Football games are only as exciting as the fans make them. That is a fact. The NFL wouldn’t be the juggernaut it is today if sports enthusiasts didn’t care so passionately about their respective teams.
There’s a reason home games often favor the local team. There’s something about playing a side in the heartland of their fan base that makes them that much harder to beat.
Of course, for all the strength that can be drawn from them, fan bases can have a debilitating impact on the efforts of a team, especially when their opinions on the future of that team take a negative turn.