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Ok so now who you pulling for in the playoffs?

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14 minutes ago, jopie87 said:

I just hope all the teams have no fun and every fan base is as miserable as I was last night. Rant incoming.

Broncos - no, its always fug the Broncos after the travesty a decade ago. Their head coach looks like the type that would stab his best friend to move up one place in line at Arby's and their QB is a dollar general knock off who only got a run in college because he was a super senior attached to a "having fun again meme."

Texans -  no, dont want to see the qb i wanted raising a trophy to end the year. No, I don't want a franchise younger than us winning. And I seem to remember a last second victory a few years ago that set up the rube goldberg device from hell that led to the creation of the best Bears team since TV's had 6 channels and the remote control was the youngest kid being yelled at to turn the dial.

Patriots - no, that franchise has won enough this century, they get no more. A local kid who grew up loving Cam holding the Lombardi in a patriots jersey. I just had convulsions and threw up a little even writing that. 

Jaguars - no, the expansion brother cant win one before us, especially when we both picked an apple off the same tree to be a head coach. The dork who started his first press conference with the most awkward "Duuuuuuuvalll" in the history of man cant win. The best thing about the Jaguars and the only good thing they should.ever have is Jason Mendoza from the good place. May every season end in a Blake Bortles fashion until the eventual heat death of the universe.

Steelers - if they win, its because the NFL gifted them a retirement tour (see Manning, P). One of the first super bowls that I have memories of is the one where the Steelers QB threw so many balls at Cowboys that Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhal started blushing. And if they go on a run then they're going to start playing that awful black and yellow song again and my ears haven't recovered from the last time.

Buffalo - Panthers north deserve the same agony as us. Stole our coach, a young front office star, and then ran a "what if Cam...but with 96% less personality and 25% of the talent" style offense. Its like looking at a fun house mirror version of ourselves but instead of being vilified by the league, the NFL goes out of their way to make sure things are teed up perfectly for Josh. Also, their fan base got all teary eyed because they are getting a new stadium, when the only thing their current one was good for was snowball fights and late game collapses. They get no happiness. Only another long, cold, dark winter.

Chargers - Justin Herbert was one pick away in 2020 and their head coach ran away from the college game because he was a bigger cheater than the early 2000's Patriots. Their stadium only has people in it because locals buy season tickets and then sell them to the fans of the visiting team for 3x the face value. That team abandoned San Diego just to be the 9th most popular team in the city, right after the UCLA boys water polo.team. If a team wins a super bowl, and there are no fans making a sound...did they actually win?

Eagles - I dont think the world will survive that fan base if the team succeeds again. That fanbase is like the mutant offspring of a Falcons, Saints, and Bucs mass reproduction event. Take everything you hate about the NFC south and shove it into one body and you have a typical Eagles fan. Jalen Hurts being in the conversation of beat dual threat QB because hes racked up 79 touchdowns by lining up under center and then being rammed from behind by three dudes as hard as they can is a travesty. 

49ers - CMC wanted out. He ran from a team with the motto of keep pounding because he thought he was too good for the grind. Breaks a finger nail in Carolina and hes on the sideline pedaling a stationaty bike for six weeks. Gets to SF and can handle being 80% of their offense. He should never see the ultimate success and if they make the superbowl he is destined to fumble or make a key mistake every time. Also, the team missed BAD on a first round QB trade up and not only survived but thrived. That amount of luck has used up every 4 leaf clover in the silicon Valley.

Rams - cant have the team win the super bowl that barely survived the bank. Stafford has his ring, he doesn't need another. And its pointless to have a team win when they have a total of 8 fans and wouldn't have home field advantage if they played the game in Puka's own backyard.

Bears - absolutely fuging no. Sweet hell, I dont think we can handle hearing about how we gifted them their core. DJ should have been here for life. That trade was indefensible and if our dumbass GM and owner gifted them their first superbowl team since VHS tapes were seen as a magical technology, I may need to change my favorite sport to curling. 

Seahawks - The jets gave up on Darnold. The Panthers gave up on Darnold. The Vikings gave up on Darnold. And then he wins a ring...no. just no. If you ever make a mistake, and its the same mistake the Jets and Vikings made, your franchise should be on the brink of being relegated to the XFL, USFL, or whatever L they are calling the spring league this year. May this season and every season for the Seahawks end the same way. A goal line interception when they could've ran it in. The 12's deserve to be miserable forever.

 

TLDR: No one deserves to be happy when we were 30 seconds away from playing another week. Let every game end in heartbreak for the next month.

 

It sounds like you will happiest not watching any more games this year. See you next summer!

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1 hour ago, electro's horse said:

Bears Texans Super Bowl because I want bryce stans to be as shamed as possible. 

You will be lumped together with them ("Bryce stans"), by Bears and Texans fans no matter your own opinion. So why give them some success.

I hope all other QBs except our future QB pick, busts.

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16 minutes ago, jopie87 said:

Mostly just having fun lol. I like football when I don't care who wins.

Only teams I legit would root against is the Bears and Steelers.  

I don’t like their QBs.  Or Ben Johnson. 

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2 hours ago, UnluckyforSome said:

Jacksonville is my geographical B team. 

Chargers were my darkhorse pick to do something.

If Josh Allen and the Bills are going to win the Superbowl, as everyone has noted, there is no Mahomes, Burrow or Jackson in his way this year. Unfortunately this is probably the worst of the recent Bills playoff teams. I wouldn't necessarily hate them winning it all, but I do question if they are good enough this year. 

Should be a good rest of the playoffs.

Bills defense isn't up to snuff.. can't stop the run at all.  I like Allen, but don't think they are going to make it. Jags are looking good and they came into the league with us. Good offense and defense. Jags for the win 

 

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Steelers because that was my team before my hometown got one.

49ers because they were my NFC favorites starting with Montana/Rice.

As for the Jags, 💩 on them.  No way I want to see fellow expansion jags win one.  Ever...much less before we do.

Don't care about any other teams one way or another.

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