Who is Switching Teams?

[Shake n Blake]

(01-04-2017, 02:16 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: I was in the same boat.

I liked watching the Cowboys, 49ers, and Packers in the 90's too. Some good games against each other.

The Cowboys pretty much owned everybody for awhile. They knocked the Packers out 3 straight years in Favre's early days. The 49ers got Deion with the sole intent of trying to stop the Cowboys. That's when they won Steve Young's only SB. Then the Cowboys turn right around and sign Deion themselves and won another one. It was an entertaining era for sure.

(01-04-2017, 02:20 PM)Wyche Wrote: Aw hell no man.....the fun teams to watch in the early 90s were the stifling Saints defense, and the "2 Legit to Quit" Falcons.  

Honorable mention to watching Buddy Ryan smacking o-coordinators on the Oilers' sidelines.

By the time I started paying attention, Buddy was on his way out with the Cardinals. I don't remember much about those Falcons, but I did get to see that Football Life episode that featured them. They definitely seemed like they would've been a fun team to watch.

(01-04-2017, 02:40 PM)masterpanthera_t Wrote: 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!

Agreed. I'm proud of the fact that I became a fan during the dark ages. We've been through all the lows and never got to see the glory years. Yet we're as die hard as anyone. The playoff thing is getting really damn old though.

(01-04-2017, 05:42 PM)Bengal Dude Wrote: I was a little kid in the Bay Area when the whole Montana to KC deal went down. That caused a lot of turmoil in the 49ers fan base and some migrated to KC because of Montana.

Young didn't win over that fan base til he finally got a ring. I mean, they essentially replaced the Tom Brady of that era with his backup. The crazy thing is, there was almost a Montana vs Young SB in '93, but both teams lost in the conference championship, and we got stuck with Cowboys vs Bills 2.0. Too bad because a Montana vs 49ers showdown would've been epic.