My Rooting Tier List
Dec01
on December 1, 2021
at 12:07 pm
Life stuff got in the way of finishing my comic for today but I didn’t want to leave you with nothing, so I figured I’d lay out my (current) rooting lists so people can stop assuming things. This list does change (I’m sure many of you are surprised the Pats aren’t dead last) but for the most part it is accurate. If you are ever debating my allegiances, this is it.
As a Dallas fan, fuck you buddy. love your comics though. 🙂
Hope that life stuff is good Dave! I use to have the Browns there too, but dropped them down a couple levels in mine after all the shit-talking they did to Giants fans following the OBJ trade. I definitely agree with the first and last rows! I miss the days I always looked forward to Giants games and knew we’d at least be competative
I didn’t think it was possible to be ambivalent about the Raiders, but you have the same “meh” towards the rest of the AFC West, so I guess it makes sense
I mean, as an NFCE fan from the east coast, the Raiders and rest of the west just never came into my view that much
Now Do the Owners.
all in the last tier
Whatchu got against the colts
Probably Irsay, mostly.
That’s definitely the one to surprise me most lol.
My list is mostly the inversion of Dave’s, except this piece. Most haetable team in the league lately – from Irsay’s nonsense and lies, to a team full of guy who celebrate 3 yard gains when their team is down by 40 (FWIW, I like celebrations, but of meaningful plays or when you’re winning), to Wentz being amongst the unvaccinated, to Reich being treated like the 2nd coming instead of the 2nd choice, to years of Pagano saying stupid things like how a week 17 meaningless division victory was the greatest day of his life when he’s a married guy with two kids who BEAT CANCER, to the way their fan base is the most fair-weather of any team in any sport I’ve run into (a lost track of how many “die hard fans” said they hadn’t watched a second of NFL during the seasons that Peyton or Andrew Luck missed)
The top tier gives me “Nobody hates Star Wars more than Star Wars fans” vibes
No one suffers at the hands of any team more than it’s own fans.
I don’t mind people hating the Pats, I root for the underdog too and like to see whose ever on top get taken down unless the team on top is mine. Pats being widely hated is entirely a product of prolonged success, so I’m glad to see it and hope it continues. I was worried about that fading away in the near future but maybe it won’t.
It’ll last for a while but the vibe I get is that it will be split until Brady and/or Belichick retire. People in general don’t necessarily like either (though I’ve seen a lot of people come around on Brady surprisingly) but most seem to direct their hatred at one or the other. Still plenty of hate for the Pats but a big chunk of it is missing now since many just followed Brady down to Tampa. I ain’t complaining either way.
im a belichick guy, fwiw, and this season has been a delite for me. i didn’t really give a shit the last couple of superbowls (tho i did appreciate THE COMEBACK), but i do want them to go all the way this year (or at least make it to the big one). partially because i disdain those it-as-all-brady fools, but also because it’ll upset the most number of people. but also, many new englanders will get whiplash getting back on the belichick patriots bandwagon after moving halfway to florida.
My Seahawks must be bringing you lots of joy this year then. They’re making me question why I should get out of bed in the morning.
Hey hey hey, why you using our old logo? Don’t like the W because it stands for what happens when we play you? 😉
That was what was available on the tiermaker site when I searched
Staley Da Bear and Sir Purr would be disappointed their teams so low on this list, but I’m sure they would love your comics as much as I do!
1. It’s nice to see the Redskins logo again.
2. I feel the same way about my “Team”.
3. Go to hell, Giants.
How much of your dislike of Tampa can be chalked up to the presence of Brady?
Probably some, but I’m guessing he also hates them because AB. Even before he turned out to be a scumbag, AB didn’t exactly have the most positive representations on this comic 😀
And his scumbag nature seems to be reasserting itself…
Wouldn’t you be rooting against the Bears this season? The Giants have their 1st round rights
I almost feel jealous that you’re a fan of a proper division. That is to say, no matter how good or bad any team does you all despise every other member of the division equally. As a Pats fan I root for them, obviously, I feel a ceaseless burning hatred towards the Jets, strongly dislike the Dolphins and actually actively root for the Bills in most situations. Even losing the division to them last year didn’t make me start hating them. Thought it was about time they had some success, too. I wonder how much of that is actual empathy/kindness towards them and how much comes down to knowing sooner or later they’re going to find the razors.
Why do you hate the Jets so much? other than those two Mark Sanchez seasons, they’ve basically never done anything to your team I can think of. They’re basically tied with the Jaguars for being the sorriest franchise in the AFC.
as a (see username) i wonder this as well. perhaps it’s due to the boston-nyc rivalry?
i do think divisions should be as geographically proximate as possible. pats, bills, jets, aaaand steelers? i did a half-assed search to see if anyone figured this out, and there are a few, but they don’t preserve current conference alignments. may as well preserve those.
fwiw, i pity the jets and fucking hate the steelers
Yes, New York can die in as many fires as can be simultaneously set.
As far as Sanchez goes… he gave the world the butt fumble. How can I possibly hate that man?
I’m mostly with you on your AFC East feelings. It’s the time spent in the Northeast and how every person I’ve met from New York thinks their city and their teams are God’s gift to the world, and everything else is absolute garbage. I’ll even admit that NYC is great in a lot of ways, What got to me was the way they act like it means everything else is dog poo under their shoe, not matter how good it is.
Proud to be in the Fucking Piece of Shit tier!
How far did the Bucs drop after the Brady signing?
Before last year I’d have put them in the “ambivalent” category
I’ll always have a soft spot in my head for the Eagles after beating TB12 in the Superbowl.
Even bought a Foles jersey to annoy the Patriots fans when I used to have to travel to Massachusetts on business.
Only problem be, is that when you wear an Eagle’s jersey people assume you know all about them, which I definitely do NOT. Hurts being QB is aboot my depth of Iggles’ knowledge….
That was a fantastic game to watch and I’m not going to hate on the Eagles for taking it in the end. Besides, there was always that other Pats/Eagles super bowl.
You don’t like the Eagles? I never would have guessed.
Since I don’t see it listed it here, I’m going to assume that you must be a huge fan of NFL Europe then.
man, what’d the saints do?
So when we starting a Kickstarter to get Dave to like the Eagles per the alt text?
“Teams I will root for until the day they win a Super Bowl then I’ll hate them”
Felt this on a spiritual level lol
the lions winning one would make me like them more. it’d be like the polio kid hitting a homerun. aw, good for them!
the bills i want to do another Awesome Streak of Futility like they did in the 90’s, so i root for them to get there (repeatedly) but not win.
the cardinal’s historic mediocrity amuses me, so let that continue please.
fuck texas, and fuck the texans forever and ever amen.
the browns, yeah sure let em win, fine. they’ll get obnoxxxxxx the moment they do, but ok.
titans – sure why not who cares.
bengals – conflicted, but ultimately the pain it would cause steelers fans is worth it
jaguars – fuck florida, fuck shad khan, fuck the jags, tho i do find jaxxson de ville kinda charming
I HAVE SPOKEN
Proud to see the Browns on Tier 3
Yaaaaaaaaaay. Dave loves us!
Interesting, the “no likey go away” matches up with the teams I dislike the most
Cool, that’s pretty similar to my tier list. Except Vikes at top and screw the Packers and Saints.
Dave, you mentioned that this list does change.
Snapshots of what this chart might have looked like 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 years ago would be a good “Fuck it it’s June, nothing’s going on” comic.
Also I can relate to this list changing. In the past the Steelers would have been much higher and Ravens far lower.
Also there should be a tier even lower that the Eagles have all to themselves. I can remember seasons (none recent unfortunately) when the Cowboys and Washington were bad enough relative to the Giants that I could at least be indifferent to them (the Dave Campo era for example). I can’t imagine any scenario where the Eagles ever inspire anything less than hate.