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ResAlien · 08-22-2018, 01:47 PM

Raiders will be a good team to cheer for if you’re a fan of tire fires. This Gruden experiment will be can’t miss TV.

Cheer for a perennial playoff team. No sense in coming in and cheering for a bottom feeder. Pats are a year or two away from bottoming out and are reviled outside of their fan base, the kids all love Green Bay, maybe the Steelers would be good for you.

devo22 · 08-22-2018, 01:50 PM

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maybe the Steelers would be good for you.

certainly a good choice if you want a lot of off-the-field drama and inevitable playoff disappointment.

ResAlien · 08-22-2018, 01:57 PM

Of course, but for some reason he doesn’t want to cheer for up and coming Philadelphia who are poised for long term success. Denver’s not going to be good anytime soon so no sense in telling him to cheer for them.

I dunno, maybe bandwagon the 49ers? Everyone has a boner for Jimmy G and young Shanahan.

Actually yeah that’s your new team. You’re a 49er fan now. Bobblehead needs the company anyway.

Cecil Terwilliger · 08-22-2018, 01:57 PM

Buffalo or Cleveland. If crushing disappointment is the norm, anything other than that is gravy.

devo22 · 08-22-2018, 02:01 PM

if I were a new fan I'd certainly take a long look at the Texans. Watson is a great talent (and looks healthy in preseason) and Hopkins is a beast, so that has the potential to be a fun offense. And with Watt, Clowney and the honey badger, the defense is fun too.

Fozzie_DeBear · 08-22-2018, 02:48 PM

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I'm looking to get into NFL again. I live outside the country so was thinking of picking a team and signing up for the NFL GamePass Follow Your Team plan.

I was a Bills fan back when Flutie was there but lost interest since then. It looks like the Bills will suck again according to the SuperBowl odds so not sure I want to pick them as my team.

I took this test to see who I should cheer for and apparently I should cheer for the Carolina Panthers.

Are they an exciting team?

You guys have any suggestions? I don't want to cheer for the Pats or the Eagles but want a decent team that has the chance of making the playoffs and doing some damage.

Vikings are looking good. And the Browns (while a long way from excellence) have a LOT of interesting new pieces to play with.

Displaced Flames fan · 08-22-2018, 03:23 PM

If you are looking for a young team to grow into your fandom with I think Cleveland is the way to go. If you want a playoff team now they are not.

I personally can't comprehend the latter mindset though.

rubecube · 08-22-2018, 03:52 PM

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And with Watt, Clowney and the honey badger, the defense is fun too.

Maybe in 2014 it would have been. Now you're just waiting to see which one of those 3 ends up on IR first.

rubecube · 08-22-2018, 04:04 PM

If I were a new NFL fan, these would be the things I would consider from highest priority to lowest when choosing my team.

1. Any personal connection to the team (i.e. from the area, teams you maybe grew up watching with a close relative, etc.)

2. Favourite player to watch. If you're big into Deshaun Watson, you're likely going to get 10+ years of fun watching the guy play and you'll eventually adopt the Texans out of habit.

3. Do they play enjoyable/entertaining football? Teams like the Rams, Eagles, Packers, and Steelers all tend to play pretty exciting brands of football. Conversely, I don't think you could pay me enough to watch the Browns and Bills go three and out 10+ times every weekend.

4. TV coverage. Are you going to be able to watch the games? Obviously if you purchase something like Gamepass, this is way less of an issue, but if you're out of the country, you might want to choose a team that's in a closer timezone so that you're not staying up until 4 AM every Sunday to watch them (depending on your schedule).

5. Location, stadium, fan experience. If you ever plan on going to a game, you may want to choose a team in a city with a decent following for tailgating and a stadium that's not a complete dump (the latter aspect doesn't isn't a huge deal to me but it is to some). You also might want to pick a city that has something else going for it (i.e. climate, culture, other attractions) that makes it worthwhile to visit.

rubecube · 08-22-2018, 04:05 PM

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If you are looking for a young team to grow into your fandom with I think Cleveland is the way to go. If you want a playoff team now they are not.

I personally can't comprehend the latter mindset though.

Also don't listen to this. The Browns are basically the NFL's version of the Oilers, except somehow worse.

ResAlien · 08-22-2018, 04:09 PM

That’s a ridiculous way of choosing a team, don’t listen to rube. Pick the team that has the prettiest costumes, the players with the least amount of felonies, or the team whose fan base is the least acerbic.

Displaced Flames fan · 08-22-2018, 04:13 PM

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Also don't listen to this. The Browns are basically the NFL's version of the Oilers, except somehow worse.

I agree with that...but I think they have something going now.

rubecube · 08-22-2018, 04:18 PM

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That’s a ridiculous way of choosing a team, don’t listen to rube. Pick the team that has the prettiest costumes, the players with the least amount of felonies, or the team whose fan base is the least acerbic.

Could also add "cheer for a team whose owner/staff/fans aren't overwhelmingly racist, MAGA dickheads," but I think that leaves maybe two.

rubecube · 08-22-2018, 04:21 PM

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I agree with that...but I think they have something going now.

They kept their head coach who has gone 1-31 in the past two seasons and has looked completely out of his depth in the process. They then signed Jarvis Landry to an absolutely ridiculous contract. This is just the newest batch of incompetence to run the Browns. Nothing is changing.

The Big Chill · 08-22-2018, 04:45 PM

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if I were a new fan I'd certainly take a long look at the Texans. Watson is a great talent (and looks healthy in preseason) and Hopkins is a beast, so that has the potential to be a fun offense. And with Watt, Clowney and the honey badger, the defense is fun too.

It's kind of funny, but over the past 10 years or so when I've told people I'm a Texans fan, they look at me funny and ask why? Now after a few excellent performances from Watson they are among the top 'new team' choices. Its fun to see.

I'm just praying that his knees hold up and our Oline isn't completely terrible. Could be a good season if those happen.

rubecube · 08-22-2018, 05:22 PM

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It's kind of funny, but over the past 10 years or so when I've told people I'm a Texans fan, they look at me funny and ask why? Now after a few excellent performances from Watson they are among the top 'new team' choices. Its fun to see.

I'm just praying that his knees hold up and our Oline isn't completely terrible. Could be a good season if those happen.

I'm not a huge Bill O'Brien fan, so I kind of think the Texans are a good coaching hire and draft away from being truly competitive, but they have the types of building blocks you want a team to have.

rubecube · 08-22-2018, 05:28 PM

What an absolute gongshow. Just another example of how the NFL can't get out of its own way. This is the type of crap that makes people not want to watch it.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/2...es-helmet-rule

PostandIn · 08-22-2018, 06:53 PM

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I'm looking to get into NFL again. I live outside the country so was thinking of picking a team and signing up for the NFL GamePass Follow Your Team plan.

I was a Bills fan back when Flutie was there but lost interest since then. It looks like the Bills will suck again according to the SuperBowl odds so not sure I want to pick them as my team.

I took this test to see who I should cheer for and apparently I should cheer for the Carolina Panthers.

Are they an exciting team?

You guys have any suggestions? I don't want to cheer for the Pats or the Eagles but want a decent team that has the chance of making the playoffs and doing
some damage.

Pick Seattle. Join the rest of their bandwagoners, which describes every single one of their fans, including the ones from 1976.....

Seriously, if you want to cheer a team that’s poised for long term success and you can’t do the Eagles, pick the Rams. And no, the Panthers aren’t a particularly exciting team but they have a particularly loathsome, self-absorbed quarterback, so there’s that.

jeffporfirio · 08-22-2018, 07:10 PM

Pick the Bucs and set your expectations really low.
Nothing beats a pirate ship inside a frickin stadium, a real cannonball firing pirate ship!
Also, how can you not cheer for Winston? The guy stuck stolen crab legs down his pants at FSU.
Lastly, they are the least racist/MAGA team in the league.

savemedrzaius · 08-22-2018, 09:10 PM

Thanks fellas! I gotta admit I don't really follow football lately so I don't even know many players anymore. Last years Super Bowl got me back in to the NFL.

I like what RubeCube set out.

My second team back in the day was SD Chargers because I liked Brees and LT. So maybe follow them as the LA Chargers? I also liked the Vikings back in the day.

So between the Chargers and the Vikings which team is more exciting? I like offensive teams.

A part of me still wants to cheer for the Bills though. It sounds like they might have a rookie QB starting for them which could be interesting.