No surprise here: Cowboys fans rank No. 1 among the NFL’s sorest losers, survey shows
As we learned once again in Sunday’s NFC and AFC championship games, for every winner there is a loser. That goes for teams — and their players, coaches and fans.
Matt Stafford, who will be going to his first Super Bowl, came out a winner in the Rams’ come-from-behind victory over the 49ers.
Fans in Kansas City, however, are feeling the gut-wrenching pain of a loss, after their Chiefs blew a 21-3 lead to the Bengals.
Losing hurts, especially if you forget that it’s just a game.
Just ask Dallas Cowboys fans.
In a completely unscientific survey conducted by betting website USBets, more than 2,000 NFL fans were polled about which fan base they believe take losses the hardest (and sometimes to the extreme).
Cowboys fans rocking that No. 1 spot
Considering it was 1996 when the Cowboys last won a Super Bowl, should people be surprised that their fans own the No.1 spot?
Of course not.
Fans were spoiled during the runs made by championship teams with Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin.
And they still expect that level of excellence.
Perhaps that explains why some fans were throwing trash at officials after the Cowboys loss to the 49ers in a wild-card playoff game a couple of weeks ago.
Are we going to bring up the crying fan to sum up this point? Why yes, yes we are.
Following the Cowboys are the New England Patriots and rival Philadelphia Eagles.
How fans physically react to their team losing was also surveyed, with 66 percent going to folks spraying down hand violence all over inanimate objects in their own home.
Petty quarterbacks and coaches
It’s not just fans who announce they’re taking their toys out of the sandbox and marching home — the pros have been there and done that too.
The soon to be retired — or will he change his mind? — Tom Brady nabs the No. 1 spot with quarterbacks. Not shocking considering we’ve seen Brady lose his marbles on the sidelines, the most recent outburst involving the demise of an innocent Microsoft tablet.
Aaron Rodgers, and nothing more need be said, came in at No. 2.
Cowboys QB Dak Prescott came in at No. 3, which may be surprising to some people considering his likability off the field. Though, after Prescott was asked about fans throwing trash at the officials following the loss to the 49ers, he gave this sore response.
Prescott later apologized for the post-game comments.
And who would have guessed Patriot head coach Bill Belichick would win top honors in the sorest coach division? Everyone. Everyone did. Or a least people who were surveyed.
According to USBets, survey respondents were evenly split between male and female, with the average age being 38 years old.
This story was originally published January 31, 2022 at 5:27 PM with the headline "No surprise here: Cowboys fans rank No. 1 among the NFL’s sorest losers, survey shows."