10 most miserable NFL fanbases
By Andrew Garda
Oakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders would be lower (higher?) on this list if the diehards didn’t travel so well.
While this is a team which could be moving to Los Angeles soon, it’s not that big a deal compared to what fans in St. Louis or even San Diego might feel. When the team moved from Oakland to Los Angeles originally, their fans followed and traveled south to the games.
And when the team up and moved back to Oakland, Los Angeles born fans flew up on weekends to cheer their beloved Silver and Black.
Their reward? Mediocrity. Really, we’re witnessing the longest Super Bowl hangover in the history of the sport. Since they lost the 2002 Super Bowl to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Raiders have not had a winning season and, in fact, have just two .500 seasons as well.
It’s been a dozen years since that Super Bowl loss and the Raiders have lost a ton of games and never finished higher than third in the AFC West.
There have been complete overhauls in the front office and on the roster. It’s been impossible for this franchise to gain traction with all that is going on, and the constant shifting of schemes and philosophy, as well as some absolutely horrible draft picks, have mired the Raiders at the bottom of the NFL.
On top of that the owner has one of the worst haircuts in the history of haircuts. Seriously, get the man to a SuperCuts or something.
Through all this, Raider Nation has stuck together through thick and thin. Perhaps they’re loyal to a fault. Or maybe the truth is, misery really does love company.
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