Poll: Was It Wrong for Lions Fans to Boo Jared Goff?
The fans of the Detroit Lions are among the most passionate in the entire National Football League.
Outside of a handful of supporters who simply support everything the Lions do on and off the field and sit on their hands, Detroit's fans cheer loudly when the team is playing well and do not shy away from booing poor play.
Recently, quarterback Jared Goff has turned the football over six times in the past two games.
The veteran signal-caller followed a three interception performance against the Bears with a career-high three fumbles against the Packers.
As a result, fans at Ford Field have been increasingly booing the 29-year-old quarterback.
“That’s part of the game. That’s all good, but no, that doesn’t affect him or us or anything," Dan Campbell told reporters, after the Lions defeated the Bears. "We get it. So no, he was good. He never got frazzled, and honestly I don’t know if I’ve ever really seen him frazzled. He does a pretty good job of more than anything, I think he just wants to punch himself in the face sometimes. It’s more like it’s alright, he gets frustrated with himself because he – and things happen, they happen. And it was just one of those games a little bit off on a couple things."
Goff understands the passion level of Detroit's fanbase. This season, supporters have traveled to several road games and have forced opponents into several pre-snap penalties at Ford Field.
"They’re passionate and emotional. They win games for us here at home, they really do with how loud they are on defense and then how much energy we feel from them after we score, a big play, all that stuff. It’s so important," Goff recently said. "I understand their passion, and feel their pain at times and I appreciate them for being as passionate as they are.”
Goff explained to reporters he likes to approach turnovers on an individual basis to try and decipher what contributed to errors out on the field.
“No rhyme or reason,” Goff explained about his fumbles postgame, following the Lions' loss on Thanksgiving. “I tend to look at them individually and see what I could have done better and sometimes there’s an answer and sometimes there isn’t. But overall, yeah, it’s my job to take care of the football and I have to do a good job of it.”
Was it wrong to boo a player that has helped the organization win a significant amount of games the past 12 months?
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