Four consecutive years

[Shake n Blake]

(10-16-2017, 03:48 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: The telling thing is we've had 5 playoff wins in 50 years and NONE since modern free agency. The Steelers have appeared in 16 AFC Championship games.

The way we do things here is not normal. No other teams shun free agency. No other teams tout compensatory picks like they are gold. Other teams have scouts.

When will the rest of the fans wake up? Instead they come up with conspiracies where the league wants the Steelers and Patriots to win. And talk about bad luck.

Hmmm...seems to me like the teams that invest resources into winning and that are well managed generally win.

I think some people just choose to live in willful ignorance. I just can't believe anyone is dumb enough to look at all the facts and still actually believe in the "Bengals way". They just want to be happy and excited about the team, so they choose to shut out the negative facts and hype unproven draft picks as if we're one big "hit" away.

I can't hate these people for feeling that way. It's how they choose to be a fan. It can be frustrating when they refuse to listen to reason though.   

That said, even homers have their moments of frustration where they'll admit that there's major issues with this franchise, but a week later they're usually back to rainbows and unicorns.