Current public sentiment? (1 Viewer)

[RedStickBred]

What’s y’all’s sense of how the public is feeling right now about the NFL, NFCCG, and the Saints?

I spend way too much time reading comments/social media, and I feel like the majority feel the Saints were robbed, but there’s a vocal minority group calling the Saints crybabies. I’m up in Panthers country, and most people IRL have told me they feel we were robbed.

Just curious.

 

[football]

Honestly, I stay far away from any tabloids, "news media", tvs, commentary or whatever or whoever say anything beside coming here. None of it will make me feel any better. I just want training camp to come real soon.

 

[stumpwc]

Heard two strangers talking about the screw job while walking their dogs in Tarpon Springs, FL. Both said they have no interest in the game because it's a sham.

 

[Consigliere]

Used to be, NCAAF was fixed and NFL was relatively pure. Now the conventional wisdom has flipped.

 

[LonghornSaintsFan]

Heard two strangers talking about the screw job while walking their dogs in Tarpon Springs, FL. Both said they have no interest in the game because it's a sham.

Honestly that is a interesting take I know it is anecdotal evidence but still interesting all the same. The way this was handled imho is even worse. Look if the league not even Goodell but just the league made a public statement that they were wrong and messed up we will look into this and decide on changes, we will help the Saints franchise on how we see fit. I completely understand the Saints and their fans frustration. Just a statement like that would be satisfactory even though not much will come from it, people are calling this the worse blown call in sports history not just NFL with something like that you have to understand how badly that looks on a league.

 

[Saint Jack]

Used to be, NCAAF was fixed and NFL was relatively pure. Now the conventional wisdom has flipped.

The NCAA is far dirtier than the NFL.

 

[d3vanj]

I don't live in New Orleans, and nobody really cares. A few people have mentioned it in passing, but the narrative of "you got the ball first in OT and blew it" has taken over. Business as usual, everybody will be watching the Superbowl besides us. Most I know are even rooting for the Rams.

 

[OhioSaintsFan]

Great Lakes region (where most of the people I know live) are with us. They saw the call and know we got screwed. They see the NFL has lost the tiny shred of integrity.

Are they pounding the issue like we are? No, of course not. I'm trying to gently nudge them in the right direction.

Rumor has it a certain critical care nurse at OSU keeps the a header in the break room that encourages Roger to do something anatomically impossible.

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

I think most casual observers know we got screwed and think the whole thing is nuts.

Diehard fans of other teams are drawing upon memories of their own favorite blown call against their own team and don't want to hear it from us. Bad calls happen, quit whining, you had your chances, what about FAVRRERE!?, etc.

I think we are going to become the most hated fanbase (online) pretty soon.

I'm fine with that.

 

[stumpwc]

Now today, I am at a Disney hotel. Been here for 2 hours. 5 different people have all said what a screw job that was.

 

[keefresh2]

I just ate a pint of Blue Bell, ordered a clown shirt, and binge watched Bundy on Netflix. So I guess I'm not really paying much attention to public sentiment.

 

[BELOWSEALEVEL]

I have close friends who are---
Eagles
Redskins
Cowboys
Steelers
Ravens
Giants
Browns
Dolphins
Jets
None are watching....all texted me after
the nfc title screwjob. They all were
genuinely sorry and felt my anger.

 

[Grand Master BJC]

It's most definitely a mixed bag of reactions. There are most certainly going to be those NFL fans that will call us whiners, cry babies, and blast us whenever and wherever they can. The way I look at it, is from the national media representation. There are way more on the side of the Saints right now than on the side of the league trying to quiet our voices.

 

[Kamara Time in NO]

I was down at the barber shop yesterday. Some of the guys there know I'm a Saints fan. The overwhelming sentiment was that the Saints got screwed. One guy took the other side, saying the non call was bad but the Saints had their chances. He also followed up with the "missed" facemask should have given the Rams a first and goal so the two non calls balanced out. I tried to explain to him and the others in the room that the incidental facemask call was eliminated and therefore it wasn't a penalty. They weren't having it, so I gave up on that argument. All in all, still a feeling the Saints were screwed. None of the guys said they would skip the Super Bowl as a result of it though.

 

[HouseCall]

The NCAA is far dirtier than the NFL.

True, but the NCAA is up-front about it. They don't masquerade around as this group with honor and impeccable integrity like Goodell and the NFL does.
At least you know what you're getting with the NCAA and they are quite unapologetic about it. The NFL lies and then tries to act like you're the crazy one.