riggofan wrote:markshark84 wrote:People tell me that I should adopt the Texans since I've been down in Houston for sometime now, but I just can't. I can't explain it, but the passion I have for the skins can't be replicated. It is part of me. No other team will do. I hate so much about the organization, but my love for the team just won't go away.
Interesting, man. I'd never noticed you were in Houston. I always suspect those of us in the DMV get a different level of disappointment and pain around this team. I cannot tell you how much I dread the week after a loss, especially Sunday nights and Monday mornings. Its just non-stop bombardment on the radio, and I'm unable to turn it off. I also suspect some of the fans who aren't living here anymore probably have a more.. dispassionate? view of the team sometimes.
Can't say I'm a Detroit supporter, but I can understand getting behind that team. There are definitely some comparisons to the Redskins there, and I'm glad to see a team who has been in the same futile situation for so long able to turn it around finally. Like oj pointed out too, they were able to pull off drafting high the QB they needed, play him behind a terrible line and keep him alive long enough to build up around him.
Yes and no. I am less exposed to the non-stop media surrounding the team, but on the other hand Houston is a very lonely place to be a skins fan. I'll go to crowded bars in my Morris jersey and always be the only skins fan in the place. I'll watch the one TV allocated to the skins game, typically surrounded by Cowboys and Eagles fans. Once we lose or while we are losing, I'll get a comment here or there thrown at me by a drunk fan, but fortunetely I am a bigger guy so the comments tend to be lame or followed by a smile, disclaimer that they're joking and a pat on the back or a free beer thrown my way. It could be worse, much worse.
But I can't say I am any less passionate as I was when I lived in DC. In fact, the lack of local news makes me crave it more on the internet and forums such as this. I am a firm believer in that you hear the news you want to. If you want to hear about the skins all day, you can regardless of where you are. That being said, in situations such as the one the team is currently in --- it is much easier to break away and tune out.
As far as DET --- Millen was horrendous; literally the worst. However, the owner(s) in DET aren't as involved and are abundantly more patient than Snyder. That is one of the reason Millen lasted so long. DET also go a bit lucky with Stafford. He was a CLEAR #1 pick and a QB. Similar to Luck. Guys like that don't come around every year --- more like every 5-10. Stafford is also tough --- abundantly tougher than most give him credit for or even think. I personally think of him as the toughest QB in the NFL that I can think of right now. There may be others, but Stafford is one of the top. That being said, outside of the skins and a mild fandom toward the Texans only because I live in Houston (and it's a good discussion piece with clients), I don't "like" any team more than the next.
RIP Sean Taylor. You will be missed.
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