What if Scenario...?

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(12-21-2020, 08:56 PM)samhain Wrote: I doubt that I'd go out of my way to root for the Brown family franchise in another city, whatever unfortunate cursed town that may end up being.  

I doubt I could root for another team like I currently do the Bengals.  It really wouldn't mean much.  I mean, if the Bengals actually won a title or went deep into the playoffs, it would almost feel unreal at this point.  No other team would be that way for me after all I've seen happen with this one.  

I could favor some of the NFC North teams.  I guess the Bears are pretty cool.  The Vikings would be acceptable if Zimmer was still kicking around.  The Lions, sadly are most likely, since my in-laws are Lions fans.  I could sort-of see the Ratbirds being an option.  I hate them less that than Pittsburgh and Cleveland, and it might be fun to root for a team that has a chance to beat both of their asses twice a year, and maybe even the new Brown family outfit if they remained in-division.  

Oh well.  Hopefully it doesn't go down like that.  The best outcome would be the family leaving and getting another ownership group in Cincy, but that seems unlikely to impossible.

It would be almost all of this for me too. I liked the Bengals back when I was a kid due to their name, uniforms and my living in central and southwestern parts of Ohio.  I don't live anywhere near Ohio now, and if they moved I would be nearly as happy to be ridden of the misery of rooting for this incompetent ownership as I would be to watch them win a playoff game while still in Cincinnati. If they move I would probably root for the Ravens and in the NFC North the Packers. I might also try to stop watching the NFL altogether,  but still happily root for whoever's playing Pittsburgh if I happened to catch their game by accident.