Steve Smith drawing ire of Giants fans
Few things stir up the emotions of die-hard sports fans quite like a beloved player leaving his team to sign with a rival club. Steve Smith's finding out just how brutal the reaction to a move like that can be.
The four-year veteran of the Giants inked a one-year deal with New York's hated NFC East foe, Philadelphia. And that's quickly changed the opinions many Giants fans had about Smith.
Here's Smith's announcing his move to Philly on his Facebook page:
And here's just a small (safe for work) sampling of the mostly-incensed reaction. We've blurred out names and pictures to protect the commenters' identities:
There was the occasional voice of reason in the madness, though it's a pretty small group compared to the Giants fans spewing venom: