Originally posted by NYniner85:
Originally posted by Niner4ever:
Agree about some being way too emotional.
The only thing about this is that there are two different expectations from the NYJ to SF.
Just like there is with the say the SD Padres vs Yankees, Celtics vs WSH Bullets etc.
Disagree with football, unlike basketball and baseball it's a hard cap. Everyone gets the same amount of cap space to build their team. The commanders went from the 2nd worst team to the NFCC in one yr.
It's also another reason why draft picks matter so much more in football…cheap labor and you get guys that play meaningful snaps in the first yr from the 1st rd to the 7th rd all the time. Not like that in any other sport.
It happens in baseball. You have guys on rookie contracts producing and contributing all the time. I remember Bumgarner helping the Giants win World Series and then going to Arizona to cash-in on his success. Happens all the time in baseball. Cheap labor.
Anyway, the point is the mentality and expectations of a fan base. It is faulty for you to say that NYJ fans would love Kyle and Lynch. Of course they would and so would the Browns fan base etc. They've done a good job. A great job would be being crowned champions. That's the difference.
Most of this franchise' fan base for the obvious reasons is not satisfied just competing, neither is Pittsburgh, Green Bay, Dallas & Giants to a certain extent now, and New England. Just different expectations. These franchises would suffer dearly having empty stadiums etc.
Very different expectations. It's like being born and living in the United States to being born and living in Cambodia (no offense to Cambodians) for example.
