The National Football League

I actually do think about that from time to time.

Just imagine how different the Browns fan experience would be if they never left and had the Ravens subsequent success.

I’m nearly as rustled by that as Dan is.

I can see being miserable with a-HOF QB and zero SBs, but once you get one, you’ve got no grounds to be miserable for not winning more.

Pre-Mahomes, the Browns and Lions were the two franchises Chiefs fans used to console themselves that it could be worse. And the Cardinals to a lesser extent, but at least they made a Superbowl.

Vikings? No super bowl appearances since the 70s, multiple heartbreak loses in the playoffs. They’ve generally been decent though, not water trash like CLE and DET so they’ve got a leg up there.

Jets are easily number 3 behind Browns and Lions. Bills way more tortured than Chiefs too

Lions represent here. Anytime I hear someone complain about there team, I just say “Lions fan” and they look sorry for me. 100%

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As a Cowboys fan, I had to remind my long-suffering Jets fan BIL that his team made it to three conference championship games in the past 25 years to our zero. Still wouldn’t switch places with him though, Jets have been in hell for the last decade with no end in sight.

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Bengals Pre-Burrow
Ownership that puts profit above winning. Always.
Pinnacles: 2 Super Bowl losses to SF.
The halcyon days: 15 years of Marvin Lewis and no playoff wins

You can always recognize the Detroit sports fan by the PTSD they exhibit when conversation turns to sports.

The rest of the country

“Why is Baltimore trying a 66 yarder?”

Detroit fans: “here it comes”

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Respectfully, Lions fans can fuck off. They don’t even have an argument that they’re in the same god damn universe as Browns fans. You had Barry Sanders, that alone ends the argument.

Browns fans would be better off mentally if they had just accepted losing a football team and not begged for another one. Art Modell was actually trying to do Cleveland a favor.

Speaking of Cleveland fans reminds me of this classic moment.

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Top Cincinnati Nfl moment

Ok who has it worse?

Detroit with 1 playoff win since 1957 or Cleveland with a laundry list of QBs?

Which fan base has it worst?
  • Detroit
  • Cleveland

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I mean that goes both ways though. Lions have an organization that’s so bad that it drove an arguably top-3 RB and WR to both retire early. Pretty impressive, actually.

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Wasted two all timers. Wasted.

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What’s worse, going home to Detroit or going home to Cleveland?
  • Detroit
  • Cleveland

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Abstaining because I’d call it a tie.

EDIT: Also abstaining from the other poll, since I’ve never been to either city,