01-04-2017, 02:40 PM
(01-04-2017, 02:14 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: It's probably blasphemy to older fans on here, but I loved watching Montana and Marcus Allen with the Chiefs. Derrick Thomas and Neil Smith too. Once Montana retired I still kept tabs on the Chiefs for a couple years, but the Bengals took over as my primary team. Fwiw, I loved watching Barry too. I guess everyone did.
The problem with being a Bengals fan in that era is that they were hard to catch on national TV, and even locally most home games were blacked out. I guess that's why I tried to watch some Cowboys games, because they were on every week.
With some due respect to the older fans, I don't really owe other fans anything. Considering my Bengals fandom started around 1995, I'm one of the small number of Bengals fans to have never experienced a Bengals playoff win live. I've still stayed a fan even though I don't live in Ohio anymore and live very close to another city with a Super bowl winning franchise. Not to mention, when the Bengals were getting blacked out, I would still listen to their games on the radio. Like I said before, if the Bengals ever do win the Super, I will seriously consider quitting watching football, as the time investment and other energies directed probably will not be worth it after that payoff! Shoot, all I'm asking for right now is a freaking playoff win. I'll worry about Super later. Being attached to the longest playoff win drought in the NFL is draining.
I do believe the franchise is very close to getting there!