We Swear Because We Care: Detroit Lions Fans Named NFL’s Rudest

Detroit Lions fans have been crowned the rudest fanbase in the NFL—at least according to a new study from FlashPicks, which analyzed Reddit data and found that Lions fans let loose with more curse words than any other team. (Oh, @#$&.)

Apparently, our beloved Honolulu Blue and Silver supporters dropped a whopping 288 expletives in the last year. For context, our supposedly "more polite" NFC North rivals, the Green Bay Packers, only mustered a meager 158 curse words. But here's the thing: just because we curse doesn’t mean we’re rude—that’s just how we talk to each other in Michigan.

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Let’s set the record straight: cursing isn’t a sign of rudeness, it’s a sign of passion! Whether it's celebrating a touchdown or venting about a questionable ref call, we’re just expressing ourselves in a colorful way. Swearing is practically a love language here in the Mitten State, and if you’ve ever spent a Sunday at Ford Field, you’ll know it’s all in good fun. We’re not throwing punches or spilling beer (most of the time), we’re just using a few choice words to cheer on a team we’ve stuck with through thick and thin.

So, to call us the "rudest" fanbase based on a few extra curse words seems like a misunderstanding of Michigan culture. We’re just passionate about our Lions, and if that means a little cursing slips out, so be it. It’s all part of the charm—because in Detroit, we swear because we care.