PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The City of Brotherly Love turned a boring event into an entertaining show.
About 100,000 vocal fans gave everyone what they wanted and expected from Philadelphia: Boos!
Tired of hearing about tossing snowballs at Santa Claus 49 years ago or how they cheered Michael Irvin’s career-ending injury in 1999, Philly fans let everyone have it during the second and third rounds of the NFL draft Friday night.
They booed NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, of course, whenever he popped on stage. They jeered Cincinnati’s selection of Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon and even Cleveland’s pick of Notre Dame quarterback DeShone Kizer.
But former Cowboys receiver Drew Pearson stole the show and earned the loudest boos of all.