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Ralph Vacchiano
NFL Reporter
Halfway through the NFL season and for many fans, it’s already over. Admit it: You’re already studying free agency or dreaming about the draft, waiting for another “next year.”
Again.
For some, that painful ritual is relatively new. For others, it’s lasted for decades. And for many, the constant disappointment is just a part of their fan experience. The suffering feels like the whole point.
If that describes you, you probably feel like nobody, anywhere, has it worse. But the truth is, a lot of fans around the NFL literally feel your pain. Some cheer for teams that haven’t made the playoffs in more than a decade. Some cheer for teams that have never been to a Super Bowl. Some root for teams that haven’t experienced glory since before the Super Bowl — and their own parents — were even born.
So which is worse? Rooting for a team that can’t get over the championship hump? Rooting for a team that’s often good, but keeps finding new ways to fail in the end? Are you better off heartbroken or snake-bit? Is it better to have won and then lost, or never to have won at all?
The suffering of a fan base is in the eye of the beholder. So it might be impossible to figure out which fan base is the most desperate to see their favorite team finally bring home a Super Bowl trophy. But as another lost season starts to sink in for many, FOX Sports will give it a try anyway, with a list of the most desperate fan bases in the NFL. It takes into account the length of their pain, their expectations, their passions, and the unusual circumstances some have experienced along the way.
The countdown to the most desperate fan base in America begins here:
32. Kansas City Chiefs
Seriously, if you’re a fan of the two-time defending champion and currently undefeated Chiefs and you’re feeling any desperation at all, it’s probably just for news of an engagement between Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.
31. Tampa Bay…
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Publish date : 2024-11-06 13:00:27
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