The Next Great Villains

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(01-25-2023, 12:31 AM)ochocincos Wrote: I like it, but I don't understand why Cincy would be labeled as villains.
Shouldn't people be rooting for the little guy, the small market teams?
Why would people root so hard for cities like Cleveland and Buffalo but not like Cincinnati?

You cease being the little guy and the underdog when you start winning consistently.  When you're beating other teams repeatedly their fans stop feeling bad.  When you're getting success and no one else is (at the same level, at least) people get jealous.  Villain is the natural progression, regardless of how any of us feel about the team.  

It's going to be a major mind shift for Cincy fans.  Read all the threads right now about people worried about what Eli posts, and KC being called Burrowhead.  Everyone wants to cling to the underdog narrative.  Low expectations, fly under the radar, David and Goliath.  But this team is changing.  Doesn't mean the fans need to become arrogant and entitled.  It doesn't mean we need our guys out there doing dances on opposing teams' logos.  But it does mean we're not going to see the Bengals held up as the feel-good story any more.  

If Buffalo or Cleveland get the same level of success, the same will happen to them.  It's just the way it goes being a winner.