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brdmaverick · Dec 28, 2015

Hi,

I was at the game yesterday (only my second road trip anywhere), so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. My brother and I went in our full Pats gear. I wasn't sure if we were just 'asking for trouble', but I wanted to be proud and root for my team.

I know that there is video circulating about Jets fans sucker punching and kicking Pats fans (which yes is despicable), but I wanted to circulate a differing story.

I sat in section 336 yesterday, and was actually surprised by how many Patriots fans went to the game. In fact, my section seemed to be more Patriots than Jets. There were even Patriot chants coming from my section throughout the game.

Of course, however, there were still plenty of Jets fans around, including the ones sitting around me. I will say that their behavior was better than expected. Sure, there was some good-natured back and forth throughout the game, but even they acknowledged that beating the Pats would be like beating a team that is just limping into the playoffs with all of their injuries. All in all there was good interaction, nothing was thrown in either direction, and there was some good conversation to be had. In fact, one of the Jets fans was telling me about how he went to the AFC Championship game in Pittsburgh in the early 2000's, just he and his dad. He said they went into the bathroom, were not causing any trouble, and 13 STeelers fans wouldn't let them out of the bathroom for like 20 minutes. (I'm not sure why they would want to do that considering that these fans would be missing the game too)...but then we got into our mutual dislike for Steeler fans.

The fans went on to say that they naturally hate us, but he respects Brady and Belichick b/c their is no way to just ignore their accomplishments. He said he hates the team in the same way that Boston fans hate the Yankees. it just comes with the territory when you win.

With yesterday essentially being a playoff game for the Jets I was absolutely shocked seeing all the Pats jerseys that I did.

So maybe some of the passionate, well educated football fans I met yesterday were part of the minority, but I'll say that I had a pleasant experience with them.

JetFan79 · Dec 28, 2015

brdmaverick said:
Hi,

I was at the game yesterday (only my second road trip anywhere), so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. My brother and I went in our full Pats gear. I wasn't sure if we were just 'asking for trouble', but I wanted to be proud and root for my team.

I know that there is video circulating about Jets fans sucker punching and kicking Pats fans (which yes is despicable), but I wanted to circulate a differing story.

I sat in section 336 yesterday, and was actually surprised by how many Patriots fans went to the game. In fact, my section seemed to be more Patriots than Jets. There were even Patriot chants coming from my section throughout the game.

Of course, however, there were still plenty of Jets fans around, including the ones sitting around me. I will say that their behavior was better than expected. Sure, there was some good-natured back and forth throughout the game, but even they acknowledged that beating the Pats would be like beating a team that is just limping into the playoffs with all of their injuries. All in all there was good interaction, nothing was thrown in either direction, and there was some good conversation to be had. In fact, one of the Jets fans was telling me about how he went to the AFC Championship game in Pittsburgh in the early 2000's, just he and his dad. He said they went into the bathroom, were not causing any trouble, and 13 STeelers fans wouldn't let them out of the bathroom for like 20 minutes. (I'm not sure why they would want to do that considering that these fans would be missing the game too)...but then we got into our mutual dislike for Steeler fans.

The fans went on to say that they naturally hate us, but he respects Brady and Belichick b/c their is no way to just ignore their accomplishments. He said he hates the team in the same way that Boston fans hate the Yankees. it just comes with the territory when you win.

With yesterday essentially being a playoff game for the Jets I was absolutely shocked seeing all the Pats jerseys that I did.

So maybe some of the passionate, well educated football fans I met yesterday were part of the minority, but I'll say that I had a pleasant experience with them.

Good to hear. Glad you enoyed yourself. Many here probably won't believe you though. They seem to think the place is horrible for opposing fans when I've noticed the opposite. I personally prefer to sit around some opposing fans to get their breakdown of things and to have fun going back-n-forth throughout the game.

Sure there will always be @ssholes wherever you go, but for the most part I've noticed opposing fans/families enjoying themselves.

Nikolai · Dec 28, 2015

I'd never go to an away game in Jersey, but it's good to hear. Whenever I've interacted with NJ fans at the Razor, it's always been a good back and forth. Some good-natured ribbing, but also good to hear some decent insight about the team that you don't get elsewhere.

People are a lot different in person when they don't have the anonymity of the internet to protect them.

BradyFTW! · Dec 28, 2015

brdmaverick said:
Hi,

I was at the game yesterday (only my second road trip anywhere), so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. My brother and I went in our full Pats gear. I wasn't sure if we were just 'asking for trouble', but I wanted to be proud and root for my team.

I know that there is video circulating about Jets fans sucker punching and kicking Pats fans (which yes is despicable), but I wanted to circulate a differing story.

I sat in section 336 yesterday, and was actually surprised by how many Patriots fans went to the game. In fact, my section seemed to be more Patriots than Jets. There were even Patriot chants coming from my section throughout the game.

Of course, however, there were still plenty of Jets fans around, including the ones sitting around me. I will say that their behavior was better than expected. Sure, there was some good-natured back and forth throughout the game, but even they acknowledged that beating the Pats would be like beating a team that is just limping into the playoffs with all of their injuries. All in all there was good interaction, nothing was thrown in either direction, and there was some good conversation to be had. In fact, one of the Jets fans was telling me about how he went to the AFC Championship game in Pittsburgh in the early 2000's, just he and his dad. He said they went into the bathroom, were not causing any trouble, and 13 STeelers fans wouldn't let them out of the bathroom for like 20 minutes. (I'm not sure why they would want to do that considering that these fans would be missing the game too)...but then we got into our mutual dislike for Steeler fans.

The fans went on to say that they naturally hate us, but he respects Brady and Belichick b/c their is no way to just ignore their accomplishments. He said he hates the team in the same way that Boston fans hate the Yankees. it just comes with the territory when you win.

With yesterday essentially being a playoff game for the Jets I was absolutely shocked seeing all the Pats jerseys that I did.

So maybe some of the passionate, well educated football fans I met yesterday were part of the minority, but I'll say that I had a pleasant experience with them.

Great post, important to remember that the majority of fans of any team are just normally people that happen to be born somewhere else. Easy to lose sight of that when our primary interaction with Jets fans here is ****ty low-effort trolls, but they're definitely not representative of any fanbase as a whole.

Gunnails · Dec 28, 2015

Good to hear you had a good experience BrdMaverick. Thanks for posting that.

zoostation · Dec 28, 2015

Just want to confirm it wasn't the Winnipeg Jets game you attended???

fgssand · Dec 28, 2015

We also attended (Signbabybrady) and two others.....in full pats gear. I was fortunate enough to sit in a club section, so, I'm sure we were shielded.

I did have some good natured fun with many jets fans, my highlight was hearing they guys right behind us exclaim " ****ing Brady did it again to us" after the 4th quarter comeback.

I had no issues except for one in the parking lot following the game that could have escalated if we chose to engage the idiots yelling Brady slurs at us - we kept walking and didn't look their way and they went back to their post game beers.

I think if you realize you are in enemy turf and be on your best behavior, most, if not all fans will be cool.

I did not find jets fans any worse than any others......they are long suffering and I remember all too well when it was that way for us. Take pity on them!

oldrover · Dec 28, 2015

Great post by the OP... and you could HEAR the Pats fans on TV. That part of the game was tremendous.

oldrover · Dec 28, 2015

And my wife's family is all Jets fans. They're very happy (and not jerks about it). Hey, if you'd gone as long as they have without a championship... which we as Pats fans almost DID from 1960 to 2001... you'd be happy too. Let's just make this their Super Bowl. We'll go for the other one.

BlueThunder · Dec 28, 2015

oldrover said:
And my wife's family is all Jets fans. They're very happy (and not jerks about it). Hey, if you'd gone as long as they have without a championship... which we as Pats fans almost DID from 1960 to 2001... you'd be happy too. Let's just make this their Super Bowl. We'll go for the REAL one.

Fixed it for you

Silver Blue&Red · Dec 28, 2015

brdmaverick said:
Hi,

I was at the game yesterday (only my second road trip anywhere), so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. My brother and I went in our full Pats gear. I wasn't sure if we were just 'asking for trouble', but I wanted to be proud and root for my team.

I know that there is video circulating about Jets fans sucker punching and kicking Pats fans (which yes is despicable), but I wanted to circulate a differing story.

I sat in section 336 yesterday, and was actually surprised by how many Patriots fans went to the game. In fact, my section seemed to be more Patriots than Jets. There were even Patriot chants coming from my section throughout the game. ..... I am already preparing for my week of Jest fans proclaiming their regular season SB victory.

Of course, however, there were still plenty of Jets fans around, including the ones sitting around me. I will say that their behavior was better than expected. Sure, there was some good-natured back and forth throughout the game, but even they acknowledged that beating the Pats would be like beating a team that is just limping into the playoffs with all of their injuries. All in all there was good interaction, nothing was thrown in either direction, and there was some good conversation to be had. In fact, one of the Jets fans was telling me about how he went to the AFC Championship game in Pittsburgh in the early 2000's, just he and his dad. He said they went into the bathroom, were not causing any trouble, and 13 STeelers fans wouldn't let them out of the bathroom for like 20 minutes. (I'm not sure why they would want to do that considering that these fans would be missing the game too)...but then we got into our mutual dislike for Steeler fans.

The fans went on to say that they naturally hate us, but he respects Brady and Belichick b/c their is no way to just ignore their accomplishments. He said he hates the team in the same way that Boston fans hate the Yankees. it just comes with the territory when you win.

With yesterday essentially being a playoff game for the Jets I was absolutely shocked seeing all the Pats jerseys that I did.

So maybe some of the passionate, well educated football fans I met yesterday were part of the minority, but I'll say that I had a pleasant experience with them.

It's good to hear you had good experience. I live in Jersey and have been to quite a few games there. I have had many bad run-ins. Without getting into any detail, I have been threatened, and witnessed other Pats fans being assaulted. I despise Jest fans and DO NOT attend anymore games there. Maybe you got lucky because the Rats were winning. IDK, but glad you had a pleasant day. .... I am already preparing for a week full of Jest fans proclaiming their regular season SB victory over the Mighty Pats.

VectorPrime · Dec 28, 2015

When Vollmer went down there was a concentrated effort by many Jets players to go over to him and wish him well.

This isn't the Rex Ryan Jets any more.

shmessy · Dec 28, 2015

I was in Section 202a with my family and can echo that we had no problems whatsoever. Some good natured ribbing no more no less. No one seemed too thrilled we were there but I can't blame them for that. It's not like we were shrinking violets.

Mike the Brit · Dec 29, 2015

Great to hear.

Still remember the very first Pats game I attended, they lost at home to Penny and the Jets in the rain. Of course, the Jets fans were happy, but it was all good-natured fun. One of them was wearing a Ty Law jersey (he'd taken the train to Kansas City by then) which I thought was pretty cool.

In other news, I was walking through the village in my Pats hat yesterday and someone yelled "There's a Pats fan!", so I got to meet three young Bostonians over here in Europe to ski.

PatsDeb · Dec 29, 2015

I've been to two Pats/Jets games, one at the old stadium, one at the new, both times in my Pats gear. Granted, both times the Jets were out of it and there were a lot of Pats fans at both games, but I never had any problems. In fact, last year at the new stadium the people working there could not have been nicer (but I suppose they are from New Jersey, not New York

).

brdmaverick · Dec 29, 2015

I should also mention that my brothers and I fall into the 18-35 age demographic which made us prime targets for any potential harrassment. The Jets fans around us were also males of the same 18-35 age group that made them prime suspects to be punks, but as already noted it was a cordial, pleasant experience.

TinhWoodhead · Dec 29, 2015

VectorPrime said:
When Vollmer went down there was a concentrated effort by many Jets players to go over to him and wish him well.

This isn't the Rex Ryan Jets any more.

ironically, its the two former pats player (ridley, thompkins) that were rubbing it to the pats

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