The first NFL game I remember was seeing Marino getting sodomized by the Jags in the divisional round in '99. Since then, being a Dolphins fan has been nothing but pain. The thing is, for some reason I'm totally okay with the Dolphins underperforming. Even this season, which is late playoff run or bust, I'm completely understanding of all our failures. As long as the Fins even smell like they're on the right track, I'm ecstatic.
Within the same general time frame, one of the first college games I remember is the University of Miami destroying Nebraska in the National Championship. The Canes were dominant. Everybody was going to the NFL. These days I have no patience for the Canes. My standards are so much higher. It doesn't make sense to view these two teams through such a different lens.
Is it just me, or do you guys also benchmark against your early memories? Trying to figure out why I didn't love the Dolphins any less during their one win season, but a 5 loss Canes gives me heartburn.
There’s now an entire generation of patriots fans that want to fire bill for a few mediocre seasons and 1 really bad one. BB has given us so much success he deserves to leave when he wants. Brady doesn’t win 7 rings without BB, constantly gave his generational QB a Top 10 defense. Yeah Brady left and went to a stacked young team and won a SB but they went 8-9 a couple years later. Consistently producing a great defense isn’t easy and if we move on from bill our offense AND defense will be shit almost instantly.