05-08-2019, 01:19 PM
(05-08-2019, 01:06 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: It is an interesting case and I don't know there is just 1 simple answer. Some thoughts:
MB frequently shows up on lists of worst owners in sports too. Kind of like the Clippers...except they are in a much bigger market. That may be some of it.
Going the whole route of drafting and signing guys with red flags/suspensions/arrests hurt our perception and actually made us get labelled dirty. (When you and I both know the Steelers players are just as dirty.)
It is weird to some extent. We generally have good players at skill positions from Pickens to Dillon to Chad Johnson to AJ Green to Joe Mixon. Those guys should be super marketable.
I do think the Steelers overshadow us.
I've read that the Browns are very popular around America now. Puzzling. They won 0 games a couple years ago. Their uniforms and helmet are generic. I don't get it.
I'm pretty sure it's market size more than anything.