Alex Houston

Okay, that makes sense if you're discussing the stadium situation. And yea, I've never been thrilled with Plattner behind the gun but SFGiants was making it sound like there was way more dysfunction across the board and I was like, "The hell are you talking about?"

Trainwreck? Really? In what ways? I've heard some criticisms of San Jose but "trainwreck" is a whole other level now.

I know it was a long and drawn out process, so in some sense it must be nice as a fan to finally know the team is relocating and you don't have that "what if" question lingering over you every season. If what I read is correct, I hope the team are able to get new owners and be able to make an investment that can actually let this team prosper and become their own minor success story of Sun Belt hockey, like the Preds, Bolts and my Sharks. Rest easy Coyotes. I'll always remember you for 2012 and those delightful kachina jerseys. Please join the league again someday.

Dear San Jose. Please stop winning games. This is not how we get better odds at getting Celebrini. Please understand how the draft lottery works. Your begrudging fan, A. Houston.

Not much to add at this point that hasn't been said. I'm rooting against KC moving forward. They've gotten rings and have become a new dynasty when we could be benefitting from an age of parity, or at the very least, more teams playing for titles besides San Francisco and them. I tire of their faces and while the first two were fine, this one has been the limit. I'm sure though Mahomes gets at least one more in this decade and continues the comparison talk to Brady, which is kinda weird because once New England was finally done I was more confident we'd need to wait at least another decade or two before we'd see a team get to a Super Bowl a bunch of times within a decade or so. Was it a good game? No. But it was a fun one and I guess that's all we can ask for.

I can't just drag an image in this forum as easily as I should, but I saw a Tweet with a list that shows recent failures of this with the following teams: 2007 Chargers 2009 Jets 2009 Vikings 2010 Jets 2010 Bears 2014 Colts 2015 Cardinals 2017 Jaguars 2019 Titans 2020 Bills 2020 Packers

You should never want the Steelers to win. There's your first problem.

Ah, I didn't know we were continuing this into the postseason. Houston vs. Baltimore Green Bay vs. San Francisco Tampa Bay vs. Detroit Kansas City vs. Buffalo

You know what, at this point I accept my spot in midcard Hell. I more or less hovered around 10th or so place since the halfway point and that's just alright with me. Was a fun one and I think this was the first one I completed in full in quite some time. Happy 2024 folks. Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore Houston vs. Indianapolis Tampa Bay vs. Carolina Atlanta vs. New Orleans NY Jets vs. New England Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Jacksonville vs. Tennessee Minnesota vs. Detroit Philadelphia vs. NY Giants Dallas vs. Washington Seattle vs. Arizona LA Rams vs. San Francisco Chicago vs. Green Bay Kansas City vs. LA Chargers Denver vs. Las Vegas Buffalo vs. Miami

Browns Cowboys Titans Bears Ravens Bucs Bills Eagles Jaguars Colts Rams Niners Seahawks Chiefs Broncos Vikings

Rams Bengals Bills Commanders Lions Texans Packers Seahawks Colts Bucs Cowboys Bears Broncos Chiefs Eagles Niners

Dang. I continue to hover around five games back of first in this logjam near the top. Got to take a risk here and there to try and break through. Raiders Vikings Steelers Lions Saints Bears Falcons Packers Dolphins Chiefs Texans Niners Rams Cowboys Ravens Eagles

Steelers Texans Ravens Saints Bengals Bucs Browns Lions Niners Vikings Chargers Chiefs Cowboys Packers Dolphins

Dang, still five wins behind the leader. Let's see if I can cut it down this week. Cowboys Titans Falcons Lions Texans Patriots Steelers Dolphins Bucs Niners Rams Chiefs Jags

To echo McCarthy's point, Steelers fans aren't used to the suck anymore. When your franchise hasn't gone through a sustained period of crap, you forget how spoiled you've been and how sports aren't designed for the same seven or eight teams to be stalwarts, winning divisions and fighting for titles. I'm living it now with the Sharks and although I bitched about rooting for a bridesmaid team, I'll admit that years of no postseason activity is worse than I expected.