Eric Winston Was Pissed About Fans Cheering Matt Cassel’s Injury: “We Are Not Gladiators”

Eric Winston was not happy with some fans cheering Matt Cassel getting knocked out of the game late in the Chiefs 9-6 loss to Baltimore:

We are athletes. We’re not gladiators. This isn’t the Roman Coliseum. People pay their hard earned money to come in here and I believe they can boo, they can cheer, they can do whatever they want. . . . But when you cheer somebody getting knocked out, and I don’t care who it is, and it just so happened to be Matt Cassel, it’s sickening. It’s 100% sickening. I’ve never, ever–I’ve been in some rough times on some rough teams–I’ve never been more embarrassed in my life to play football than in that moment right there. I get emotional about it because these guys work their butts off. Matt Cassel hasn’t done anything to you people, hasn’t done anything to you people. Hasn’t done anything to the media writers that kill him, hasn’t done anything wrong to the people that come out here and cheer him. Hey, if he’s not the best quarterback, he’s not the best quarterback, and that’s okay. But he’s a person, and he got knocked out in a game, and we’ve got 70,000 people out here cheering that he got knocked out.

Good for you, Eric. The full audio can be found here. [audio via 610 sports and @dannyparkins]

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27 Responses to “Eric Winston Was Pissed About Fans Cheering Matt Cassel’s Injury: “We Are Not Gladiators””

Jason McIntyre Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 6:00 PM

*slow clap*

kaiserwilhelmreems is commenting too quickly Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 6:04 PM

Matt Cassel hasn’t done anything to you people, hasn’t done anything to you people.

at least his own players know he sucks.

but i agree, people who cheer injuries are shitty people.

rondoman Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 6:24 PM

Holy shit is Cam horrible today. 6/21 62 yds in the 4th.

Liquor Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 6:26 PM

Whatever, it was pretty clear it wasnt a serious injury. I’m cheering a change, not necessarily the injury itself. Dude is the second worst starting qb in the league, behind Sanchez obv.

Chief Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 6:36 PM

Whatever, it was pretty clear it wasnt a serious injury.

It was clear it was a head injury, how can you determine severity from a head injury from a tv or stands?

garmy Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 6:47 PM

Needs more death videos.

Obama Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 6:50 PM

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!

Some Random Old Dude Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 6:51 PM

/we who are about to die, salute you’d

VladimirCrouton Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 6:57 PM

CAM NEWTON SUCKS.

Monster is Meth Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 6:59 PM

CAM NEWTON SUCKS.

So do his commercials. I fucking hate that dude. Cocky piece of shit.

Jason McIntyre Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 7:11 PM

It was clear it was a head injury, how can you determine severity from a head injury from a tv or stands?

everyone on the web is a doctor, chief

kaiserwilhelmreems is commenting too quickly Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 7:15 PM

It was clear it was a head injury, how can you determine severity from a head injury from a tv or stands?

in the NFL it is safe to assume any head injury is automatically worse than what they are reported to be.

Flaccid Indigestion Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 7:16 PM

/we who are about to die, salute you’d
/Nos moritamu salutamus.
(All I have after 4 years of Latin)

Nada Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 7:18 PM

Gregg Williams instinctively wrote a check for $10,000 to Ngata.

4mm Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 7:20 PM

Really–I would be embarrassed too. For all those that cheered-don’t see you out there!

rondoman Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 7:26 PM

Niners with over 300 yards passing and rushing.

kaiserwilhelmreems is commenting too quickly Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 7:29 PM

Niners with over 300 yards passing and rushing.

7 players with at least 1 carry. that, to me, is just as amazing as the total yardage gained.

Some Random Old Dude Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 7:29 PM

Broncos had their chances, but didn’t quite take care of business. Fumbles, sacks, dropped passes. Yikes.

kaiserwilhelmreems is commenting too quickly Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 7:34 PM

Broncos had their chances, but didn’t quite take care of business. Fumbles, sacks, dropped passes. Yikes.

there’s plus sides to the game, too. they were a couple missed 3rd down plays from winning this game.

Monster is Meth Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 7:52 PM

there’s plus sides to the game, too.

Another plus side is that makes another one of my cards 1 game closer to making me money. Need Saints to cover on one card tonight and Texans on the other tomorrow.

A.P. Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 7:53 PM

Screw the bills coaches and players

Monster is Meth Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 7:56 PM

Screw the bills coaches and players

Front office ok, though?

A.P. Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 8:00 PM

Oh they can eat my balls too

reggie_dunlap Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 8:24 PM

Fuck the Cheating Saints and their “who dat?” fans. Also fuck David Rivers. Hope the game ends 12-9 with al, field goals.

golfercraig Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 8:35 PM

Um, I better not see a single Chief hopping around an celebrating after a big hit. We don’t celebrate injury, right?

golfercraig Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 8:36 PM

David Rivers? What did a shitty overrated Notre Dame PG do to you?

got_em_looking Says:
October 7th, 2012 at 11:40 PM

Um, I better not see a single Chief hopping around an celebrating after a big hit. We don’t celebrate injury, right?

My guess is no one would complain if fans cheered a big hit. Everyone sort of understands that a hit that results in injury is treated differently by players, fans and media so you kind of conveniently ignored an important distinction.