NFL: Patriots fan who was abused in viral video was concerned ‘about the narrative being switched’

New England Patriots fan Jerry Edmond has revealed that he kept his cool amid a torrent of abuse from a couple during his team’s loss to Las Vegas because he didn’t want it to ruin his first NFL game. nor allow ‘the narrative’ to be changed. .

Edmond went viral in a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday, following the Patriots’ painful and equally shocking 30-24 loss to the Raiders on Sunday.

As if the loss wasn’t painful enough, a viral video surfaced this week showing a woman verbally abusing Edmond as Raiders players and fans celebrated. The woman, who was wearing a Derek Carr T-shirt, repeatedly lunged into Edmond’s personal space, who remained stoic amid a barrage of abuse.

Edmond has since explained that her ‘husband’ was also involved in anti-social behaviour, before explaining how he managed to stay calm.

speaking to League of Justicethe Patriots fan said the man approached him as Bill Belichick’s team went up 24-17 with 3:43 remaining in the quarter.

Jerry Edmond (left and right) was abused during a Patriots-Raiders game in Las Vegas last Sunday

“I didn’t say anything crazy to anyone,” Edmond explained. ‘All I said was ‘That’s the Derek Carr, I know,’ and then his husband came over.

“When the Patriots scored, I yelled ‘yeah Raiders fans, I think it’s time to go home.’ And he comes over and he’s like, ‘Oh, so you’re talking to me?’

After Chandler Jones’ game-winning fumble recovery touchdown after time expired, the abuse worsened as seen on the tape.

“I just looked at it like, ‘You know what, I don’t want to get in trouble. I don’t want anything to happen here.'” In the video you hear me say “I don’t want any trouble.”

As he was repeatedly cursed at, Edmond was trying to come to terms with how his Patriots had wasted the game from a seemingly unmissable position and were choking the woman as a result.

“I wasn’t going to try to make a fool of myself and try to make a big scene and all that. I didn’t want to ruin anyone else’s night,” she said.

Known for his generosity, Robert Kraft reached out once again to help Patriots fan Jerry Edmond with pregame game tickets and field passes after taking abuse in a NE game at LV.

I didn’t want to ruin my night either. So at the end of the day, I came here to have fun in a game, I won’t let it ruin my experience.’

While Edmond was trying to enjoy the occasion, he had concerns if he responded, the optics would be drastically different.

‘[I was worried about] the narrative is being changed. If I did something, he suddenly turned to me, being like the bad guy in this situation. He obviously he is a woman,” he continued.

‘I will never put my hands on a woman. And I didn’t want anything to like, go around and around to make it look like I was the one irritating someone like that and doing anything to that extreme.

Jerry Edmond attended his first NFL game on Sunday and will see his second in NE on Saturday

Edmond, the fan in question, responded to a post about the abuse and confirmed that it was indeed him.

Acting with immense grace and patience has not gone unrewarded. Edmond received hundreds of compliments, game ticket offers and other measures, including New England owner Robert Kraft, who called Edmond personally on Wednesday: according to the Patriots website.

The League of Justice shared a voicemail from Kraft to Edmond, in which the billionaire called him to thank him for “representing our brand in a very elegant way” in “an environment that could have been very provocative.”

He offered Edmond the chance to attend the game against Cincinnati on Saturday and enjoy the experience with pregame field passes, a custom jersey and, of course, a setting more suited to watching this week’s New England game.

After the video was released on social media, a digital search was conducted to identify Edmond. Within two hours of the Tuesday post, he commented and confirmed himself as the victim.

No matter the view, last Sunday’s stunning loss to Las Vegas was painful for all of New England.

“I’d like to thank everyone for all the kind words,” Edmond began.

“I’m the Patriots fan in the video, my name is Jerry Edmond and that was my first NFL game.”

Now, thanks to his extraordinary grace, he will see his second match in just six days.

Edmond attended school at Central Connecticut State from 2016-2020 and was awarded a scholarship.

The Milton, CT. The native was on the track team and competed in the 400 and 500 meter races. He graduated from CCSU with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a minor in Biology.