Which NFL team has the most obnoxious fans?

[Lucasjj]

Not to pile on, but Eagles fans also cheered Michael Irvin's career (and possibly life) ending injury.

Irvin was carted off the Philadelphia field on a stretcher, and the play in Philadelphia proved to be his last. He sustained a non-life-threatening cervical spinal cord injury and was subsequently diagnosed with a narrow spinal column (spinal stenosis), which forced him into early retirement. The Philadelphia fans' cheering response to Irvin's serious spinal cord injuries further intensified the already intense rivalry between the Eagles and the Cowboys.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Irvin#Career-ending_injury_in_Philadelphia

[reednavy]

Steelers are obnoxious, Eagles are just down right rude. There is a difference.

[Wacca Pilatka]

It's laughable to see bandwagon people in Florida wearing Colts jerseys as if they could name one Colts player before Peyton got there.

At the Jags-Colts game in Jacksonville last year, I think I saw a grand total of two Colts fans wearing jerseys other than Manning's.  The sea of 18s was outright laughable and is still a running joke between me and my best buddy.  I assume that was mainly the bandwagon crowd, because you see a diversity of jerseys among the fans in Indianapolis just as you would see anywhere else.  I remember Vanderjagt's jersey being the first kicker jersey I regularly saw in crowds on TV.  Anyway, I assume the bandwagon people in Florida still can't name more than one Colts player if their taste in jerseys is any indication.

[Wacca Pilatka]

I think I have to go with Browns fans on this one just for their proclivity for throwing things at opposing fans and opposing teams.  What they used to do with the dog biscuit bombardments in the 80s was absurd.  I remember a game between the Broncos and Browns where they actually had the teams switch ends of the field because the Broncos were being hit with so many objects they couldn't run a play.

The Eagles are up there, though.  Irvin's wasn't the first injury they cheered.

I've found the Steeler fans in Pennsylvania to be much more civil than the marauding packs of stadium invaders they have in other cities, who exude unbelievable arrogance if not outright hostility.

[David]

^ Good point about the Browns.

I forgot all about that game from 2001. Like Mandy said earlier, they were pelting the Jag players with water/beer bottles from the stands after the refs overturned a call that would've went in their favor.

Here's the TU's recollection of that unbelievable day:

Victory under fire

Published Monday, December 17, 2001

By Bart Hubbuch
Times-Union sports writer,

CLEVELAND -- Mark Brunell shook his head in disbelief.

Jimmy Smith compared it to storming the beach in the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan.

"The only difference was, we were dodging beer bottles instead of bullets," Smith said.

Those were just a few of the Jaguars' slack-jawed reactions to the chaotic final moments and surreal aftermath of their 15-10 victory over the Cleveland Browns yesterday at Cleveland Browns Stadium.

The announced crowd of 72,818 reacted angrily when an apparent reception by Cleveland's Quincy Morgan at the Jacksonville 9-yard line was overruled on instant replay by referee Terry McAulay.

Morgan's catch had come on fourth down with just 48 seconds left in the game and the Browns out of timeouts, so McAulay's call essentially sealed the Jaguars' victory.

But the decision enraged the thousands of fans in the "Dawg Pound" section and upper decks of the east end zone, and they responded by throwing hundreds of plastic beer and water bottles -- many of them full -- onto the field and at the Jaguars' bench.

After a delay of several minutes, with no end of the flying bottles in sight, McAulay declared the game over and sent the teams off the field. Fans pelted the Jaguars with bottles as they went up the stadium tunnel.

Then things got really interesting.

Jaguars coach Tom Coughlin was 10 minutes into his postgame news conference when McAulay summoned him with word that NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue had called personally with orders to play the game's final 48 seconds.

So with thousands of angry fans still in the stands and several players from both teams already showered and wearing business suits, the Jaguars and Browns came out to watch Brunell kneel twice to end the game.

"That was unbelievable," said Brunell, who was on his way to the shower when Tagliabue's order came. "I've never seen anything like that. Absolutely incredible...

http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/121701/jag_8110850.html

[Special K]

There are so many thousands of obnoxious NFL fans out there. Many that are down right rude. Some that are violent. It's ridiculous. I'm a girl, and I love football almost as much as the next guy. I have to say though, while there are many teams who get on the nerves of just about every other NFL fan, the Steelers win for me. Just by personal experiences. Most of them are the ones not actually from Pittsburgh. I have recently met many nice ones. But it just drives me nuts that i can never get away from the rude, violent, and obnoxious ones. No matter where I run.

[aaapolito]

Let me preface this with the fact that I am an avid Jags fan and I have a half-pack of tickets.

The most "obnoxious fans" in the NFL right now are the JAGS FANS!  Why?  Because the fans don't support their team.  How can you be more "obnoxious" than that?  I think it's pretty obnoxious that there people who call themselves "fans" but do not go to the games (save those who simply can't afford it).  So obnoxious that their reputation has gained national attention (see all articles regarding blackouts and failure to sell out stadium).  How bad is that?  A fan base can gain the title of most obnoxious fans without even going to the games.  At least all the abovementioned fans gained the reputation of being obnoxious in the stadium.

That being said, Jags fans can shed this moniker by going to the games and supporting the team.

I love the Jags and really enjoy going to the games.  The empty seats don't deter me from going or decrease my own gameday experience.  I just wish that more people shared my passion and the passion of other hardcore Jags fans.

GO JAGS!