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<\/a><\/p>\n#1 Los Angeles Chargers (81.8\/100)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chargers\u00a0fans\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0just leave everything on the\u00a0field,\u00a0they leave it in their wallets too. Ranking\u00a01st\u00a0overall, they\u00a0spend\u00a0an average\u00a0of $18.73\u00a0to get\u00a0back on their feet\u00a0the day after. While that may seem insignificant\u00a0at the moment,\u00a0that adds up to\u00a0an estimate\u00a0$230\u00a0on Monday\u00a0morning\u00a0recovery alone\u00a0across an entire regular season\u00a0(based on the average number of games Chargers fans watch).\u00a0<\/p>\n
It\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0just stop with their bank account.\u00a0Almost half (45.5%)\u00a0admit NFL Sundays have spilled over into their workday,\u00a0while\u00a0nearly\u00a01\u00a0in 5 (18.2%)\u00a0have taken a PTO day afterwards. Their most common\u00a0recovery habits include\u00a0ordering in\u00a0breakfast (45.5%), buying extra coffee (36.4%),\u00a0and\u00a0being late to work (36%).\u00a0<\/p>\n
#2 Cleveland Browns\u00a0(67.9\/100)\u00a0<\/p>\n
For Browns fans, the Monday blues hit a little harder. Ranking\u00a02nd, Browns fans know that recovering from game day can sometimes feel like a full-time job. On average, they spend $6.96 on Monday morning recovery after football Sundays, adding up to an estimated $90.50 per regular season.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The emotional rollercoaster\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0end there though. 1 in 3 (33.3%) Browns fans say NFL Sundays have disrupted their workday, while more than 1 in 4 (26.7%) admit to taking PTO to recover. Their go-to recovery tactics include ordering breakfast (40%), buying an energy drink\u00a0(33.3%), and arriving late to work (33%).\u00a0<\/p>\n
#3\u00a0Miami Dolphins (65.9\/100)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Life may be better at the beach, but Dolphins fans are proving Mondays can still be a wipeout. Ranking 3rd\u00a0overall, Dolphins fans\u00a0have proven that the effects end long after the clock hits zero.\u00a0<\/p>\n
45.8% say an NFL Sunday has interrupted their workday, which is the highest rate of any fanbase in the league.\u00a0They\u2019re\u00a0also the most likely to take a Monday off, with 29.2% admitting\u00a0they\u2019ve\u00a0used PTO after game day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
How do they cope?\u00a0You\u2019ll\u00a0most likely find\u00a0Dolphins fans buying extra coffee (45.8%), arriving late to work (29.2%)\u00a0or ordering breakfast in or to-go (29%). It seems for Dolphins fans, recovering Sunday is\u00a0almost a\u00a0Monday ritual.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fans who spend the most on Monday recovery over a season\u00a0<\/p>\n
The final whistle is just the start of the bill.\u00a0Whether\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a double-shot latte, or a much-needed greasy McDonalds hashbrown\u00a0to survive the workday, those post-game recovery expenses soon add up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
To estimate each fanbase\u2019s season-long recovery bill, we combined their average Monday recover spend after each game with the average number of games they watch per regular season.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Los Angeles Chargers fans\u00a0are paying the steepest price, spending an estimated $230 on Monday morning\u00a0recovery\u00a0over the course of a season.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0about an average of $18.73 after every game they watch \u2013 the highest of any fanbase.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Atlanta Falcons fans\u00a0finish\u00a02nd\u00a0with an estimated $129, followed by the Denver Broncos ($119), Seattle Seahawks ($106), and Cleveland Browns ($90).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fans whose workday takes the biggest hit\u00a0<\/p>\n
For some, Monday\u00a0morning\u00a0can feel like overtime. Whether\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0hitting snooze one too many times, running late to the office, or deciding a PTO day is the best game\u00a0plan,\u00a0football Sundays are leaving a mark beyond the\u00a0final whistle.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
We ranked fanbases by the percentage of fans who said an NFL Sunday had affected their\u00a0workday;\u00a0whether that meant arriving or starting work late, working from home because of a late night, calling in sick, or taking PTO.\u00a0Turns out, about\u00a01 in 6 fans\u00a0have\u00a0taken PTO\u00a0after an NFL Sunday. With NFL regular-season games attracting an average audience of 18.7 million viewers, this equates to more than 3 million fans possibly taking PTO after an NFL Sunday. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Miami Dolphins\u00a0ranks\u00a01st, with 45.8% admitting game day\u00a0has disrupted\u00a0their workday.\u00a0They\u2019re\u00a0also the\u00a0most likely fanbase\u00a0to buy\u00a0an extra\u00a0coffee (45.8%); while almost 1 in 3 (29.2%) admit to taking PTO\u00a0after a football Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Close behind are the Los Angeles Chargers fans (45.5%). More than a third (36.4%) admit to arriving late to work and\u00a0over a quarter (27.3%) have slept through their alarm.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans rank 3rd\u00a0overall (36.4%)\u00a0and\u00a0the NFL\u2019s most likely to arrive late to work (40.9%) fanbase.\u00a0The Cleveland Browns fans follow in 4th\u00a0(33.3%) with the San Francisco 49ers fans in 5th\u00a0place (26.8%).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
An average NFL fan\u2019s Monday morning, according to the numbers\u00a0<\/p>\n
Across all 2,004 football fans surveyed, the typical\u00a0supporter\u00a0spends\u00a0$39.97 on food and drinks during game day, followed by another $5.33 on Monday morning recovery. Over the course of a regular season, that works out to an estimated $90.61\u00a0spent on\u00a0recovery alone for fans who watch every game.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
But it\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0just stop at the wallet. The average fan rates their Monday morning tiredness at 2.5 out of 5, while 1 in 5 fans (20.5%) admit football Sunday have disrupted their workday. Around 1 in 6\u00a0(16%) have even taken a PTO day after game day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
In terms of bouncing back, buying an extra coffee (32%) is the go-to recovery move, followed by reaching for an energy drink (28.8%), and ordering breakfast instead of cooking (28.1%). Some even take painkillers (17.3%) or cancel morning plans (13%).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Conclusion<\/p>\n
They say football is the game of inches, but for plenty of fans,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0also a game of\u00a0coffees, breakfast\u00a0runs\u00a0and Monday morning survival. As another NFL season gets underway, just remember that the toughest battle of the week might not be on the field; it could be making it through Monday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Methodology<\/p>\n
In August 2026, we surveyed 2,004 NFL fans across the nation to explore how game-day habits impact Monday mornings. The survey measured the following:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Average number of regular-season games watched\u00a0<\/p>\n
Average spending on food and drinks during a typical NFL Sunday\u00a0<\/p>\n
Average Monday recovery spending (including\u00a0coffee, breakfast, takeout, energy drinks, and hangover remedies)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Monday morning tiredness and workplace productivity\u00a0<\/p>\n
Work disruption (including arriving late to work, working from home because of a late night, calling in sick and taking PTO)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Common recovery behaviors (including extra coffee, ordering breakfast, taking painkillers, etc.)\u00a0<\/p>\n
To create the index, we combined five key metrics:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Monday recover spending\u00a0<\/p>\n
Monday morning tiredness\u00a0<\/p>\n
Work disruption\u00a0<\/p>\n
Monday productivity\u00a0<\/p>\n
Recovery behaviors\u00a0<\/p>\n
Each metric was normalized to a common scale,\u00a0then\u00a0weighted.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Estimated season-long recovery costs were calculated by multiplying each fanbase\u2019s average Monday recovery spend by the average number of regular-season games its\u00a0fans\u00a0reported watching.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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