Both the Detroit Lions and their fans must be better
Monday night’s game was a total wreck for the Detroit Lions but even still, the support (or lack thereof) from the fans in attendance was awful.
First thing’s first. The performance that Matt Patricia‘s team displayed during their season opener was flat out inexcusable. My biggest apprehension whenever the Detroit Lions play in primetime is that they will not only lose but also play embarrassingly.
On Monday night at Ford Field, all of my fears came to fruition. From the perspective of a (very) frustrated fan, it almost seems as if the primary goal of this franchise is to redefine misery for its fan base as they rewrite the history books on finding new ways to lose each year.
I’m not penning this column to recap the game, I’ve already done that. I’m also not writing this piece in order to account for my fandom because I’ve already done that as well.
Like many of you out there, I am a long-suffering fan of the Detroit Lions and it is out of my loyalty (sometimes to a fault) that I come back for more each year. It is also out of that same loyalty that I choose to address what I saw from the fans in attendance in downtown Detroit.
The booing, hand gestures, and desertion by the so-called Lions “fans” was just as appalling to me as the actual on-field play was! There was even a significant amount of Jets fans that all gathered behind their team’s sideline in the stands and did their J-E-T-S Jets, Jets, Jets! chant in our stadium, on our home turf! Terrible.
As a fan, by paying your hard earned dollars for a ticket, you have a right to voice your displeasure when you see fit. But I believe there are limits to the manner in which you voice that displeasure. During that bonkers, dumpster fire of a third quarter, the boo birds of Detroit were out in full effect. But they were fluttering around long before then.
Do you all think that your boos are actually going to have the team play/execute any better? Do you honestly believe that cussing out the coaching staff and commenting on how you would run things if you were in charge would really make any difference? Does spraying out all of that venom and vitriol even make you feel any better?