Losses will, of course, always suck. It was cool to see behind the scenes and what goes on during commercial breaks (you mean everyone doesn’t just stop and pull out their phones until commercial breaks are over?) And to see some of the flair, even if it was Broncos themed. The atmosphere of it all, etc etc.
What I didn’t expect (and maybe should have; mob mentality and all) is how the fans act behind the scenes. The hit on DTR that laid him out drew a flag, and the fans were pretty livid. Don’t agree with the call? Okay, sure, yeah, whatever. It happens. But then when he finally gets up and walks off the field, fans were booing. They were upset that he evidently “wasn’t injured enough”… Seriously? And then later when Cooper took that heavy hit, they were cheering on with shouts of “yeah, take that asshole out!” And “let’s take Garrett out at the knees too!”
I had a teaching moment with my 8 year old son, having to explain to him that it’s not okay to wish injury or harm to anyone regardless of what team they play for.
I’m guessing this is a thing for most home crowds? I want to give people the benefit of the doubt but damn man, I think I’ll stay home and cheer from my couch rather than pay hundreds to hear people be downright awful.
TL;DR - Don’t wish or celebrate injury on anyone, players are people too.
Broncos fan here, we just continued to boo the refs because even if your sitting in the 500s it was a terrible call. Nobody wishes pertinent injury on these guys to who go out it all out on the line for our entertainment. You said it yourself you went to an NFL football game with 60,000 drunk people wearing the opposing teams jersey. I was respectful towards others but the place I grew up in had a bunch of people barking like dogs and a girl come up to me and physically say fuck the Broncos, so how are we always fans supposed to get along? you’re not it’s just part of the camaraderie. don’t get into a fight, don’t disrespect anybody and if you can do all that without tossing curse words and being an ass then your the winner, but if you don’t have tough skin to sit through a game when it doesn’t go your way I would highly recommend never going back to Cleveland to watch one.
Ain’t about tough skin in this one, and it wasn’t just booing refs either. These were renewed boos and jeers and literal shouts of “He can still walk? That’s bullshit!” and “Hit him again!” AFTER the boos from the penalty call and only AFTER our guy was able to get up and walk off the field.
The Broncos fan sitting next to me was just fine. We jawed, gave each other’s team shit, and overall had a good experience watching the game as opposing fans, despite us getting rocked pretty good.
As a Browns fan, I’m no stranger to suffering through losses. On to the next one! But these were calls for injury. I’m sure it happens all over, and your stadium isn’t the only one, but consider it a call to be better. That goes for us, too.