NFL parity doesn't mean much, if you're a fan of a perennial loser.

[Double Burger With Cheese]

That's the point. You can either watch the NBA just for the narrative of LBJ vs GS with pre-adjusted expectations, or you can choose not to watch at all and not waste time. That's how the NBA has always been. Star driven, legacy driven and narrative driven. But the NFL will have you watching, waiting, and wasting time hoping that our squad can make that rare magical late season run that led your squad to the playoffs and eventually the Superbowl in 2008 when they beat NE, because "anybody has a shot". And again, I can understand why you NFC guys feel that your teams have a shot to win year to year. NFC is just that wide open each year. If I was a fan of an NFC team, I'd be excited every year too. I hope this 3-1 start by Miami isn't a fluke. I hope NE didn't expose us. I hope..... Like every other year..

But the Rockets could have beaten golden state. They went 0-21 or some shyt from three to close out game 7 at home. So while the Warriors did eventually win the championship, the nba season being pointless is heavily overstated. REAL NBA fans knew that they could and still can be beat. Won’t be easy. But let’s not act like Houston wasn’t a cold shooting second half away from beating them.

 

[yseJ]

NFL parity is still great. Just because there are outliers on the far sides of the bell curve (pats, browns) doesn't mean there isn't parity on average.

 

[yseJ]

I always used to hear George Atkinson on the radio say the parity in the NFL was more mediocrity than anything . Didn't think much of it back then but now I agree

If you consider many teams strength being around the mean and median as mediocre, then sure.

You gotta understand though - talent is finite.

Let's say you have a startup and have 500k to distribute among 10 people in salaries. If everyone gets 50k there's perfect parity. If one person gets 75k and the rest 47.2k, there's more disparity but since std deviation is pretty small, it's still parity overall. When there's three people making 100K and the rest make 22k ,then theres a big disparity

People don't like one or two amazing teams bullying the rest of trash teams, but they also don't like bunch of average teams and no real trash or amazing teams

Theres no real other way though if talent pool is finite (ie, 500k)

 

[klientel]

The parity is the reason why you get excited. You never know when it’s gonna be your squads turn to shine. One year my team was a joke on the coli at 4-12. I haven’t seen a winning season since I was in like 7th grade.

Then suddenly a new coach and a few off season moves Rams are 11-5 and in the playoffs. shyt happens overnight breh

 

[rbksNgirbauds]

Yep. I know it. NBA certainty>>>NFL "parity". No dream selling in the NBA. The favorites are the favorites. No one selling dreams of the Cavs or Sacramento winning the title. We know its golden state vs the rest of the league. So we can watch the NBA with adjusted expectations for our squads. But the NFL? Your team could start 4-0 and your szn can go to hell by December. You won't know what your teams ceiling is until it's too late... Wasted excitement at the beginning of the szn, wasted days hoping and dreaming....

Depressing, but factual. I already know my NBA team ain't shyt so it ain't not a nan ounce of expectation or hope with em. I'm just like all year long
But the hype leading up to ya NFL teams' season, buying into the hype of it being "Anybodys year" is the closest thing to blue balls there is. Especially if your team gets off to a fast start.

 

[Biscayne]

NFL parity is still great. Just because there are outliers on the far sides of the bell curve (pats, browns) doesn't mean there isn't parity on average.

NFC parity. I said it earlier. NFL parity is really NFC parity. No one can look at the AFC in the last 20yrs and honestly call it parity. I have a social media post from 2017 predicting the pats would win the conference back to back. I have a post from 2016 after they won the SB saying its most likely the pats are gonna win the conference multiple times in the next 3 or so years.

 

[Biscayne]

So you're basically saying the entire NBA season is hopeless and worthless for like 28 teams. And then you would be ok if the NFL did the same thing? That makes no sense.

The nba does not want you to think that your team.has no chance. They want the Nugget fans to show up.

Both leagues offer no hope.
Both leagues offer plenty of mediocrity. They're for casual fans at this point.

Denver cacs and portland type cacs love their NBA teams. That has nothing to do with NBA media selling them a dream of their team winning the Western Conference let alone a title. I haven't seen one NBA show like "Well, ya know denver can really make that title run this year" most NBA analysis is about which teams in the west can give GS a "scare" or a good series at best. Last year they predicted the rockets would give GS a good series, and they DID give GS a good series. NBA analysis is who can put together the best teams that can push or "scare" the mainstays like GS and anyteam LeBron is on. No dream selling. But the NFL?

 

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[Biscayne]

The parity is the reason why you get excited. You never know when it’s gonna be your squads turn to shine. One year my team was a joke on the coli at 4-12. I haven’t seen a winning season since I was in like 7th grade.

Then suddenly a new coach and a few off season moves Rams are 11-5 and in the playoffs. shyt happens overnight breh

NFC is awesome. NFC parity is great.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

NFC parity. I said it earlier. NFL parity is really NFC parity. No one can look at the AFC in the last 20yrs and honestly call it parity. I have a social media post from 2017 predicting the pats would win the conference back to back. I a post from 2016 after they won the SB saying its most likely the pats are gonna win the conference multiple times in the next 3 or so years.

The nfc has a solid amount, but the bad teams have been bad a real long time. The rams have had 5 winning seasons since 1990, but they seem to have turned a corner. The lions are the lions. One playoff since since my grandparents got married . The bears really only have 2006 and 2010 in the last 25 years to my knowledge. Tampa has missed the playoffs 13 of the last 15 years. Washington really hasn’t done shyt in the last 25 years. Dallas has 2 playoff wins in the last 20 years. As for the afc, aside from Pittsburgh, New England, and Peyton, they’ve been 1999-2004 eastern conference levels of bad for the last 15 years.

 

[Biscayne]

The nfc has a solid amount, but the bad teams have been bad a real long time. The rams have had 5 winning seasons since 1990, but they seem to have turned a corner. The lions are the lions. One playoff since since my grandparents got married . The bears really only have 2006 and 2010 in the last 25 years to my knowledge. Tampa has missed the playoffs 13 of the last 15 years. Washington really hasn’t done shyt in the last 25 years. Dallas has 2 playoff wins in the last 20 years. As for the afc, aside from Pittsburgh, New England, and Peyton, they’ve been 1999-2004 eastern conference levels of bad for the last 15 years.

In the nearly 20yrs NE, Peyton, and Pittsburgh has dominated the conference, we've seen the Shaq-Kobe lakers dynasty rise and fall, we seen the heat dynasty rise and fall, we seen the spurs dynasty rise and fall, we've seen the pistons run rise and come to an end, Boston big 3 come to an end, we've seen it all in that span. Props to Tom Brady and Bill Bellichick though. They started winning titles when Kobe, Shaq, and timmy D eras. Those guys have all retired, and Billy and TB are still winning titles. But alot of that has to do with the mediocrity of the AFC east and the mediocrity of the AFC as a whole. A franchise QB is so hard to find, that it can leave teams in a cycle of mediocrity that can last decades. A cycle of medicorty that can last longer than any NBA dynasty. That lack of a solid franchise QB can gift other teams who do have a HoF level QB an annual leg up and a guaranteed 6 wins within inner division play. Who's to say golden state doesn't fall off in the next two years while TB makes it to another SB because Tannehill shows that he isn't our guy?

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

In the nearly 20yrs NE, Peyton, and Pittsburgh has dominated the conference, we've seen the Shaq-Kobe lakers dynasty rise and fall, we seen the heat dynasty rise and fall, we seen the spurs dynasty rise and fall, we've seen the pistons run rise and come to an end, Boston big 3 come to an end, we've seen it all in that span. Props to Tom Brady and Bill Bellichick though. They started winning titles when Kobe, Shaq, and timmy D eras. Those guys have all retired, and Billy and TB are still winning titles. But alot of that has to do with the mediocrity of the AFC east and the mediocrity of the AFC as a whole. A franchise QB is so hard to find, that it can leave teams in a cycle of mediocrity that can last decades. A cycle of medicorty that can last longer than any NBA dynasty. That lack of a solid franchise QB can gift other teams who do have a HoF level QB an annual leg up and a guaranteed 6 wins within inner division play. Who's to say golden state doesn't fall off in the next two years while TB makes it to another SB because Tannehill shows that he isn't our guy?

That extent of dominance also stems heavy from how bad the rest of the conference has been and how long they’ve been that bad.

AFC east: The jets have won their division twice since 1970 and counting this year since it’s safe to assume they won’t win it, that’ll be one division title in the last 20 years. The dolphins have been between 4-8 wins every year for basically the last 18 years now except for 2 seasons. The bills don’t need much explanation. Their last division title was when AI was still at Georgetown and Kobe hadn’t gone to his senior prom yet. Until January they hadn’t made the playoffs since Pokémon yellow was the hot game on the market and sega was still making game consoles.

Afc south: Houston has basically never been good. The titans haven’t been good essentially since Dubya’s first year or two in office. Last year was their second playoff trip since 2003 and their first since 2008. The jaguars just ended a 9 year playoff drought. Haven’t hosted a playoff game since January of 2000 I think. The colts have basically been a practice squad team asking their quarterback to mask all their flaws since 1998.

Afc west: The raiders have been awful for most of the last 30 years. Kansas City had no playoff wins from 1994-2014. Denver had 1 playoff win from 1999-2010 and after winning the super bowl they suck again. Pretty sure the chargers have sucked most of the last decade, but I don’t think anyone is really paying attention to them.

Afc north: The bengals haven’t won a playoff game since Kareem was still playing for the Lakers. The ravens were good for a bit, but 2006 is literally the only year they’ve ever had a good coach and quarterback in the same season and the qb’s body broke down almost on a drive by drive basis in the playoff game that year. Neither the coach or qb has been good the last 5 years and the coaching hasn’t been good since 2006. Not that they need any elaborating, but the browns have gone 25 seasons in a row without a division title, 15 straight years out of the playoffs, and going into this season had lost 50 of their previous 55 games.

 

[Biscayne]

That extent of dominance also stems heavy from how bad the rest of the conference has been and how long they’ve been that bad.

AFC east: The jets have won their division twice since 1970 and counting this year since it’s safe to assume they won’t win it, that’ll be one division title in the last 20 years. The dolphins have been between 4-8 wins every year for basically the last 18 years now except for 2 seasons. The bills don’t need much explanation. Their last division title was when AI was still at Georgetown and Kobe hadn’t gone to his senior prom yet. Until January they hadn’t made the playoffs since Pokémon yellow was the hot game on the market and sega was still making game consoles.

Afc south: Houston has basically never been good. The titans haven’t been good essentially since Dubya’s first year or two in office. Last year was their second playoff trip since 2003 and their first since 2008. The jaguars just ended a 9 year playoff drought. Haven’t hosted a playoff game since January of 2000 I think. The colts have basically been a practice squad team asking their quarterback to mask all their flaws since 1998.

Afc west: The raiders have been awful for most of the last 30 years. Kansas City had no playoff wins from 1994-2014. Denver had 1 playoff win from 1999-2010 and after winning the super bowl they suck again. Pretty sure the chargers have sucked most of the last decade, but I don’t think anyone is really paying attention to them.

Afc north: The bengals haven’t won a playoff game since Kareem was still playing for the Lakers. The ravens were good for a bit, but 2006 is literally the only year they’ve ever had a good coach and quarterback in the same season and the qb’s body broke down almost on a drive by drive basis in the playoff game that year. Neither the coach or qb has been good the last 5 years and the coaching hasn’t been good since 2006. Not that they need any elaborating, but the browns have gone 25 seasons in a row without a division title, 15 straight years out of the playoffs, and going into this season had lost 50 of their previous 55 games.

American Failure Conference...

 

[Biscayne]

Plus is it really parity if a team that does decent one season is ass cheeks for the next 3 but the cream of the crop like the Pats remain juggernauts....

That's considered parity in the NFL for some reason. In the NBA, even tho LBJ has won the east 8yrs in a row, he's faced a carousel of diffirent eastern conference opponents in the conference title game with diffirent coaches, diffirent stars and diffirent playing style. Even though a new eastern conference opponent got a shot to face LeBron in the conference finals almost each year, no one in their right mind would call that parity since LeBron ends up coming out on top anyways.

 

[Juven]

Denver cacs and portland type cacs love their NBA teams. That has nothing to do with NBA media selling them a dream of their team winning the Western Conference let alone a title. I haven't seen one NBA show like "Well, ya know denver can really make that title run this year" most NBA analysis is about which teams in the west can give GS a "scare" or a good series at best. Last year they predicted the rockets would give GS a good series, and they DID give GS a good series. NBA analysis is who can put together the best teams that can push or "scare" the mainstays like GS and anyteam LeBron is on. No dream selling. But the NFL?

When did the NFL sell a dream? Can show you show me something ? I think you're confusing the NFL with the media.

Nba and NFL do the same thing. They both want to make money. They want too to believe that your team has a chance to win. So I think you got it confused with the media. I've never see anything from the NFL.

NBA and nfl do the same thing. Both leagues are trash and are for fans that want to see points.