Despite the lack of Super Bowls, Philly is a football town. The Eagles are religion in the regions surrounded the 215 and The Linc on Sundays in the fall are a Thunderdome sanctuary. Our liturgy is a united one: Fuck the Cowboys, amirite?
With the NFL Draft at the Art Museum this past weekend, the city was in the national football spotlight. It was a chance for Eagles fans to spit shine their image, which gets a bad rap nationally despite the fact that other fan bases have way more violent raps. And, damn, did it rise to the occasion.
via the 700 Level:
Despite 250,000 united boos at Rodger Goodell, no one was arrested at the NFL Draft in Philly, according to Philly police. There weren’t even any Draft-related citations issued, despite the amount of beer-drinking done on the Parkway over the weekend.
The bar is now set high for the draft in Dallas next year.
Your move, Cowboys fans.
First thing I hear after arriving at the draft, some guy tells a cop someone needs to be arrested. For being a Cowboys fan. #Philly
— Brandon Lee Gowton (@BrandonGowton) April 27, 2017
@PhillyPolice Officer Hendricks playing the drums with @Eagles drum line! That's some serious talent right there @PPD12Dist pic.twitter.com/jsNNrOTZGA
— Troy Brown (@PPDTroyBrown) April 29, 2017
@PhillyPolice vs kids. I gave my ball to Officer Jesse Woodhouse. He threw with the kids for 2 hours. Much love to these men! #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/PF9ElTstf2
— Mike Sotolongo (@MikeSotolongo) April 29, 2017
Philly approves. ✅#EaglesDraft pic.twitter.com/BK2jkmaToQ
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) April 28, 2017
Philly: You absolutely KILLED it. Best draft experience ever. The standard has been set for every future draft city to try and match 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
— trey wingo (@wingoz) April 29, 2017