Eagles DE Jason Babin lashes out at fans for 'vile' chants

Babin was unimpressed with some fans (not necessarily these fans, however) during Sunday's game. (US Presswire)

Eagles defensive end Jason Babin's 2012 season has gotten off to a slow start. After 18 sacks a year ago, the nine-year veteran has just 2.5 sacks through seven games this season. Also not helping the overall morale of the fans in the City of Brotherly Love: the Eagles are 3-4 and have issues up and down the roster (and extending to the head coach).

Unfortunately, some Philly supporters have expressed their displeasure in a way that Babin doesn't approve. He spoke about it on Thursday.

“During the game, there was a good section of fans chanting some of the most vile things I've ever heard,” Babin said according to CBSSports.com's Kevin Noonan. “And not just at a football game, but in life, in general. Talking about attacking [coach Andy Reid], talking about people's wives and kids and chanting them. And I just thought there was no place for that in the NFL -- none whatsoever.”

Babin, who says he usually tunes out the catcalls from the stands, couldn't do it last week.

“If I could say just one of the things they were chanting, well, it's way past bad -- it's foul,'' he said. “I don't want to even repeat what I heard, it was that bad. And I've got a pretty high threshold for adult jokes.''

He also took to Twitter on Thursday to explain what it means to be a fan.

Part # 1: LOYALTY: loy·al·ty: noun, plural loy·al·ties: The state or quality of being loyal; faithfulness to commitments or obligations.

— Jason Babin (@BabinFanClub) October 30, 2012

Part # 2: There are 17 teams with the same record or worse than us. Thanks for being loyal fans.......We'll get it right.

— Jason Babin (@BabinFanClub) October 30, 2012

We only wish Babin had also tweeted this piece of timeless advice to unruly fans courtesy of former Bengals coach Sam Wyche.

The lesson, Philadelphia: don't be Cleveland. (This clip never stops being hilarious.)

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