The Green Bay Packer fans will be invading MetLife Stadium this Sunday in great numbers, giving the place a Lambeau-like feel. How many Packer fans will be in attendance is unknown but expect the place to have more visiting fans than usual.
Percentage of #Packers fans in attendance for Sunday's game vs #Giants
— John Fennelly (@John_Fennelly) November 30, 2019
There’s several reasons why there could be as many Packer fans as there are New York Giant fans in the building. First, the Giant fans are fed up with losing and many of them have put their tickets up for sale on the secondary market.
And who will be buying them? Packers fans from all over the country coming to New York for the holiday season. The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree gets lit up on Wednesday and what better a week to come to the New York area?
Packer fans traditionally travel well. This year they took over the L.A. Chargers’ facility, which was ripe for the taking. The MetLife takeover won’t be as dominant but it will be noticeable.
Yup, #Packers fans travel extremely well! pic.twitter.com/mZoLDuPSoJ
— Scott Grodsky (@ScottGrodsky) November 3, 2019
That will lead to Giants CEO John Mara to blow his top. There is nothing he hates more than meaningless December football in his stadium and this will be the third consecutive December where his Giants can do nothing but play spoiler.
The Giants, at 2-9, are likely to get drubbed by the 8-3 Packers in this game. That means the Giant fans will vacate the building in the fourth quarter leaving the Green Bay faithful to further make themselves at home.
If this is not an embarrassing signal to management that they need to upgrade their front office into a 21st centaur operation, nothing will.
The fans have little faith in general manager Dave Gettleman at the moment, especially after the nonsensical trade with the Jets for defensive lineman Leonard Williams. The fans are also fed up with the coaching staff, which has been getting schooled on a weekly basis this year.
This won’t be the most embarrassing pill to swallow, however. The hated Philadelphia Eagles are scheduled to come to MetLife in Week 17 and expect them to be playing for either the division title or a playoff berth. They’ll be bringing plenty of their fans with them, too, you can count on that.
This season has been an ugly one and it’s about to get uglier, if that’s even possible.
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