Matt Cassel's latest contribution went far beyond the gridiron. The Chiefs quarterback helped save a woman from a fire in her Loch Lloyd, Mo., home on Thursday night, KMBC-TV reports. Cassel's wife reportedly noticed smoke coming from the woman's house, which is located in a gated community, as well as flames coming from the house's chimney. Cassel then ran to the house, rang the doorbell, pounded on the front door and ran around the house until the woman living there came outside. The woman said she didn't know her house was on fire until Cassel acted. Fortunately, no one was...
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