01-20-2025, 12:57 PM
(01-20-2025, 12:30 PM)Nately120 Wrote: I get that, I've half cared about the Chicago Bears as an NFC team for decades too...my friend who is a Packers/Steelers fan had a better time of things for a while there for sure.
I'm not sure I'm cursing the darkness so much as finding it interesting the way people react to dynasties now. Not too long ago the Chiefs were a franchise with 0 SB appearance since the 60s who hadn't done anything and were a change of pace from the Brady/Belichick dominance, and now they're enemy #1. Could that happen if the Lions or Bills go on a run? I assume so. Picturing Dan Campbell acting like a horse's ass in the same insurance commercial that plays 20 times per game can and will send people over the edge.
I think dynasties are looked at differently in this age of oversaturation and 24/7 coverage and bombardment. I say this as someone who was a kid in the 90s but was rooting for the Suns or the Jazz or ANYONE while it seemed like everyone else absolutely loved Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls winning 6 titles in 8 years.
So yea, it's odd that I went from being someone who was more likely to root against the team that wins too much to finding it amusing that it's mainstream to spent the past 25 years agonizing over the Patriots and Chiefs winning. Keep in mind even as a kid I half jokingly rooted for the Coyote to catch the Roadrunner, for the guy with the Iraqi flag to beat Hulk Hogan and for the Bengals (I'm from outside of Pittsburgh) to beat the Steelers.
Hot take, the Commanders are about 2 more good seasons away from people accusing the NFL for being rigged for them so they can shove their "woke agenda" down our throats because they want them to win now that they changed their name.
Sure, this infatuation period for Detroit may be fleeting. I certainly hope it is. May they and the Bengals soon be the most hated teams in America. May people across this country tear their hair out when Dan and Zac's commercials are everywhere. That's when you know you've arrived.
I too was a W. E. Coyote fan. I also wanted Tom to catch Jerry. Much more fun that way.
This season's end was a double whammy for me, with the ultimate fates of Cincinnati and Detroit. I was left with hoping Pittsburgh, Baltimore and KC get bounced, and little else to care about after that. That sucks, in spades.
