The tortured fan base most deserving of a Super Bowl victory is Buffalo. That’s according to NFL Network’s Kyle Brandt on Friday’s edition of Good Morning Football, but not for reasons you may assume.
Sure, neither the Detroit Lions nor the Cleveland Browns have even appeared in a Super Bowl while the Minnesota Vikings lost four Super Bowls in the 1970s.
“But could you imagine if they had lost four Super Bowls in four consecutive years,” said Brandt, referring to the Bills’ excruciating run from 1990-93. “I look at not just football, but all the other sports. Has that city (Buffalo) and that community gotten to enjoy a championship from any of the other sports? Have they ever had a parade?”
Minnesota fans saw the Twins win two World Series, and both Detroit and Cleveland fans saw the Bad Boys and LeBron James, respectively, triumph in the NBA Finals. Meanwhile, the Buffalo Sabres have never won a Stanley Cup. Even the NBA’s Buffalo Braves couldn’t deliver before leaving town for San Diego.
“If you’ve got a Stanley Cup or you won the NBA Finals,” Brandt said, “that’s a great day for you as a sports fan.”
The Bills open the season in front of their tortured fans, kicking off a new era Sept. 8 against Arizona. Gabe Davis and Stefon Diggs are gone. The club drafted an entertaining young receiver in Keon Coleman and hired new offensive coordinator Joe Brady.
The key constant, though, is quarterback Josh Allen, one of the most dominant dual-threat players at his position. Allen, who could not care less that some of his league peers anonymously called him the league’s most overrated quarterback, needs 12 combined passing and rushing touchdowns to reach unprecedented NFL history – surpassing Patrick Mahomes (231) for the most ever by a player in his first seven seasons.