Chiefs fans cheering Matt Cassel getting knocked out of the game...

[DM72]

I am pretty sure we once cheered when Campbell went down in a game.

Who is this "WE" you speak of?

[Sizzla3000]

The home fans at Fed-ex

[ejay183]

The home fans at Fed-ex

Probably the same fans who booed Rex Grossman during the preseason

[dragon_mikal]

They werent cheering the fact that he was injured. They were cheering the fact that Cassel would no longer be playing. The fans there have been begging for someone/anyone besides Cassel to get a shot and a mild concussion - Cassel was up and walking off in no time - gave them that opportunity.

Also, Eric Winston is a self-righteous bum who is trying to deflect the attention away from the abysmal performance of him and his teammates onto anything possible...in this case, the fans. Watch the replay, Winston is the RT on that play and his man is the guy who gets the sack. It's his 5th game as a Chief and he has the gall to call out the fans?!? I call bull****. Winston will be out of the league by this time next year, Cassel will be riding a bench somewhere else and tens of thousands of life-long Chiefs fans will be shelling out tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege to support their team however they see fit.

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about and you're ridiculous statements about Eric Winston proves it. You don't cheer an injury, period. Trying to justify it by saying they were cheering because he was out of the game and not because he was knocked out is laughable.

Eric Winston wasn't cut because of poor play. He was considered by many here in Houston to be the 2nd best lineman on the best offensive line in football and an all around good guy. He was cut because the Texans were in salary cap hell and had no choice.

[1664]

Personally, I appreciate winstons comments.

At the end of the day this is a game.

With all of the fantasy football these days, i think people look at these guys as "pawns", forgetting the fact that they are people just like you and me.

[Roger.Staubach]

I would cheer for one injury and one injury only. Michael Vick.

[Zazzaro703]

Probably the same fans who booed Rex Grossman during the preseason

Or the same fans that booed RGIII and the offense off the field at halftime just this past Sunday.

[Dirt]

No way kc has 80k seat stadium

76,416

And yea, I think this Winston guy is using this as a way to complain about the general disdain for Cassel lately. A pseudo "that's my quarterback" situation.

And let's face it, football IS a modern gladiator event. That's exactly what it is. No one's ever actually died in front of the fans at Arrowhead Stadium, so no one's going to start gasping and praying when the QB stays down for a minute. They just figure he was just knocked out. Being knocked out isn't some 'oh, oh my god this is so serious, everyone shut up and be serious' situation. I've been knocked out. The room didn't go silent for me. And I wasn't wearing pads or a helmet.

But if, indeed, people we're cheering like "YES GET HIM OUT OF HERE", that's pretty lame. Not deserving of some condescending life lesson though. Winston says "I get the backup is the popular QB, I get it, I get it", then he should GET that unhappy fans are cheering the notion that there is going to be a change at QB. I would say they're not cheering Cassel's pain, but they kind of are. Every player is feeling some pain through the game, and we cheer louder the bigger the hit is; modern day gladiators.

[LaxinFish29]

Also, listen carefully and try to discern when/if the crowd is cheering for which of these specific things:

The 25 yd catch and run. One of their best plays of the day.
The realization that Cassell is down.
The realization that Brady Quinn, who the fans there have been clamoring for, is about to enter the game.

If its the last then you wait for the injured player to stand up, and get off the field. You have really only presented one acceptable option.

[RedskinWarship]

I live in southwest Missouri (not from here, thank god ), and the majority of Chiefs fans that i know, are imbred, and that includes my wife's family (who are from here).


That being said, they desperately need a better quarterback, but it's not going to be Brady Quinn.

[chaaarmndr]

1) Ok, not a sack but a hit. Thanks for the critical semantics analysis.
2) Winstons guy is the one who hits Cassel up high. Watch the play and take note of Winston getting completely annihilated on the play.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV6YlTgN_xQ

Also, listen carefully and try to discern when/if the crowd is cheering for which of these specific things:

The 25 yd catch and run. One of their best plays of the day.
The realization that Cassell is down.
The realization that Brady Quinn, who the fans there have been clamoring for, is about to enter the game.

You can't and neither can Eric "Blind Side" Winston. Winston's entire tone during the interview is passive-aggressive crap..."I've come to the realization that I'm gonna die young because I play this game"...He is building a straw man - The KC fans are bloodthirsty, petulant monsters - to distract from the fact that the Chiefs stink, Cassell should have been benched long ago and Winston got crushed on the play/crushed all year long.

Cassell will be fine. No stretcher, no cart, no blood. Yes, a few drunken fans - say 2000 out of 80000 in the stadium - probably were cheering at the injury. But that's hardly a reason to indict the entire fan base - note how many times Winston says "those people/you people" - especially when there is no way that he could have accurately determined who was cheering for what or when. It is self-serving and counter-productive to the whole concept of team.

Winston should have grabbed the mic and apologized for letting his QB get hammered. Instead, he gets up in his ivory tower and attacks the fan base? That's just ridiculous.

Oh, you may be wondering why I called him "Blind Side" when he plays right tackle? Ask left-hander Matt Leinart. Poor Matt didn't even make it through one half with the great Eric Winston protecting him. and that's why the Texans cut him.

Got something meaningful to say about poor fan behavior? Start a thread about it. But, to defend and buy into the garbage that Winston is shoveling is just foolish.

excellent breakdown. nuff said. I agree wholeheartedly

[NewCliche21]

I am pretty sure we once cheered when Campbell went down in a game.

That was the Bears game in 2007. I was there. Nobody cheered.

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Or the same fans that booed RGIII and the offense off the field at halftime just this past Sunday.

Yeah, seriously. Only those people at home can "WTF?" it. In the stands you have to be supportive of everything.

I'm sure that you were thanking the Lord that we ran the swinging gate twice, right?

[Ghost of Nibbs McPimpin]

Or the same fans that booed RGIII and the offense off the field at halftime just this past Sunday.

Or were they booing the decision to sit on the ball by Shanahan?

[sideshow24]

Eric Winston is exactly right, in spite of having just eaten a peanut when he knows he is allergic to them.

[pointyfootball]

Sports fanatics are an intolerable lot and the worst of us/those have all kinds of rationalizations to justify why we/they feel it's ok to think or act the way we do. It's gone beyond entertainment to a "need" to have our lives fulfilled by our sports team, I guess.

I remember a couple of years ago watching a soccer game that was on the field we were playing on next. One team (10-11y/os) was crushing another team and with each goal they scored, players and parents went crazy. At one point, losing team's keeper came out to stop a simple shot and actually let it through his legs and into the goal. Parents & players went crazy like it was the winning world cup goal, celebrating what had to be their 7th or 8th goal, even though it was obviously a mistake made by the other player. No surprise this doesn't transfer up to incidents like Cassel/KC fans.