Good game, thoughts from Ravens perspective on Game and Season, and a question
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I'll root for the packers or the patriots. Anyone else can piss off. I'll only root for the seahawks if it comes down to steelers/seahawks
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First off, I'm not here to rub anything in.
The Browns were a much improved team this year. At one point you guys were 7-4 at the top of the division. And that was with without Gordon and with Hoyer starting.
That probably doesn't make many of you feel better, but it's true. The Browns are now a team I dread facing. I actually predicted you guys to win this one, and for a while it looked like I was gonna be correct.
Although much has changed from week 3 till now, both games were eerily similar.
The Browns basically controlled both games for the majority of the 4 quarters of play. Then at the end Flacco and the offense stepped up to steal the game away late. And both game winning/defining plays were made against the Browns top All Pro Corner Joe Hayden.
Anyways, good game, good season.
Now, I'm curious. Who is everybody here rooting for this Saturday, Ravens or Steelers? Or is it one of those games where you just don't root for either team?
Is there a team any of you are pulling for in the playoffs? My father has always rooted for the North winner if the Ravens weren't in it anymore. I usually root for an NFC team, usually the Packers.
I Hope you guys beat the steelers then get demolished by anyone else.
I Hope you guys beat the steelers then get demolished by anyone else.
Man, I'd be fine with getting squashed in the divisional so long as we beat the Steelers. I'd rather beat the Steelers in the playoffs every year for eternity than see us win another superbowl. Though I'm fine with both happening as well...
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The Bengals are the only team I would root for in the AFCN. I can't stand the Ravens or Steelers. At least Paul Brown started the Bengals.
I'll be rooting for Cardinals this year.
I'll also be rooting on the Colts. For Cirbbs, DQ and Trent to get rings would be nice to see.
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If the rest of the afc north were axis powers in world War 2 it would go like this:
Pittsburgh = nazi Germany
Cincinnati = imperial Japan
Baltimore= fascist Italy
So I guess I hate Baltimore the least. By a slim margin.
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That being said, I guess my list right now off the top of my head would go like this:
Detroit
Arizona
Carolina
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Green Bay
Seattle
The remaining teams I simply don’t want to see get anywhere, but if I had to list them:
Dallas / New England Tie
Denver
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
That being said, I guess my list right now off the top of my head would go like this:
Detroit
Arizona
Carolina
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Green Bay
Seattle
The remaining teams I simply dont want to see get anywhere, but if I had to list them:
Dallas / New England Tie
Denver
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Why Detroit? Detroit going to the Super Bowl would leave Cleveland all by its lonesome as the only founding NFL team to have never made a SB appearance.
The only other teams that never made an appearance are JAX and Hou....but they are much newer franchises.
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I Hope you guys beat the steelers then get demolished by anyone else.
Man, I'd be fine with getting squashed in the divisional so long as we beat the Steelers. I'd rather beat the Steelers in the playoffs every year for eternity than see us win another superbowl. Though I'm fine with both happening as well...
Man, I'd be fine with getting squashed in the divisional so long as we beat the Steelers. I'd rather beat the Steelers in the playoffs every year for eternity than see us win another superbowl. Though I'm fine with both happening as well...
I would root for the bengals as well...their fans deserve it. Can't think of another fan base that has suffered without a championship as long as they have.
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I can't ever root for the bungles unless they go up against the steelers
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I'll pull for the team whose had the longest championship drought....which means Pittsburgh and your team are at the bottom of the list. Actually I make an exception for those two teams. If they never won another it'd be too soon.
Fair enough, not a bad way to pick a team. So, in this tears 12 teams is that the Panthers since they never won one?
Piss off. Why would we "root" for either team?
But I'm rooting for the Panthers.
Ok. A simple no would have been fine.
My only reservation against rooting for the Panthers if the Ravens lose is the fact they're a sub 500 team in the playoffs.
My only reservation against rooting for the Panthers if the Ravens lose is the fact they're a sub 500 team in the playoffs.
Exactly. Hoping another sub 500 loser wins the Super Bowl makes a browns fan feel better about his team.
The Bengals have never won a championship since their creation in 1968.....which by the way is after the "SuperBowl era". They didn't exist in the non Super Bowl era. They came closest in 1981 and 1988 when they faced the 49ers in the Super Bowl. Both games were fairly close losses.
No team from Cincinnati/SW Ohio has ever won a pro football championship.
On the contrary, teams from Cleveland and NE Ohio have won 13 pro football championships.....tied with Green Bay for most by any city/region. (FYI, Baltimore area has 5: 3 by the Colts, 2 by Ravens)
Here is your history lesson for the day.
LoL.. the AAFC? Does Cleveland have an Arena Football championship too? May as well count that.
The AAFC was the Arena Football league of the 1940's.
The Packers have the most championships that matter period.
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Here we go
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If the Arizona diamondbacks came into the nfl and wrecked it for a decade starting immediately it would be a fair comparison.
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I'm hoping the Packers go all the way. Browns are #1 but with them not in it ...again(sigh) the Packers seem like they have always had a pretty classy organization. As far as the stealers and yardbirds...I just hope that wichever team wins, they lose half their starting team QB and all.
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And who the hell would ever pick cintucky to win a playoff game? That shit just don't happen son!
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Sorry, but if you're a Browns fan and you root for any other AFCN team you are a cunt. ESPECIALLY CINCINNATI. If two of these teams play one another you hope for a tornado/asteroid strike/terrorism. It's never acceptable under any circumstances to pull for any of these teams. Unless you have money on the game. Then it's OK.
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That being said, I guess my list right now off the top of my head would go like this:
Detroit
Arizona
Carolina
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Green Bay
Seattle
The remaining teams I simply dont want to see get anywhere, but if I had to list them:
Dallas / New England Tie
Denver
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Why Detroit? Detroit going to the Super Bowl would leave Cleveland all by its lonesome as the only founding NFL team to have never made a SB appearance.
The only other teams that never made an appearance are JAX and Hou....but they are much newer franchises.
Why Detroit? Detroit going to the Super Bowl would leave Cleveland all by its lonesome as the only founding NFL team to have never made a SB appearance.
The only other teams that never made an appearance are JAX and Hou....but they are much newer franchises.
The Browns weren't a "founding franchise", neither were the Lions. These were (are) the "founding Franchises"
Akron Professionals
• Buffalo All-Americans
• Canton Bulldogs
• Chicago Cardinals
• Chicago Tigers
• Cleveland Tigers
• Columbus Panhandles
• Dayton Triangles
• Decatur Staleys
• Detroit Heralds
• Hammond Pros
• Muncie Flyers
• Rochester (N.Y.) Jeffersons
• Rock Island Independents
The only Franchises still extant are the Cardinals- and the Decatur Staleys- Who became the Chicago Bears. All the other franchises folded. The Packers joined the league one year later. BTW, the very first NFL game was played here in Dayton- at Triangle Park.
Exactly. Hoping another sub 500 loser wins the Super Bowl makes a browns fan feel better about his team.
LoL.. the AAFC? Does Cleveland have an Arena Football championship too? May as well count that.
The AAFC was the Arena Football league of the 1940's.
The Packers have the most championships that matter period.
Don't get Gip all mad. the AAFC was far from "Arena League". The Browns proved it- winning the Championship in 1950 when they joined the NFL. BTW, I and most others don't like how Gip is counting, though he's technically right. He's going all the way back to the days of the Canton Bulldogs.
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That being said, I guess my list right now off the top of my head would go like this:
Detroit
Arizona
Carolina
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Green Bay
Seattle
The remaining teams I simply dont want to see get anywhere, but if I had to list them:
Dallas / New England Tie
Denver
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Why Detroit? Detroit going to the Super Bowl would leave Cleveland all by its lonesome as the only founding NFL team to have never made a SB appearance.
The only other teams that never made an appearance are JAX and Hou....but they are much newer franchises.
Why Detroit? Detroit going to the Super Bowl would leave Cleveland all by its lonesome as the only founding NFL team to have never made a SB appearance.
The only other teams that never made an appearance are JAX and Hou....but they are much newer franchises.
Why would I care that Cleveland is left behind as the only team not to make it to the SB? That's whiny loser attitude, which I know you want to assume all Browns fans are.
Detroit is one of the oldest teams, originally started in Ohio actually, and I believe has the longest drought of winning a championship...like 1957. That's seven years older than the Browns last championship. Arizona is the only one longer, I believe, but they were in the Superbowl not too long ago so that's why they are second instead of first.
Don't get Gip all mad. the AAFC was far from "Arena League". The Browns proved it- winning the Championship in 1950 when they joined the NFL. BTW, I and most others don't like how Gip is counting, though he's technically right. He's going all the way back to the days of the Canton Bulldogs.
Even if we just go with the Browns championships, if the Steelers won again this year they'd still be one behind.
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Steelers vs Ratbirds, my triage take:
- I have hated Pittsburgh since I became an aware fan in 1970
- I absolutely hated how they got every damn call in the 70s. I did begrudgingly love Jack Lambert though, and thought Bradshaw was clutch. Their defense was truly one of the best ever despite my hate.
- Three Rivers Jinx was horrible- we got robbed in 1979 when the Steelers fumbled the OT kickoff, refs said guy (Anderson?) was down, total bullshit.
- Art crushed our hearts in 1995, Rooney said it was bullshit
- I always thought I hated the Steelers the most, until the 2008 AFC Championship...I was rooting for the Ratbirds to lose (not the Steelers to win); I guess it was a Freudian slip that I never really knew I hated Baltimore more.
- Plus, a franchise like Baltimore glorifying Ray Lewis, even ESPN has done that. Horrible
- Ozzie Newsome defending Ray Rice, wtf
So yeah, I once again will be rooting for the Ratbirds to lose, not Pittsburgh to win this week
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That being said, I guess my list right now off the top of my head would go like this:
Detroit
Arizona
Carolina
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Green Bay
Seattle
The remaining teams I simply dont want to see get anywhere, but if I had to list them:
Dallas / New England Tie
Denver
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Why Detroit? Detroit going to the Super Bowl would leave Cleveland all by its lonesome as the only founding NFL team to have never made a SB appearance.
The only other teams that never made an appearance are JAX and Hou....but they are much newer franchises.
Why Detroit? Detroit going to the Super Bowl would leave Cleveland all by its lonesome as the only founding NFL team to have never made a SB appearance.
The Lions are not a found franchise of the NFL. The only two "founding franchises" are the Bears and the Cardinals still active....and the Packers who came into the league one year later.....the Giants who came in 4 years later. All other franchises didn't come into existance until at least 10-12 years after the NFL was formed.
The only other teams that never made an appearance are JAX and Hou....but they are much newer franchises.
Well, here is a stat you may not know....but should......Out of the 32 NFL franchises.....15 have never won a "Super Bowl" (NFL title since 1966).
A considerable number are only 0-1 in SBs.
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My only reservation against rooting for the Panthers if the Ravens lose is the fact they're a sub 500 team in the playoffs.
Exactly. Hoping another sub 500 loser wins the Super Bowl makes a browns fan feel better about his team.
The Bengals have never won a championship since their creation in 1968.....which by the way is after the "SuperBowl era". They didn't exist in the non Super Bowl era. They came closest in 1981 and 1988 when they faced the 49ers in the Super Bowl. Both games were fairly close losses.
No team from Cincinnati/SW Ohio has ever won a pro football championship.
On the contrary, teams from Cleveland and NE Ohio have won 13 pro football championships.....tied with Green Bay for most by any city/region. (FYI, Baltimore area has 5: 3 by the Colts, 2 by Ravens)
Here is your history lesson for the day.
LoL.. the AAFC? Does Cleveland have an Arena Football championship too? May as well count that.
The AAFC was the Arena Football league of the 1940's.
The Packers have the most championships that matter period.
Exactly. Hoping another sub 500 loser wins the Super Bowl makes a browns fan feel better about his team.
LoL.. the AAFC? Does Cleveland have an Arena Football championship too? May as well count that.
The AAFC was the Arena Football league of the 1940's.
The Packers have the most championships that matter period.
are you stupid. The AAFC was better than the NFL at that time. You are ignorant if you think otherwise. What AAFC came in and dominated the NFL?
(Yes, the Packers as a single franchise have the most championships. Cleveland area's titles are divided among several franchises.
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I can sorta root for the Packers. It's cool a town, literally a town, like that loves and, officially, supports the franchise. I don't root for, but enjoy watching, Seattle. I dream the Browns could copy Seattle, minus Sherman acting like a MF'g pro wrestler.
In our division, I know I'm in the minority, but I hate Baltimore the most. With Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, it's a rivalry, but just a football rivalry. The Move, The Fumble and The Drive combined to scar my childhood.
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I can sorta root for the Packers. It's cool a town, literally a town, like that loves and, officially, supports the franchise. I don't root for, but enjoy watching, Seattle. I dream the Browns could copy Seattle, minus Sherman acting like a MF'g pro wrestler.
In our division, I know I'm in the minority, but I hate Baltimore the most. With Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, it's a rivalry, but just a football rivalry. The Move, The Fumble and The Drive combined to scar my childhood.
In our division, I know I'm in the minority, but I hate Baltimore the most. With Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, it's a rivalry, but just a football rivalry. The Move, The Fumble and The Drive combined to scar my childhood.
I don't hate Baltimore because they aren't the "Old Browns" anymore. There isn't a player on roster that was around for The Move and its time to get past that. I despise the Ratbirds for their whiny fanbase. I LOATHE Pittsburgh fans because they're toothless mountain people. Seriously, these are the fuckers that sell out WWE shows on a constant basis.
The Bungles I have less of an issue with. Been to a couple games in Cincy, most of the fans are cool with Browns fans. We have heartbreaking history and a long standing series of ineptitude.
For the most part, many of them would pull for the Brownies should we make the playoffs and they don't. Lets be honest with ourselves, if the Browns never existed, we'd all be Bengals fans.
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