NFL Power Rankings: Counting Down the NFL's Rudest Fanbases

Nothing says classy like a group of drunk, crass NFL fans.

For the past couple of days, I looked far and wide in trying to determine which NFL team has the rudest fans. I needed more than just stereotypes. I wanted stories.

Boy, I certainly wasn't let down. 

Now for you ultra-serious readers, let me get this out of the way: By rude, I mean anything from f-bomb dropping, to acting like you're at the club to referencing things so vulgar and insensitive it would make a priest even cringe. Secondly, I know the behavior of a small amount of idiots doesn't mean all the fans are like that, so save your quick-trigger comments down below.

Before we go any further, who do you think is No.1? Eagles fans? Jets fans? How about Raider fans?

You may be surprised. 

What you're about to read isn't for younger readers, or those easily offended, so proceed with caution. Much of this content is highly offensive.

Here are the 10 rudest fanbases in the NFL.

10. Minnesota Vikings

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NEW ORLEANS - JANUARY 24: A rear detail view of a fan of the Minnesota Vikings wearing a viking helmet with horns against the New Orleans Saints during the NFC Championship Game at the Louisiana Superdome on January 24, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (

I'm going through, seeing what catches my attention, when I come across this lovely little exchange from a few years back from Redskins fans who wish that the Vikings fans would just let it go. They wished that the Minnesota fans would stop with all the talk about Sean Taylor, who was shot in his Miami home by an intruder.

Taylor later died.

Then I come across this from an opposing fan venting about Vikings fans: "Any time I hear the fan of one team light another person's hair on fire just because that person's hair was dyed with the opposing team's colors, your whole fanbase will automatically lose 25 points."

Well done, Minnesota. Well done. 

9. Dallas Cowboys

Sure, the Cowboys already have the cage dancers, so this video isn't too shocking.

I just pity any father who was sitting nearby with his preteen son. Imagine how that conversation went when they got home.

I know this is just scratching the surface with Cowboys fans, but let's go ahead and stop with the lies that Jerry World is this completely wholesome, family-friendly place.

8. New York Giants

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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - DECEMBER 19: A fan of the New York Giants holds up a stuffed dog in a noose during the game against the Philadelphia Eagles at New Meadowlands Stadium on December 19, 2010 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty I

It's the kind of stuff that would make any parent proud, don't you think?

7. Buffalo Bills

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ORCHARD PARK, NY - DECEMBER 28: A fan shows his appreciation for Fred Jackson #22 of the Buffalo Bills after the New England Patriots defeated the Bills 13-0 at Ralph Wilson Stadium on December 28, 2008 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Rick Stewart/G

The story goes that after being banned from Monday night games for over a decade, the NFL finally changed its mind and allowed one for the first time in 13 years.

Buffalo couldn't handle it. By the end of the night, 60 were arrested, 100 were thrown out and 40 weren't even allowed in because they were so hammered. 

One lifelong Bills fan told the story three years ago about his annual trip to Ralph Wilson Stadium with other men in his family. All of them wore their Bills jerseys, but they wound up getting beer dumped on them and being harassed...by other Bills fans.

No reason. Just because, he said.

6. Baltimore Ravens

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BALTIMORE, MD - DECEMBER 05: A fan of the Baltimore Ravens cheers during the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at M&T Bank Stadium on December 5, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland. Pittsburgh won 13-10. (Photo by Larry French/Getty Images)

Teams come and go, and I realize the Baltimore Colts' move to Indianapolis caused some anger.

Some people learn coping skills. Let's not forget about this thing called maturity.

I guess it's a struggle for some, though. USA Today reported back in 2007 how the Colts came back to play the Ravens, and some Colts fans caught plenty of grief. One of them told about being booed and flipped off by 300 Ravens fans. That was the tame stuff. 

"One said, 'You left in a Mayflower, now you're going to leave in a hearse,''' Brett Butler said in a story, referring to the moving trucks that left in the middle of the night. "Another said, 'You know, the murder rate in Baltimore is not good.'''

Nothing like death threats to make people feel welcome.

5. Cleveland Browns

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DETROIT, MI - NOVEMBER 22: A Cleveland Browns fan looks on against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on November 22, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan. The Lions came from behind to defeat the Browns 38-37. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)

I get the feeling that Browns fans have a lot of pent-up rage and anger inside them.

This is the bunch who made headlines back in 2001 in the home season finale with Jacksonville. Officials overturned a last-minute call, which gave Jacksonville a 15-10 victory. Cleveland fans snapped and beer bottles rained down on the field, prompting a 30-minute delay.

That's nothing, though.

After last year's 26-20 overtime loss to the Jets, a father was walking out of the stadium with his eight-year-old son, who was sporting a Jets jersey (his dad was a native New Yorker). A drunk Browns fan came running up from behind and tackled the eight-year-old, leaving him crying.

4. New York Jets

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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - NOVEMBER 21: Ed Anzalone, alias Fireman Eddie, super fan of the New York Jets leads a cheer against the Houston Texans during their game on November21, 2010 at the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo b

Jets fans will probably try to brush off Gate D and tell you it's no big deal.

Gate D has become quite the place during halftime at Jets home games. A tradition began where Jets fans would gather around the curved ramp, shouting and hollering for females to show their breasts.

Then there was another tradition called "Da Money," where fans at Gate D would throw dollar bills down and let them float down below. When someone would see the money and bend down to get it, they would be showered with beer and food, dumped from high above.

It doesn't stop there.

I loved seeing one exchange on a message board between Jets fans, some of whom said they didn't see the problem with excessive vulgarity at games and who criticized the parents who brought their kids along.

Then came another story from a man who attended a Jets-Bears game back in 2006. The man tells of how Jets fans behind him were drunk, spitting tobacco all over the place and yelling obscenities, some directed at women.

At one point, the man overheard one of the fans turn to his buddy and yell: "Let's rape some Bears fans in the parking lot later."

3. Oakland Raiders

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SAN DIEGO, CA - DECEMBER 5: A fan of the Oakland Raiders looks on during their NFL game at Qualcomm Stadium on December 5, 2010 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images)

Yeah, Raiders fans, I'm cutting you some slack. When you see who's No. 1, you'll thank me and probably agree with my choice.

I did have a good laugh when I saw one fan describe Raiders fans as "criminally insane."

Then I read with interest as another fan detailed being at home games. Raiders fans made an opposing fan pee on the wall, f-bombed a father and his five-year-old son during an entire game and some fans took a sock full of loose change and used it to knock out a Broncos fan.

2. Philadelphia Eagles

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PHILADELPHIA - NOVEMBER 07: A fan of the Philadelphia Eagles cheers against the Indianapolis Colts on November 7, 2010 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Eagles defeated the Colts 26-24. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

You've gotta love fans who boo Santa, who cheer when Michael Irvin gets seriously injured and who slap other Eagles fans.

Then come other recent stories, like the one about Eagles fans who ran across a street to hit a local female who happened to be a Cowboys fan wearing a Tony Romo jersey. After this year's playoff loss to Green Bay, one Packers fan had his car vandalized.

Eagles fans were also the same ones that shouted, "Your kid's gonna die" to Joe Jurevicius in the 2002 NFC championship game. Jurevicius' son died 10 weeks later in 2003 after being born prematurely. 

1. Chicago Bears

Nope, that photo's not doctored.

Sorry, Chicago, but after that stunt back in 2007, you fall into the top spot on this list. It's no contest.

The New Orleans Saints finished 3-13 in 2005, the year Hurricane Katrina hit, but rebounded the following year and reached the NFC championship game in Chicago.

New Orleans lost the game, 39-14, but that was nothing compared to the taunts Saints fans endured. One insurance company manager who lost everything in the flooding described it to the Chicago Tribune as: "Crass. Violent. Below the belt. Classless."

Some of the lines overheard, according to the paper, included: "I didn't know we accepted FEMA checks," "You lost your city and you're a bunch of losers," "Didn't God send you a sign two years ago when he tried to wipe out your city?" and "You should have drowned."