that everybody on a team has to hold hands and sing "Kumbayah" every day. That's nonsense. Folks who've followed the Bears really should know better.

Ditka was ready to meet Ryan out behind the Orange Bowl to duke it out. At least one Pro Bowler I know of on that team couldn't stand Jim McMahon. It didn't matter. It never does if you win. Chemistry is such a mysterious thing. Maybe Webb plays better if he's annoyed with Cutler. Maybe Cutler has a better feel for play calling than Tice, and had every right to be impatient. Maybe Cutler is the excitable ying to Lovie Smith's flat-line yang.