Milton Williams compares Eagles and Patriots fans and the stereotypes miss the mark
Milton Williams was at Super Bowl media day this week and somehow got dragged into the dumbest possible question. What’s the difference between Patriots fans and Eagles fans.
For context, as I’m sure the majority of you already know, is that Milton Williams is a former Eagle and currently plays for the New England Patriots. He’s literally wearing Patriots gear while answering the question. That alone should tell you how unserious the premise was.
Still, he played it diplomatically, even if the answer missed the mark.
Milton Williams said Patriots fans are more “passionate” but implied Eagles fans don’t care about consequences, even joking that Philly fans don’t care if they go to jail over football. Here’s the clip making the rounds.
Milton Williams on Patriot and Eagles fans:
“New England is probably more passionate. But Philly fans, they don’t care about nothing. They gonna do whatever. It’s even, but I feel like the Patriots fans don’t want to get in trouble. Philly fans don’t care about nothing. They don’t care if they go to jail or whatever.”
Milton Williams, tap the brakes brother.
I don’t like it, probably because I’ve spent close to two decades tailgating in South Philly. F2 Lot. Every Eagles home game. Regular season. Playoffs. Bad years. Great years. I’ve seen drunk people. I’ve seen loud people. I’ve seen idiots. What I haven’t seen is this mythical army of Eagles fans constantly getting hauled off to jail because they’re animals.
That narrative is lazy and it’s wrong. Playoffs against the 49ers this season, we had a whole group of Philly cops swing by the tailgate, grab food, hang out, and talk ball. No chaos. No arrests. No issues. I was absolutely obliterated and had a great time. So did they. That’s the reality far more often than the internet version of Eagles fandom.
The idea that Eagles fans “don’t care if they go to jail” is not only inaccurate, it’s weird that people think it’s some badge of honor. We don’t need to be feral to be passionate. You can love your team without acting like a lunatic. Most fans do exactly that every single Sunday.
Now, let me say something that will shock people. I actually like Boston sports fans. I like the city too. Always have. The real problem in the Northeast has never been Boston or Philadelphia. It’s New York City sitting right in between two places that historically did things the right way.
Quick history lesson…
Boston was occupied by the British early in the Revolutionary War, but they got the hell out on March 17, 1776. New York City was occupied starting September 15, 1776 and stayed under British control until November 25, 1783. Philadelphia was occupied later, from September 26, 1777 to June 18, 1778.
There were two long stretches where Boston and Philly were free while New York City stayed occupied. From March 1776 to September 1777, and again from June 1778 until the end of the war. New York was literally the Redcoat stronghold while Boston and Philly were doing revolutionary shit.
So yeah, New York has always been the problem child in the Northeast. That’s not me saying hug your nearest Boston fan, but historically, Philly and Boston have worked better together than apart.
I’ve been to Foxboro. I was there for the Deflategate AFC Championship game years ago. Went up to Boston for a Jim Norton show, stayed the weekend, grabbed last second tickets, and watched Tom Brady do Tom Brady things. Patriots fans were great. The setup was cool. The experience was awesome.
I genuinely wish Philly and Boston were linked up more in sports. Playing the Red Sox more. Seeing the Patriots more often. Those rivalries make the game better. There’s respect there, even when there’s hate.
As for Milton Williams, I get why he answered the way he did. Media day is a circus and nobody wants to get clipped for saying the wrong thing. But let’s kill the tired narrative that Eagles fans are lawless criminals who take pride in getting arrested. That’s nonsense.
We’re loud. We care. We travel. We show up. We don’t need to be animals to prove it.
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