Posters ripping our own fan base proven pointless once again

true that, true that

 

Our fans impressed me last year and this year...were getting better but we still have a ways to go..a major problem being our stadium, another being that we have'nt showed up in big games at home when the momentum is there..playing poorly at home in both ravens looses and the patriot loss is gonna hurt our momentum for a while.

Being at that game was so depressing..we were so ready to take over and help but the team never gave us a chance to get in it.we were one ted ginn fumble away from every fan being on their feet screaming their *** off foor the defense..did'nt happen, which will make some fans stay in that mode of sitting on their hands in the future.

what iam trying to say is that i have realized that a lot of our rep has come from bad teams playing in a stadium not conducive to noise. And even when we have been playing better not capitolizing on the momentum.

 

I noticed when McGahee was carted off and heading into the tunnel that many Steelers fans leaned over and said "Good luck Willis." I thought it was a classy move and pointed it out to my husband (an Eagles fan) right away. I asked him if he thought that would happen in Philly and he said "yes". That's BS!!!!

 

While I understand the overall point you're trying to prove, I couldn't agree less with it. First of all let me say that while Steelers' fans are no where near as bad as Raiders, Eagles and even Bears fans in terms of violence and behaviour towards other fans, they are near bottom of the barrel when it comes to sportsmanship and class. I have thought this for years and they continue to prove that correct with acts like they pulled Sunday.

So the question I have is, do you really want to be as low class as the Steelers? Do you really want to say that it's okay to boo our own team in our own stadium just because another team did it? I hate to use such a childish reference but, if Steelers' fans jumped off a bridge would you want Dolphins' fans to start doing it? Cause I'm not going to do it.

What happened in our playoff game against Baltimore was embaressing and low class. This organization came from 1-15 to 11-5 in a year. We hosted our first playoff game in 8 years. The players came together and played as a team to achieve something greater than individual accolades. This attitude coupled with the progress we made in one short year is something we should be cheering and celebrating not finding a reason to justify booing.

If you really believe the point you made in your original post I feel sorry for you.

 

Dumb is as dumb does. Unreal how you can boo in such an important game when your team is winning. At least they still have their pretty towels to wave.

 

Pointless argument, fans pay for the right to voice their opinion, whether we agree with their opinion or not is really not important. I wish our fan base at the games was more enthusiastic, and I envy the fan base at Steelers games. Booing is an argument nobody can settle, as much as I don't like booing, I have gone to games and Booed my team (hey it was the St. Louis Cardinals, who ALWAYS sucked), but I don't think I'm a bad fan for doing it.

 

There are always plenty of Miami fans at the Meadowlands. There are more Jets fans in Florida than there are Miami fans in NJ/NY, but you'd be surprised by the number of Fin fans you actually see around here on a daily basis if you travel around the area.

I think Miami is a franchise that has more fans around the country then they do their own state, as strange as that sounds. For home games, unless its the Postseason, the stadium is pretty crappy in terms of people who actually show up, but they really do come out well on the road because Shula and Marino really made them a National team back in the day and a lot of people have stuck with them.

I've been going to Jets games since I was 7 and have sat where I sit now since I was 10 and there is one Miami fan who I guess gets the tickets from his friend who sits four rows behind me. He and I have gotten into plenty of arguments, but we respect each other. Same goes when I travel up to New England and sit in my friends seats for the games up there.

 

You should be at the Meadowlands when Fireman Ed sometimes starts a "J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!!!" chant while the Offense is at the line of scrimmage making adjustments.

Good times.

 

Some have that opinion, some don't.

For someone who was actually at the game, I can tell you that yes there were fans cheering that Chad was down, you're right about that, but there weren't many. Only a couple in a crowd of thousands. When Pennington first went down there was a silence amongst the crowd. People were at their loudest when Pennington was limping off and Clemens was coming on. At that point, Pennington wasn't liked by probably 70% of the franchise to be "the guy" at QB after another postseason collapse against New England seven months earlier. Jets fans wanted a change, so don't act like Pennington had a great season in 2006, he was average at best that year.

But for someone who was at the game, not some little snot politician news anchor that jumps onto NBC Sunday Night Football to do highlights, Pennington's injury was cheered by some, but the fact he was able to limp off AND Clemens was coming in was what got 90+% of the cheers.

 

Nah I guess i still don't get it. I just can't accept that because the Pittsburgh Steelers or any other fans in the league boo their team that it makes it any less wrong when Miami fans do it. As fans of a resurgent team with a bright future we should be positive about our team and try to make our fan base the best in the NFL. Not look for a reason to justify negativity.

 

So then I just have to ask....was it really necessary to start a thread to say that every team's fans boo?