Comments on: Neighbor calls Matt Cassel a hero after house fire

By: outlawchief

outlawchief — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:46:36 +0000

“Did you watch last years playoff game, plus The Chiefs schedule vs Ravens,please not to mention Cassel only went because Brady turned it down and he was The only qb Who threw intercepyions in The pro bowl, goodness sake, face The music. Overrated, but a good competitor”

All three AFC quarterbacks struggled, combining to throw six interceptions. Philip Rivers and Matt Cassel threw two apiece, with Peyton Manning adding one for good measure. Manning was completely ineffective in limited duties, completing just two passes for 12 yards and that interception.

Would be wise to check stats before trying to make a case. Cassel may never be an Elite QB. But he is a good QB. If we would keep a OC for more than a year he could develop. And last year wasn’t his fault. Keep up the Goo work Matt and GO CHIEFS!!!!!!!

By: kevinfromphilly

kevinfromphilly — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:48:01 +0000

Ironically, these were the same neighbors who left a flaming bag of dog poo on Cassels doorstep after last season.

By: The Prophet

The Prophet — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:42:11 +0000

I agree with Cassell, he wasn’t a hero. People throw that term around on normal people too much.

By: vipod4ever

vipod4ever — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:40:57 +0000

What a bunch of synical, hypocrital people who have commented here in a sarcastic or negative fashion. Great society indeed when a pro athlete does something humane but we find the need to ridicule…no wonder the western world is in a mess….just saying!

By: perry1977

perry1977 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:23:31 +0000

Thank goodness it wasn’t Kyle Orton. He might have tried to pee on the flames to put it out and then….KABOOM!!!

By: iminra6

iminra6 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:01:18 +0000

Did you watch last years playoff game, plus The Chiefs schedule vs Ravens,please not to mention Cassel only went because Brady turned it down and he was The only qb Who threw intercepyions in The pro bowl, goodness sake, face The music. Overrated, but a good competitor

By: lewisisthebestsincepb

lewisisthebestsincepb — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:50:44 +0000

Class act

By: yevrag3535

yevrag3535 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:43:22 +0000

Big deal, thank God nobody hurt. You are really looking for stories.

By: sdffa11

sdffa11 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:28:11 +0000

This shows how far our society has fallen, that we recognize Matt cassel’s deed as heroic. While what Matt did was noble, hes not a hero. He did what a normal everyday person SHOULD do in that situation.

It’s sad we have to glorify common sense duties

By: blackqbwhiterb

blackqbwhiterb — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:16:26 +0000

Nice job by Cassell!! I been a firefighter 23 years never saved anything but a dog. And I thought it was dead when I was carrying it out of the house…

By: pike573

pike573 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:56:58 +0000

He’s no Marky Mark.

By: knew8411

knew8411 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:52:39 +0000

I am certain, that the actions of this man & his wife, saved the life of the home owner, as she said, she did not even realize the house was on fire. It does not take long to be overcome w/smoke inhalation, and lose consciousness (& ultimately die), the act of alerting her, was heroic.
Praise the Lord that these two ppl were there, when the homeowner needed someone.

God Bless

By: bcgreg

bcgreg — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:41:01 +0000

@ iminra6

Really? You quote Terrell Suggs? How’s Baltimore’s QB? Didn’t Cassell go to the Pro Bowl and take the Chiefs to the playoffs in 2010? And, gee, Jamaal Charles might have helped this year (Moeaki too). Cassel is fine.

By: harkonnenscum

harkonnenscum — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:42:42 +0000

Seems to me that the chiefs are headed in the right direction. Pope saves a kid from drowning, and Cassel saves a womans house from being burned to the ground. Now those are High Character people that i’m glad to root for on the field. Go Chiefs!

By: randomjim

randomjim — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:38:55 +0000

For all you people not paying attention -
NEIGHBOR calls Matt Cassel a hero, not media, not Matt himself, NEIGHBOR called him a hero. Put yourself in her shoes & what would you say to show your appreciation ?

By: dsimp724

dsimp724 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:30:51 +0000

First he tried to throw some water on the fire but unfortunately hit the wrong house

By: detroitcityryda

detroitcityryda — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:10:39 +0000

Too bad cassel can’t be a hero on the field

By: vols84

vols84 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:05:27 +0000

Trade Cassell for Manning.

By: xrateplaya

xrateplaya — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:00:52 +0000

Knocking on a door is not a hero..and he wasnt even the one who notices..

Just like his pocket presence

By: spartan31fan

spartan31fan — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:56:56 +0000

On behalf of proffesional firefighters everywhere, thanks matt. Oh yeah, dont listen to these morons. Keep playing, if any of us had any talent we’d be on the field with you.

By: quittsburghstoolers

quittsburghstoolers — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:56:39 +0000

“I wasn’t heroic at all,” Cassel said. “I just ran up to the house and alerted them. The real heroes are the firefighters.”

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I totally agree with Cassel.

He’s not a hero at all and the real heroes were the firemen…

By: yettyskills

yettyskills — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:53:10 +0000

Doing the right and responsible thing should be common enough that we no longer label these people ‘heroes’, and just label them ‘good people’, and maybe one day just ‘people”.

By: riverhorsey

riverhorsey — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:47:25 +0000

Matt did the right thing. Now Pioli needs to quit eavesdropping on the employees, do the right thing and get Peyton Manning into a Chiefs uniform.

By: linvillegorge

linvillegorge — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:46:06 +0000

Hero – quite possibly the most abused word in the English language. Once I farted in the car and cracked the windows for the other passengers to ventilate the situation. Hero.

By: foooolerm

foooolerm — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:41:00 +0000

Matt Cassell told anyone listening hes was NOT the hero. Just think. This could have taken place in Denver. Then there would have been a miniseries with the star telling his publicity machine to tell the world it was Gods will and he actually was a hero, and not just a hyped up ……… (fill in the blanks)

By: wtfchiefs

wtfchiefs — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:29:39 +0000

Good for him Here’s hoping he celebrates through retirement

By: craigsimsrules

craigsimsrules — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:22:11 +0000

Was the fire at todd haley’s house?

By: hoochbcs

hoochbcs — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:22:07 +0000

Tyler Palko then showed up and saved her cat.

By: gerard33

gerard33 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:57:51 +0000

I’m proud to observe that the Chiefs have a long history of heroics off the field

1. Joe Delaney of course
2. Tony G saved a choking person in a restaurant
3. Leonard Pope’s rescue at a pool party
4. Cassell

Now let’s go win a g.d. playoff game

By: east96st

east96st — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:55:21 +0000

“Finally a nfl player makes news for something good and not some late night drama at “insert issue here that happens at 2:30am”.”

Actually, every team is filed with guys who are pillars of the community and help kids, the sick, the homeless, etc. Those stories don’t generate “hits’, so they rarely make the news. Also, most of them – including Cassel who took no credit for himself – are modest about what they do. Just because the paparazzi doesn’t take pictures of these guys building a playground in a poverty stricken area, doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen.