First off, it's disguesting, how dare
you, and you should be ashamed to even consider yourself a sports fan. The fact
that you would cheer, yes I said it CHEER, when your quarterback Matt Cassel suffers
a concussion in the latter stages of last week’s game against the Baltimore
Ravens sickens me for so so many reasons. But I’m only gonna focus on one thing
because otherwise I could write a novel longer than War and Peace about how
much said “cheering” upsets me. I won’t speak on how the over abuse of alcohol
probably contributed to this or even on this certain entitlement that fans feel
(because believe it or not professional athletes owe you nothing. Yea you pay
for tickets but that is your choice, just because you fork up $50 for a seat
and $30 for beer doesn’t mean the man playing on the field is now in your debt…trust
me athletes do it for the fans, they want the fans to be happy but in the end
this is THEIR job, not yours, this is their life and their career, not yours.
Don’t think they owe you something just because you wish you were there…and
please please please don’t think just because you can put up 50 in Madden on
semi-pro against the Jaguars defense that you know more about football then
these players and coaches.) Sorry that just upsets me, but that’s for another
time. No, what I’m going to write to you Kansas City fans about is how what you
did is a perfect example of what has happened to the fans of the NFL. While the
NFL has become progressively more advanced in so many ways (Plays, Equipment,
Strategy, etc.), we as fans (and yes I’m including myself in this) and
especially you certain few (not all) in Kansas City have become a dumber fan,
and less sophisticated fan, and it’s ruining one of the greatest games ever
invented.
Let’s start with the obvious. You
cheered someone who is injured. That’s just stupid. Now I know we all love to
see the big hits, love to see people getting leveled on the sideline or coming
across the middle, when you see J.P.P. comin off the edge to the quarterbacks
blindside you get giddy and anticipate seeing someone get smashed. That’s ok,
but only if the person gets up and plays on, or is out for a few plays. That’s
at least civil. But when someone goes down and stays down and then has to be
escorted to the locker room because they can’t walk straight…and you cheer,
that’s terrible. With all the media coverage of how the NFL, and especially
concussions which Cassel suffered, affect players in the long run how can you seriously
wish that upon somebody and rejoice when it happens. It is literally the
equivalent of walking into a firestation and cheering a fallen comrade or
someone who got hurt putting out a fire, there’s no difference. To add on top
of that, IT WAS YOUR OWN PLAYER!!!! What kind of fan does that? A dumb fan,
that’s who.
I understand he wasn’t playing
the best, but you want me to tell you why it was dumb? Let’s start here with
the obvious, you were playing the Baltimore Ravens. One of the top teams in the
NFL, an elite defense with an ever increasing offensive attack, a legitimate super
bowl contender. Throughout the course of this game, your Kansas City Chiefs had
rushed for 240 yards…240 yards on one of the premier defenses in the league.
Sure Cassel didn’t throw for 300 yards, but how are you to know that he didn’t
audible passes and turn them into runs that went for 6-10 yards? You don’t. And
if you really want to throw the ball against an elite defense 40 times with no
true slot threat and not establishing the run, then the game probably would’ve
been 90-6 instead of 9-6. In this day and age, with everything at our finger
tips and the emergence and huge popularity of fantasy football you expect way
too much way too quick. You have an amazing defense, and that is what your team
should be based off of. Don’t think it works, look at San Francisco, what is
the difference between your team now and their team a year or two ago. Not a
great offense, exceptional defense, good running attack…that only led them to
NFC championship, no big deal. But you don’t see that do you, you want to throw
the ball, put up 70 points in an offense that right now can’t handle it. You
held the Ravens to 9 points…is nobody pointing that out? Why can’t you cheer
about that? An almost elite offense with weapons everywhere and you kept them
from scoring any touchdowns. You need to lean on your defense, play the time of
possession and field position game, please why can’t you be a true fan and
understand that 9-6 games can be just as entertaining as 45-42 if you understand
how the game is supposed to be played, but you obviously don’t.
Ok so you wanna say that even
with the defense and stopping the ravens and the run game and all that it was
still an awful performance from a quarterback, and has been subpar each year.
Ok, that I will agree with you, but while that doesn’t allow you to cheer his
life possibly being changed forever, I’ll tell you another reason its
despicable. You’re a Kansas City fan, be a fan no matter what. You can be
frustrated you can talk trash about your team, but please support them. What
kind of man cheers his own team doing bad. Try being a Rockies fan, they had
one good year where they went to the World Series, other than that they’ve been
like last all the time (I know that’s not historically accurate but they’ve
been bad), and yes I make fun of them and say jokes, but when they play I cheer
my heart out for them. Whether it’s a terrible play or an amazing play I’m
there all the same. You can’t say you’re doing that, you have to be patient.
Have to trust the coaches, the players, the owners, and it’s your job to
support them, not judge, not make decisions, not cheer when a man gets knocked
out, but to support. And eventually they will make a run, they will win a super
bowl, they will have a great team and then you can be there supporting your
team in the freezing cold in December just as your were in all the years before
when those week 16 games where the team was 3-15 didn’t matter.
Kansan City, you disappointed me.
I implore you to be a smart fan, try to learn the game and understand what is
going on around you and that the NFL season matters more than your fantasy
league, support your players and your team win or lose, and don’t you ever ever
ever cheer someone getting knocked out again. That’s disgusting.
e. moats
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