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(04-06-2019, 05:21 PM)fredtoast Wrote: But that is just based on primacy bias.  If they had had their one seasn with a playoff win 10 years ago and were suffering through 8 straight losing season while the Bengals were playing meaningful games in playoff races almost every year then their opinion might be different.  People who claim making the playoffs and losing is as bad as going 4-12 never watched regular season games late in the year with the playoffs on the line.  I love all sorts of sports, but watching your favorite team playing meaningful games brings a tingle like nothing else.
 

If you look at the '15 Bengals before Dalton was injured they were doing better than the Rams this year.  And some people claim the '05 team was a legitimate championship contender.  I don't think they had enough defense to go all the way, but when that offense got hot no one could stop it.  So I say it is a littlle disingenuous to claim we have not had legitimate "light at the end of the tunnel"  We just never made it to the end of the tunnel.

We've had 3 straight losing seasons, so if the Rams were currently losing, I doubt it'd change their fans minds much. They'd still be losing, sans the SB memories. I say they'd probably still keep those memories. Think about it this way. We still look back fondly on the 1988 Super Bowl run over 30 years later. Do you think we'll look back at 2011-2015 with the same level of fondness in 30 years? Of course not. 

SB runs have a heavy weight.