BayRaider Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I think the funnest team to win with is a good QB and good Defense. I don’t really care about having a star studded offense like GSOT or the Modern Day Chiefs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalixar Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 (edited) I would take one SB win with moderate or better success for most of the seasons than mostly sucking and 2 or mayyybe even 3 (although 3 definitely may change up my thinking) SB's in one year wonders. It's easy to say in hindsight you'd take those 2 or 3, but at least if you are in the mix you always have a chance. Also, you have to actually live through the terrible seasons. As a Cardinals fan (and others) that used to be really all we know before we got a suckle of the playoff teet relatively recently (and have also sunk to the bottom a few times in between), the season is far more fun when your team is at least competitive and in it every season. At this point, one SB would be great for our franchise. At least with others, it's like their 2nd, or 3rd, or 4th, so it's cool and all, but yeah, 1 + sustained success is definitely a better trade off as a Cardinals fan. Some fans just arn't used to terrible seasons year after year, so they have no idea what it's really like and probably brush that part off to get the SB wins (or if they do, it was decades ago). You know what teams I am talking about. Edited February 14, 2021 by Zalixar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancerman Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Tampa. My team was in the playoffs all but one year from 05-13 and I would have taken a ring over that easily. You watch for the chance to win a title 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugger Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 On 2/12/2021 at 3:46 PM, DirtyDez said: I’d rather the season end in heartbreak than irrelevance. As a "seasoned" Packers fan I was around when we were truly irrelevant from 1968 - 1991. Even tho we 'only' won 2 SBs these past 29 years have been a hell of lot more fun than the Dark Ages after Lombardi. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notthatbluestuff Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 4 hours ago, lancerman said: Tampa. My team was in the playoffs all but one year from 05-13 and I would have taken a ring over that easily. You watch for the chance to win a title You also watch to have fun. You're saying one SB and many many more seasons of sucking is more fun than being a contender and having a great team every year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMcC2018 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 I mean it has to be Tampa Bay right? 2 Super Bowl victories and not really any pain to go with it. Whereas Green Bay has just the one victory and frequent, heartbreaking pain across this era. Of course if the question back in 2000 had been would you rather: 1. Replace your current HoF quarterback with another HoF QB and have a team which post winning records every year and regularly competes in the playoffs/conference championships/Super Bowl? 2. Have a team that is generally pretty bad but once a decade puts together a great roster to compete? The answer is obviously A, but having had it all play out who cares about competing each year? Sports is ultimately all about winning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightime Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 40 minutes ago, JonMcC2018 said: I mean it has to be Tampa Bay right? 2 Super Bowl victories and not really any pain to go with it. Whereas Green Bay has just the one victory and frequent, heartbreaking pain across this era. Of course if the question back in 2000 had been would you rather: 1. Replace your current HoF quarterback with another HoF QB and have a team which post winning records every year and regularly competes in the playoffs/conference championships/Super Bowl? 2. Have a team that is generally pretty bad but once a decade puts together a great roster to compete? The answer is obviously A, but having had it all play out who cares about competing each year? Sports is ultimately all about winning. Missing the playoffs and going 3-13 every year may not be heartbreaking, but I’d define it as painful for a fanbase. Bucs heartbreak was in 2010 and those other years where they collapsed before missing the playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbuff Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 6 hours ago, lancerman said: Tampa. My team was in the playoffs all but one year from 05-13 and I would have taken a ring over that easily. You watch for the chance to win a title This is a little contradictory, because the Bucs didn't have a chance to win a title 95% of the time frame given, while the other teams did. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishovertheborder Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 I think for me at least, it isn't so much about results as watching entertaining games. I think if you're bored every week, I'm not sure you'd want to keep watching even if your team is winning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJG Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, lancerman said: Tampa. My team was in the playoffs all but one year from 05-13 and I would have taken a ring over that easily. You watch for the chance to win a title If you're watching for a chance to win a title, wouldn't you take the Pats then? As a Pats fan you knew they were good enough to potentially win it each year, so you watched them. As a TB fan for most of this century it was probably a foregone conclusion before most seasons started that a Super Bowl or even playoffs was unlikely. Personally, I would take Green Bay here. Honestly I think there's some recency bias here that's causing people to pick TB. I feel like if it was TB that won in 2010 and GB in 2020 then a lot more people would be picking the Packers. Edited February 15, 2021 by AJG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboRocket Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 On 2/12/2021 at 2:46 PM, DirtyDez said: I’d rather the season end in heartbreak than irrelevance. And this is from fans of the lowest postseason percentage in the NFL. Even worse that it's one of the oldest teams with the lowest percentage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y*so*blu Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 GB/Indy, I think. It's more exciting to have a team that stubbornly continues to make the playoffs almost every year no matter how many times they get smacked down (and deservedly so, in the case of Green Bay 😜). But the Bucs aren't very far behind them, realistically; they were very good from 2000-2008 and again in 2010, so there is some recency bias involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scar988 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 GB/Indy. I'd rather know that my team has a chance every year and get the 1 ring then to consistently suck every year. These last 3 as a Falcons fan have somewhat sucked because the team sucked. I'd rather go through 10 more 28-3s than another losing season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indifference Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I cant deal with heart breaks so yeah im taking TB all day. Nobody wants to be teased, either get it in or dont go in at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoleINGout Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 On 2/12/2021 at 12:29 PM, ClutchDJ said: Thought it was a real interesting question I seen on Reddit. Great question. I like the Buccs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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