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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
At the very least I think a lot of the luster has worn off and they’re becoming less of the darlings the NFL wanted them to be last year
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That will certainly be the case if they win the next two games. NFL fans are fickle when it comes to other teams (well, their team as well sometimes but that's a different story). In Brady's first SB, you couldn't find a person alive who wasn't a diehard Rams fan that didn't want the Pats to win. Now, it will be the rest of our lifetimes before anyone outside of NE not only gives a shit about the Patriots, but doesn't actively root for them to lose. When we played SF in the SB, most everyone outside of our rivals and Niners fans wanted us to win. Andy Reid, Mahomes was the shiny new toy, had just lost a heartbreaker last year to the evil empire. Now, most fans can't wait to see if we can "only" go to 2 Super Bowls out of 5 AFCCG and if we do get there, many will be hoping we lose.
That's the only good news about if the Bengals win the SB. Joe Burrow will become the most hated man in the NFL...outside of Cincinnati, of course.