False. Real fans dont give up on a season just bc they perceive the team as "not good enough" to do anything THIS year.
Btw we're 2-2 & 1 game out of 1st in the division. There's so much damn football left to be played, talking like this week 4 is fucking insane
It dont mean shit what record we end up with. The goal every year is to win the AFC North. Make the playoffs = chance at a Super Bowl. Period. That's how winners think. (And when folks inevitably reply that it's dumb to think this team could win a SB this year, it only further proves you aint a REAL fan. Real fans know that's not how sports work. Steelers fans should understand it better than anyone bc nobody thought a 6th seed in 2006 was gonna win a SB either)
"That just shows a losing mentality" like Michael Jordan said in The Last Dance when the Bulls wanted to sit him & they had a chance to make the playoffs. The goal is always win today. Win now. Win this year.
So ya it does make you fake af to say "nah this team trash, just tank so we can get better draft picks". If you only root for your team in the good years & not the mediocre or bad years you're not a real fan.
Ps - And the downfall y'all really want bc you think some high draft picks will fix everything is coming. But this organization has tried everything it's power to try & get Pouncey, now Cam, & TJ a ring. That has always been why there wasnt a fire sale after Ben left.
I respect that the Steelers are about that. Again & lastly, i call anyone fake af if they think that's dumb by the organization.
Fans rather go 9-8 instead of sacrificing a year.
It doesn’t makes you a fake fan it most a common sense fan.
These next 4 games will determine a lot.