How to Be a Fan of a Bad NFL Team

The Packers & Patriots are just two of the teams that were once good and are now doing poorly. Thankfully, this exclusive class will teach fans how to be a fan of a bad NFL team.
Featuring Brandon Perna: / @thatsgoodsports
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[@johnsonsmithson45]

Tom’s dedication is unmatched

[@sabor7914]

I second that

[@theskicker8856]

I third that.

[@ItsJustMike21]

I agree with that

[@theskicker8856]

@@SilverBack-xi3ln what’s your team?

[@jamesp57867]

Colts fan here. We tried recycling old quarterbacks.

[@ST0NE_206]

As a Steelers fan, every time I think we’re bad, Mike Tomlin steps in and shuts down my doubts by delivering a winning season no matter when or how

[@Torgonius]

That's Tom's Blood Demon delivering.

[@america1st721]

is that really a "good" thing? busting your balls for an entire season just to barely miss the playoffs or get bounced in 1st round.

[@highrofellos6721]

When Tomlin does have a losing season...is that one of the signs of the Apocolypse?? Just checking.

[@ocularzombie6679]

As your closest rival, we also have that weird stroke of (un)luck where Harbs ends up barely securing his job for the next season and we're usually getting no more than 10 wins, no less than like 7. Always mediocre with that one.

[@BadFortnitePlayer89]

November 12th the second toilet bowl???????????????

[@morganholladay7433]

Tom acting out his own therapy in real time is really a phenomenal viewing experience

[@Redcell6A]

Crazy that I don't even see Tom in different jerseys anymore. I see his characters. Great delivery and you've got some fantastic writing chops. Bringing Perna in was brilliant.

[@markanthony1004]

Exactly. This is awesome

[@FluffyBunny9002]

The Giants and Jets fans didn't have accents this time though

[@honolulublues5548]

​@@FluffyBunny9002lost them with their games.

[@teresa2845]

in one of the skits I watched where he did the NFC north... it was either week 1,2 or 3 lol.... He was so good in character that he actually had me feeling sad for the Bears lol.... he was talking about having hope. Maybe its because being a Lions fan, I could relate to that.... but he really does have me seeing him as different people.

[@whatevergong82]

Having a Lions fan as the Instructor was a master stroke of humor. And, as a long-suffering Lions fan, it was hilarious!

[@bonkka87]

As a Browns fan, I'm disappointed my team didn't make an appearance. Coach of the Year, playoff win against the Steelers... Oh, no! We suck again!

[@LlamaInYoFace.]

As a dolphins fan, i think we should’ve gotten an honorable mention in the used-to-be-bad department

[@brianlevine249]

@@bonkka87 Sorry but the Lions have the "long suffering fan" professorship locked up. Come back after a few decades of sucking.

[@whatevergong82]

@@brianlevine249 and we did 0-16 first.

[@cottrelr]

@@brianlevine249The Browns have had 4 winning seasons since 1990, and suffered through a 35-game streak during which they only won 1 game. In comparison, the Lions have had 10 winning seasons (and one 8-8 season) in the same time period.

[@kyles4854]

As a Lions fan, this is probably my favorite video you have made. The painful memories of the last 20+ years no longer haunt me. "There's a light at the end of the tunnel" per Dan Campbell.

[@rds990]

That "light" is an oncoming TRAIN !

[@huhhhhhhhhhhhh09]

@@rds990 haha, I was gonna say, pretty sure that lesson was all about how likely you are to lose.

[@devinbender8428]

Closer to 30 years. Im 32. And i rarely remember the lions good years with barry

[@GSBro]

Whoa whoa whoa, don't count your chickens before they hatch. The season is still young. That being said, I love seeing the Lions be good

[@snotnosewilly99]

The Colts have hope for the playoffs with 3-0 Minshew at QB. No hope with the loser Richardson 0-2 at QB

[@brocksells197]

It's sad that, as a Broncos fan, I immediately knew Perna's advice about hope was going to be to avoid it at all costs. It's the hope that gets you, and the Broncos are absolute masters at building up hope every year

[@samuelwallace2782]

But F it. I'm still going to hope every year and every game.

[@sideless6706]

As a Lions fan I can 100% confirm this to be true. Best thing to do is learn to embrace the suck and learn to find the comedy in it all.

[@internetzenmaster8952]

[Warhammer 40,000 Inquisitor voice]: "Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment."

[@tygrkhat4087]

@@sideless6706 As a Bills fan who spent the first part of this century having only hope, you eventually gotta embrace the suck.

[@samuelwallace2782]

@internetzenmaster8952 Ya? Well your painted mini-figures suck it. I'm going to keep hoping anyway

[@heavymetalmusichead4969]

Bro. I'm dying. If course it's us Lions fans who are the instructors. But that totally caught me off guard and I died laughing

[@chazztreat8317]

Hey where’s us?

[@kevinramsey417]

I guess the Browns fan was busy.

[@blckgrd]

@@kevinramsey417 Lion's fan here. As soon as an "instructor" was mentioned I immediately thought either Lions fan or Browns fan would be it.

[@chazztreat8317]

@@kevinramsey417 he better not be getting a massage

[@cope847]

If anyone deserves to have a good team it's Lions fans. They've had like 1 or 2 really good seasons in like the last 70 years. I hope they win the NFC. Then lose to the Bills in the Superbowl.

[@connorbradbury3872]

As a Patriots fan, I didn't know it was possible to feel attacked and comforted at the same time... This was the fan therapy I needed

[@Itsthecreative]

Theres something both sad and hilarious at Giants fans having the audacity to laugh at Pats fans 😂

[@teapotdome]

remaining men together.

[@silentf0e]

Texans fan here. Advice sounds about right. Abandon hope until you get a good Quarterback and Head Coach... Now I'm a Strouds' fan

[@gr8daynegb]

I hope you haven't stalked or destroyed anything of the scriptwriter ;)

[@abatter]

I gotta say, Tom's portrayal of a Broncos fan was really on point today. Some of his best work yet.

[@acandela1294]

As a jets fan I realize that I let hope in and am now doomed to suffer at the hands of the eagles

[@timemmel7560]

Acquiring Rodgers gave us hope with our D, Breece and G Dubs.... Then Orlando Bloom as Paris in Troy shot his achilles from the stands that dark monday night game.... We can now only pray my friend.

[@ethanmartin2925]

I’m a jets fan too

[@mc1993]

I thought a team had to be good to qualify? Huge difference between falling off the cliff bad, and a speedbump of hope.

[@WhtAbtBob10]

Sorry about that. Better luck next week?

[@mr.mediabomber2358]

We always have Super Bowl 3 to look back on.

[@kaitlyngarner740]

As a Patriots fan, this was helpful and I'm so glad that our representation wasn't deluded and was there to learn, even if he couldn't say it. I feel very well represented

[@solidsnake-gy3rw]

We just need to not have hope

[@Gmo-uo8gi]

As a fellow pats fan I concur. Having hope would be as dumb as hiring Matt Patricia to be your de facto OC or vetting players entirely without the use of analytics. Like actually 0% as we recently found out

[@wadedevinney9681]

Now you know how us Bills fans felt when you guys wouldn't stop curb-stomping us from 2002 until Brady's exodus

[@prestigev6131]

I still have hope for the patriots Hope that we’ll get Caleb Williams that is

[@sebastienluquet194]

I know have followed the Nfl only since Eagles-Patriots 2017 but seeing the Lions Fan giving advises for the Packers to be better feels like science fiction. And as a Pats fan, therapy hits hard since few years.

[@zenergetic_8299]

Might’ve been one of the funnest football skits to date. Top tier writing. The death stare when the packers fan sees the lions fan come in was great lol

[@TheReluctantGringo]

I grew up a pats fan in the 80’s and 90’s, so I can just slip back into the malaise of depressing fandom. Thanks for this Tom, I feel the empathy😂😂😂

[@connorgolden4]

What did it feel like being so damn good for song long? As a bears fan I don’t know what that feels like.

[@redwings0142]

As a Commanders fan, Perna's advice hits REAL close to home.

[@anthonykeith99]

We been on hope for idk how many years now

[@tomatoisnotafruit5670]

Bro your team doesn't even have a real name anymore.

[@nw4042]

Glad they finally got rid of Dan Snyder. Wish he didn't get paid a jillion dollars to leave.

[@PoorlyEdited540]

@@tomatoisnotafruit5670we know. And that's only the 4th worst thing Snyder did

[@paulyguitary7651]

Tbf Commanders hope barely makes it out of the preseason where hope springs eternal for most teams. Usually dies in the first couple games. From someone who grew up on the Hogs it’s been a rough…3 decades…ugh…with very few bright spots.

[@tfosss8775]

As a Bills fan, who watched my team lose 4 in a row, then was perpetually 'in the hunt" at 6-6 for nearly 20 years, can confirm ... "don't have hope"

[@irshkashirkle]

I second this

[@wadedevinney9681]

I think another good bit of advice is that just because you took a quarterback in the first round does not mean he's any good *EJ MANUEL*

[@tygrkhat4087]

@@wadedevinney9681Don't forget J.P. Losman.

[@sndyb2935]

​@@cokesquirrelsame here. Enjoying every minute. Watching the Patriots lose.

[@gallonzoffun3880]

As a panthers fan I feel odd for being excluded, until I realized that this was about teams that were once great and our now bad, while we have been crap since that Super Bowl with Perna’s ponies

[@nicksojka7457]

We're just out watching hockey, that's the reason we're there

[@jeffreysmith236]

when did the Panthers play Denver in a Superbowl? I horribly remember all of that tight loss to the Patriots, but not Denver.

[@spartangrizzly3086]

@@jeffreysmith236 that was the year Peyton Manning's Broncos beat Cam Newton's Panthers.

[@antoniobanda9700]

@@jeffreysmith236 Dude it was the when Peyton and west welker were on Denver and When Caroline Panthers almost had a perfect season with Cam Newton

[@WolfyRagnarok]

It was the one where Cam Newton jumped AWAY from the fumble.

[@Drave_Jr.]

Sad thing is, Perna isn't wrong, and honestly applies if your team is fine as well. Also, Lionel is going to be ecstatic for along, long time. Also, Rus isn't 300+, but Denver is on a five game win streak now as of 11/30/23.

[@trainman8719]

i swear the collab we all been waiting for and how accurate the fanbases are is too spot on thank you

[@girlpower8900]

As a young adult Pats fan who literally was raised on the first half of their dynasty.......thank you. This is hilarious and also very helpful to deal with this rough season

[@tygrkhat4087]

Get used to it.

[@worldsgreatestdude1784]

I grew up with the dynasty. I consider it a part of my childhood tbh

[@avthecool129]

Unfortunately for me as a fellow pats fan, I only got to watch 2 yrs of the pats dynasty since I became a fan in 2018. But hey at least I got watch us win sb 53 and hoist the lombardi

[@paulyguitary7651]

As someone that grew up on Joe Gibbs, I hope your slump doesn’t last as long as ours.

[@HoonTurd]

for your parents, this is something they've been through before lol

[@brandanwendl2202]

As a lions fan- I love that we're the ones running the class. And the cameo by perna is just icing on the cake! 🤣

[@kosmosfan01]

Pretty much the best teacher on what to do about a bad team when he's up to what 14 worst games ever now lmao

[@markg.7865]

Go Lions, we own the NFC North!

[@danwybrow7226]

Perna is every Broncos fan’s spirit animal! His appearance did NOT disappoint… unlike my football team 😭

[@timweihrauch4381]

"Loser" "Hey, let him say it" That got me so good. :)

[@Ned-Ryerson]

As a Packers fan after the first round of the play-offs, I can't help but chuckle.

[@michaelmanville89]

I am thoroughly enjoying Tom's transformation into a Lions fan. He just plays Lionel so well it has to be natural.

[@tradingpost431]

He plays them all well. As a Pats fan who is old enough to actually remember when they were bad, this is very accurate. It’s like we know we are bad and we have to just accept it, but it’s hard cause it’s been so long

[@shadowflamegaming5598]

The packers’ fan expression when the Lions’ fan was talking… hilarious!

[@Zhiggz]

As a Patriots fan I really need this so I can understand

[@Gmo-uo8gi]

As an old pats fan I remember when we used to suck. Buckle up young compadre this could stay ugly for awhile

[@stevenbanas6920]

@@Gmo-uo8gi I remember the benches at Schaefer Stadium

[@tygrkhat4087]

@@Gmo-uo8gi Props to you. A 10-year old who started following the Patriots in 2001 doesn't know anything but winning. Now in their early 30s, they are learning what the other side is like.

[@jd.wiegand]

As a lions fan, I appreciate this on a level most will never understand.

[@Itsthecreative]

Literally spent most of the vid crying with laughter at Packers fan.😂😂😂

[@ryanmalone4464]

1:54 the lions smirks when mentioning acceptance because they had to accept failure for 20 years before now

[@patricksvec8957]

As a lions fan for 40+ years, this is the funniest thing I have ever seen! Tom continues to be the best thing ever that relates to the Packers! I love you Grossi!

[@NightHawkExpress]

Their only redeeming quality is Tom

[@jtb5867]

some of us arent that bad give us a break @@NightHawkExpress

[@dmodz777]

Having the Lions take charge of this was genius

[@davidagledhill]

You had to know it was coming. I did!

[@thefatbatman7334]

As a Dolphins fan I can relate to the Lions fan, being trash for so long and now be at the top of the division. It’s feels so damn good

[@mazzarider6057]

And yet I still worry that the team will go on a random 5 game losing streak for no particular reason. I wonder when that feeling goes away?

[@zedoggie3006]

As a jets fan I hate the dolphins and the pats equally and wish the worst for both of you

[@alextrochezgomez1266]

@@zedoggie3006what about the bills?

[@zedoggie3006]

@@alextrochezgomez1266 I don't need to wish the worst for the bills they already suck 😂😂

[@Ch12JS]

@@zedoggie3006 I know, I know. We love to see those two take hard downfalls. Peace be with you.

[@Gamerfreak1515]

As a jags fan I can attest to this for sure. All those years of suffering and having a little hope always hurt.

[@tedbasner7727]

When I started watching this clip I just knew Lionel would be running the class!! Laughed out loud when he appeared!

[@sbizaoui]

I just embarrassed myself from laughing very loud in a cafe . It was so funny I couldn't stop laughing. I been a Lions fan since 1970 and every year I suffered from the illness of Hope and even though my Lions look good I know Hope is a cruel disease and I keep expecting the bottom to fall out. You nailed that perfectly 😂❤

[@robertspeakman6523]

Been a Lions fan also since 1970. I always had hope.

[@curtisclayton8023]

I've smoked the Hopium time and again

[@Ghandacity]

There were years where the hope was only, "Maybe the organization will realize it needs a good O-Line," and others where it was merely, "Maybe they won't reach on some overhyped skill player in round one AGAIN."

[@KarlMarkyMarxx]

Been a Saints fan since the Ditka era. Those 15 years with Brees and Payton feel like a fever dream now. I sense the dark times returning.

[@HufflepuffBaseball42313]

At least you beat the Pats 34-0….

[@usernamesrlamo]

Nah, you guys just good enough to be mediocre and never get anywhere in the postseason but also never get top draft picks. It’s a special kind of purgatory 😂

[@outrunna]

could be worse the bucs might be winning right now but i feel the fall is coming soon

[@R3dH4z3]

Good thing you weren;t around in the 70s with Archie Manning as QB. They only good thing about that team cause they traded away everyone else.

[@SeemsLogical]

Nah, Saints aren't dumpster level. They are still the most consistent team in the division. Panthers are still trying to find their identity, the Falcons are still sputtering to win games and the Buccaneers imploded dramatically once Tom Brady left. You guys still got the divison locked up, you just aren't a super bowl contender.

[@UponThisAltar]

The Cowboys bit had me dying laughing 😂

[@nickmontanabass]

It’s hilarious how Tom does a solid impression of a Lions fan rubbing it in to the Packers fans 😂

[@austinbrown1672]

At 1:46 when Tom is in a Cowboys jersey he says something that all Cowboys fans say in this is our year. When the truth is that every year is the Cowboys year.

[@infopocalypse5006]

Perna is spot on. As a KC fan I can say pre Mahomes no body could've told me we'd win a SB in my lifetime. Grew up watching coaches like Todd Haley, Romeo Crennel and Herm Edwards. Qbs like Steve Bono, Brody Croyle, Tyler Thigpen and Brady Quinn. Hitting Coach/Qb can quickly change everything.

[@muskyoxes]

Ugh, Edwards, who actually said a punt is a success because you didn't turn it over. Or watching them pile up win after win while knowing for sure they'll blow their first home playoff game

[@williamd1891]

We had hope during the Trent Green, Tony Gonzales, Priest Homes years, only to have that hope crushed once we reached the playoffs.

[@EricStuder89]

As a Rams fan I can also relate. We went from the greatest offense ever to nothing. 2005-2015 were absolutely trash until McVay came. I like the Chiefs & glad we've both got to top of the mountain after the pitfalls of being in valleys

[@JG-bk9pj]

These are the lessons us millennial Bengals fans learned at a young age in the 90's. We were raised in the darkness, molded by it.

[@bibleboiben]

It feels good to be a Lions fan. To all my Patriots/Cowboys/Packers family, It feels so good to be on top.

[@davidmurray5399]

Enjoy it while it lasts, because it won't last.

[@kevinramsey417]

Detroit was for a long time one of my sympathy teams. Historically bad teams that you root for just because you want to see them win. I knew the Lions would be good this year but I didn't think they'd be THIS good. They're for real.

[@Machva]

Pats fan here: enjoy it. Every minute. Enjoy the haters too, because right now its just empty trash talk and you know that.

[@thegames7755]

Not even, my dude. I’m a pats fan and honestly it’s pretty accurate lol@@Machva

[@ericred8124]

It’s going to be something watching the beat down they receive from the 9ers or Eagles in the NFCC. Prob 9ers.

[@brandonbaty2291]

Perspective is everything. My Lions have only been good for a year, out of the last 30, and it literally makes Sundays feel different. You watch the NFL differently. I cannot imagine what it must be like to be in the OPPOSITE situation. Feeling really good about football season for such a long time and now feeling like the bottom fell out. I can’t help but feel bad for those franchises and teams even though I really wish I could relish it more. 😂 My pain won’t allow me to feel anything other than empathy.

[@ScarScream]

It's a cycle guys. Been a Niners fan for 30 years and I can tell you there were times I thought we would never get out of the NFL's worsts. 2004 to 2009 was especially hard, but the end of the Harbaugh era was too. Anyways, don't give up hope, your favorite teams will get back on top (or close to) at some point. At least most of them! :D

[@GlacialScion]

Must be a fun as hell year for you guys. I can't wait until you play the Eagles. Only team in the NFL that looks like they have any chance in hell of going toe-to-toe with your juggernaut of a team.

[@ScarScream]

@@GlacialScion Yes it is! Can't believe we finally have a good QB! Haven't had one since Garcia and Young before. I'm just appreciating the moment as much as possible and hoping it lasts for a few more years :)

[@samshambles391]

Did you not listen to a word Perna said? Are you Satan? How dare a 49ers fan shoehorn his way into this conversation? How dare you, sir? Comparing one of your 5 year rebuilds to other fans' DECADES of futility and despair is offensive! How dare you admonish us to not give up hope? What good is hope for fans of teams owned by the likes of Dan Snyder, Jim Irsay, Mark Davis, the Haslams, the Bidwells, the McNairs, Shahid Kahn and Dean Spanos? How dare you infect these abused fans with hope? Or is it just a 49ers fan way of pissing of the rest of us peasants?

[@King99122]

Truly happy for you, but there is an exception. The Jets will never win a Super Bowl and maybe never even go to the playoffs again. I think world war 3 will happen before that day comes.

[@Woeisme2]

Yall have one of the most successful franchise in the NFL you don't get to talk about being bad

[@trealosgaming3345]

My buddy is a Patriots fan, he wants to jump to a new team already. But my dad has denied his Bucs application for the following: "You only knew the Patriots while they were good. You have to suffer them while bad for a few years to then apply"

[@Maidandthepocketwatchofblood]

Straight up man. Some people are spoiled af lol.

[@trealosgaming3345]

@@Maidandthepocketwatchofblood my buddy only started watching football at the start of the dynasty hence his lack of suffering. But it is funny as another of our friends want him to join 49ers fan base, he lives in Bills country and they want him, and his gf wants him to be a packer fan.

[@cmonkey3698]

I have a cousin in High School who became a Pats fan at a very young age watching Brady, he is not taking this well lol

[@abatall]

as a cowboys fan, can i do it i think we have had enough seasons

[@CliffWillGame]

⁠@@trealosgaming3345I live in Eagles country but Patriots till I die! Also a Sixers fan so yeah not a lot of hope for me this season 😭

[@enriquecomas933]

Dolphins fan here. The Wildcat was my "hope" and it crushed me like a car compactor. For 30 years we went from the greatest coach of all time to disaster after disaster. For 25 years we have had no QB. I graduated from this class with full honors with my new Genius Alcoholic Free HC and Samoan Sniper degrees. Best of luck to the new students of this class!

[@acandela1294]

I hate to tell you this but you probably should taper those expectations until you're sure they won't hurt you this year

[@thenotoriouskid1736]

@@acandela1294dude at some point I’m expecting “same ol fins” lmao

[@iphoneShothand]

Fins up baby!

[@RAconsciousness]

Jags fan, my backpack is still in the classroom.😂😻 Duuuvaalllll

[@lennchadful]

when did Bill Belichick coach the Dolphins?

[@realmenhavelittledogs2661]

Lionel doing exactly what we all wanted to see, lol. Flawless job Tom

[@chrisx5127]

Messi! Lions are Messi

[@bradmuehlenbein]

This is just culmination of all of Tom’s hard work. His writing has only progressed and this has got to be one of the best skits I’ve seen so far. Bravo 💐💐

[@gmanz5]

The irony of the lions being bad for 20 years is him looking directly into the eyes a few of the reasons they've been bad

[@hbpencil88]

I burst out laughing when the Cowboys fan appeared...very good.😆

[@Emperor_Toxatine]

As a Lions fan, I should have seen this coming but when the instructor came out I couldn't help but start laughting. Of course we would know.

[@whatevergong82]

6 decades of horror, 5 of them due to the late WCF Sr. will do that to any Lions fan. His daughter Sheila Ford Hamp is a better Owner than he ever was. Baby steps still, but Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell is giving me hope.

[@rustyshackleford9498]

Was expecting something with the browns as well. But alas, they are still shit.

[@tpsam]

I thought mr Brown would be teaching maybe he is the principal of the school

[@Emperor_Toxatine]

@@tpsam last I heard Mr. Brown was the foreman of the Factory of Sadness

[@Insanity1245]

This is genuinely one of the best videos youve ever put out for us lions fans🤣

[@theParallax8514]

As a giants fan, yeah……………………….this is relatable. I had hope and it just completely crushed me, and while a lot of that hope is gone, there still is a slimmer of it, just like every year.

[@scruffd0g193]

2:53 "Loser" 😂

[@Kraken-Slayer]

I would like to see this as a weekly addition. This is pure gold. Each week add more and more teams that are below the expectations. 😊

[@SteefPip]

I think the opposite would be fun too.

[@strategicsage7694]

There's only so much time - let Tom have a break once in a while. Don't keep adding things to the list or quality will suffer :)

[@geordiejones5618]

This was wholesome. As a Pats fan I couldn't care less if we lost the next 11 games. But we cannot lose to the Jets to end the season. 2-15 is perfect if the Jets still can't beat us.

[@franksinatra8445]

From a bears fan having this mentality is important just win the games that provide intense suffering to a divisional rival. Unfortunately I haven’t had that luxury recently but don’t get hope when the front office gets gutted or when the new draft pick looks good wait to have hope until there is identifiable proof. Luckily for you in Boston you have plenty of other competent franchises in your city that Chicago doesn’t

[@jacobcicerchia8157]

I think me and every other pats fan feels the same way

[@Yeeta3223]

@@jacobcicerchia8157 indeed i want it to happen so we get Caleb Williams

[@geordiejones5618]

​​​@@franksinatra8445 my grandparents are Geordies (northern englanders) and right when the Pats get bad, Newcastle starts playing better in the Premier League and playing in the Champions League. Sox suck too but the Bruins and Celtics are young and trying to redeem themselves still. Being a kid in New England at the start of the 20th century was something I'll always cherish dearly. If Boston teams suck the rest of my life, I still got to see one of the most incredible runs by a collective region of professional clubs.

[@PoleTooke]

Yes. Just as long as we beat the Jets.

[@geeklukeg]

Best. Skit. EVER! This Lions fan was absolutely rolling 🤣 😂

[@TheRDRipley]

These are solid gold. I was born in 1990 so I have had decades of mediocre to bad Niners. I just missed the great Niners. So I'll take the last 5 years.

[@Smenkhaare]

Been a Giants fan since 1968 (was born in 1964) even during that one Jets Super Bowl in 1969... been there with the Giants during their ups and downs. Loved the Lawrence Taylor era immensely. It is much better to have loved and lost than to not to love at all. It is the ups and downs of the world. Years of suck, for our franchises leads to success. Hopefully the suck won't last too long this time. The Giants after being the Yankees of football from the 1950s to 1963, went through 18 years of no playoffs. From the year before I was born in 1963 to 1981. So I feel the pain of everyone... five Super Bowl appearances and 4 Super Bowl wins have been sweet indeed. I feel for the Lions, Vikings and Browns... I love those franchises as well.

[@BMP556]

As a Carolina fan I have come to accept the fact that we are no longer pounding 😢😢😢 but every Sunday right before kickoff I have hope 😂😂😂

[@davidcarroll8735]

5:29 as a recovering Jets fan, the fact that we walked in last is an absolute testament!

[@mattverville9227]

I'm not a part of this conversation...I'm a Lions fan

[@FawfulsGalaxy]

you’re one of us and you know it

[@DarthEstebanMontoya]

That's why we're the coach.

[@356z]

Oh you can tell us how you survived -broncos fan

[@jacked4080]

Neither am I as a colts fan.

[@frozennorth3426]

ahahahaahaaaa 😅 you wish. you kids are adorable

[@xMoobyx]

Started dying when the cowboy came in😂

[@conradhenninger2209]

Cowboys fan here....had to pause the video.... you're a treasure Tom!!!! Now back to the rest of the best video yet!

[@paulwartenberg8479]

you're just in denial. you'll be back.

[@shawnclark7470]

This is Tom just accessing his brilliance! I AM LOVING THIS!

[@AnEnemySpy456]

As a Seahawks fan who jumped on in the mid 2000s, I've experienced some lousy seasons but I missed the decade plus of misery that defined the late 80s and all of the 90s. I have the Mariners as longtime losers but I'm not a big baseball guy so it's easy to tune them out. How you deal with an awful team for years and years and years is something I don't want to have to find out.

[@ayanamivmites3864]

I would definitely rather have them lose horribly for decades instead of having a repeat of that Super Bowl… imagine if that happened over and over again, would never be able to avoid hope

[@jasonanderson5980]

Consider yourself a grateful Hawks fan for missing the 1992 season; good defense (including Defensive MVP Cortez Kennedy) with historically inept offense (don't look up the numbers, they'll melt your eyeballs)

[@skorpiongod]

As a lifelong mariners fan, my secret is to just not have expectations. Enjoy what's given to you, whether it's a good game, a good player, or a fun moment. The mariners being good now is just a bonus.

[@w8stral]

As a Seahawks fan in the 90's, we all bet on how BADLY the Seahawks would get beat or figure some idiotic way to lose. It was VERY competitive atmosphere as whoever had the WORSE score, way to lose and proudly entered the bet and actually achieved it, WON the whole season of bets... Good times, oh yea, good times...

[@skorpiongod]

@@w8stral thats a pretty fun way to go about it rofl

[@stephenschuster9929]

As a Vikings fan I'm surprised you passed on the opportunity to dunk on us 😂

[@frozennorth3426]

The Vikings are the only team that’s never had 3 losing seasons in a row (at least not since their first 3 years over half a century ago, before most NFL teams existed. Vikings fans have a fate worse than fans of a bad team. We’re fans of a team that’s never really bad for more than a minute, and never bad enough to get a good draft pick. Vikings fans are trapped in a purgatory oscillating between “mediocre” and “pretty good”, with occasional visits up to “best in the league and swindled by bountygate or whatever”. Every season, half the fanbase is rooting for the other teams just so we can suck enough to force the “profit over success” owners (who are lifelong Giants fans) to get rid of Kirk Fucking Cousins, but it never happens. We’re 1-4, but I guarantee those assholes will figure out a way to pretty good their way to an 8-9 season, lose in the wildcard round, and draft 19th or whatever. It always happens. If you’re actually a Vikings fan you know it’s true. Mediocrity and Pretty Good forever. Skol.

[@NLind]

Same, especially our current w/l record.

[@stephenschuster9929]

​​@@frozennorth3426Yeah I feel you on that. We'll never willingly tank and with our schedule we'll probably claw back to 7 or 8 wins. My hope is that we'll be sellers and make some moves before the trade deadline, because we need draft capital regardless. I heard Kwesi tried to trade up for Anthony Richardson last year, so maybe we'll try to trade up for a QB even if we end up with the 10th pick or something. Then again the jury is still out on Kwesi too so 🤷

[@Banzai51]

Vikings fandom is another type of hell. Never really bad, but just good enough to disappoint you.

[@CanadianChiGuy23]

I grew up in Illinois and Minnesota…..a closet fan of both teams and hater of the Packers from both sides. I gave up on the Vikes after Bounty Gate. No matter how good they are, the can’t even GET TO the Super Bowl since the Tarkenton era, let alone win one. I’m still a glutton for punishment as a Bears fan (my 1st love), but at least they ride high or low and are not afraid of a rebuild. They just need the McCaskeys out of the way and stop sticking to the Halas philosophy of D first and a run-only offense, which they seem intent on with every head coach hire…..usually not at the GMs discretion.

[@letslego9914]

Grossi on fire this season and love the collab with Perna 🤣

[@TheDoubleKup]

As a lions fan i knew we would be instructing, but god i love this channel and the perna cameo was fucking amazing💯😭

[@UR-BAD291]

As a jags fan I’m proud to say I have attended this class for as long as I can remember im glad to have graduated

[@felipenmattos]

As a Cowboys fan, I accepted, my team is bad and i will not have hope about my team until get a true very good coach and QB! 😂 Thank you guys about this class!! 🤣🤣

[@mightguy123456]

The Cowboys aren’t a bad team-they’re just not winning the Super Bowl with Dak Prescott. The Cowboys are like the Vikings (their record may be inflated, or worse than the team actually is): a lot of talent on both sides of the ball, competent coaching and ownership, but they’re hitched to a QB that folds under pressure.

[@thereesebonneau]

Coach and GM*** QB ain’t the issue

[@justever5301]

​@@mightguy123456Except our elite defense can't carry our shit offense and gets tired on the field very often

[@isaiahwill]

Niners completely crushed my spirit. I ain’t been the same ever since. Not mad or sad but I just don’t feel anymore🫠

[@Cubs1719]

As a Giants fan I feel uncomfortable any time we are good. We only win super bowls accidentally so any plan is a bad plan.

[@maridambrosio523]

This was definitely one of your best, Tom. Laughed from beginning to end. Thank you for precious laughter

[@nonarrators8917]

The advice on not having hope is honestly great. As a Jaguars fan, i lost hope maybe 6-7 years ago? It's been great for my mental health. I just always expect them to lose and then you have a season like last year or even this year where I begin to feel "hope" but I've learned to shut that shit down quick. Trust me, you're life can only improve if you don't have hope because when they win, you will feel joy but that lack of hope will prevent you from having your feelings destroyed.

[@danielkotulski4785]

I laughed so hard when I saw the Lion was the instructor. We ain't the but of the jokes this season for once thankfully!

[@kylemunger3605]

As a long time lions fan, on some of the worse years we would play the games in madden instead of watching them. You’ll get there. Acceptance is the first step to recovery.

[@Gargvarr]

Here’s to 20 years of Pats misery.

[@DrDoom-bl1sk]

This legitimately made me laugh out loud multiple times. Not sure whether I liked the Lions fan trolling the Packers fan or the Cowboys fan's denial more, but the whole thing is excellent (bonus points for the Perna cameo). Incredible work.

[@TheRook__if]

The Perna cameo really the video here, keep up the content Grossi, the skits you’re making are great.

[@ropo0077]

😂😂😂 So amazing, Tom! One of your best videos. And when we lose to the Raiders on sunday i am going to implement the advice with „no hope“!

[@mrmuscle7]

Coming back to this all these months later, there are so many stories to tell with these teams. Wouldn't mind a follow up post season. :)

[@LifeUntilLove]

Oh as a Lions fan, I was sitting there hoping we would be the instructor. And I was not disappointed. Perfect casting and overall video.

[@davidagledhill]

Who else could it be? Browns? Same division is so much funnier.

[@michiganspencer6920]

​@@davidagledhillHad to be the Lions...at least the Browns have won multiple playoff games and championships since 1957.

[@robertdascoli949]

As a giants fan, you hit the nail on the head. I haven't had hope for this team for the past half decade. We win a playoff game, and I thought this team was actually trending in the right direction. Hope is the enemy.

[@R3dH4z3]

At least I got to see us win 2 SB's. The only way I cope.

[@MrZadir-nu7bd]

@@R3dH4z3 Same, winning those 2 SB, one against the undefeated patriots, has at least put things in perspective. It could always be worse....(Jets fans)

[@cidyrog]

I've honestly never felt so seen as a Giants fan. This is my exact emotional state. A little upset with them for giving us hope last season, but mostly used to this, and enjoying the other teams sucking. The one thing that's been haunting me lately tho is that like. Every team I'm a fan of won multiple championships in my *very* conscious memory before I was even 18(I'm 28 now). I can absolutely handle sucking for a bit but I can't fathom sucking for as long as.... ahem... some teams have/did. Like I can't wrap my head around it. Not in a jump ship way, I would never, it just hadn't even occurred to me as a possibility to suck for like, multiple decades- and I mean like even going multiple decades without winning a ring, not even like REALLY sucking losing record-not making the playoffs-type. I realized recently that that's a thing that could actually happen, not just a thing to make fun of *certain teams* and feel bad for other teams for. And then with equal horror realized I felt so bad for jets fans for all these years having the pats in their division, and the past 5 years (barring the one weird one), it's looked like philly might like.... consistently be a superbowl team for a while. I think I'd rather us suck for several decades than have philly be good for that long. But I'm also a Giants fan in philly, so. Anyway snf will be fun, over under on if we have any functioning qbs at the end?

[@samshambles391]

Commanders fans couldn't agree more. We had hope tickle our nutsack with RG3. And that's been awhile ago.

[@spomusmo2349]

Now this was top notch thinking. I laughed so hard at the dallas fan lmao. That 20 years line was hilarious . Tom you are a gem keep up the great work.

[@SeanH212]

I just love the new ideas that Tom just comes up with this was excellent and I laughed so much throughout it especially when Perna came on giving advice 😂😂

[@jonathonribbens213]

this had me rolling on the floor. it was perfect!

[@coreybaumy23]

This one is brilliant! Love the Perna right on the edge of crazy lesson.

[@BaxterD]

Being a Dolphins fan for the last 3 decades and having to wait all this time since our hall of fame QB left us to be good again...this video was therapeutic watching the Patriots sit on that couch.

[@mobius1234]

One thing us Bills and Phins can agree on, let's make the patriots 0-4 against us.

[@ropo0077]

You are Welcome! 😂

[@OldManInternet]

Being a long time Fins fan forced me to lean into fantasy football in the post Marino era as a coping mechanism. Also made me appreciate the little things, like Brady struggling to win in Miami, or watching the Patriots lose to the Giants and Eagles in the Super Bowl.

[@kitkatt875]

As a Jaguars fan, I can confirm, that losing hope is truly one of the most important steps you can take. It was only after I lost all hope after that 1-15 season along with the Urban Meyer disaster that we got back to the playoffs.

[@holdenmcmillen4307]

I can concur. We don’t talk about the 2021 season. The scars are too fresh

[@karthiktirumala1773]

My family moved from Milwaukee to Jacksonville in 2010, I’m a Packers fan but oml every game with Blaine Gabbert made me genuinely feel bad for you guys.

[@OrochiAlter9713]

​@@holdenmcmillen4307Bills fan here. One of the few bright spots from that year was Josh Allen vs Josh Allen matchup. Patriots gonna experience how it feels to be in the basement

[@CrazyJify]

And after this meeting, packers said no to this anymore

[@LGY17]

4:33 As a fan of all New York sports, I stopped having hope during baseball.

[@BobbyRoss-fg3km]

As a cowboys fan that hurt but was funny at the same time 😭

[@BlakeWR81]

I cannot express my happiness when Lionel showed up. The ride is fun now, but it was such a long, dark road to get here. Also, we stumbled into a good QB in a trade where we thought we got a bad one!

[@drtidrow]

I don't think there's any fanbase with more experience at backing a bad team.

[@drtidrow]

@@Drag0nknight999 And? The old Browns are now the Ravens - the new Browns didn't exist before '99.

[@milferdjones2573]

Yes the Buccaneers we still own the worst winning percentage in the NFL and the longest losing streak at 0-26 from first game to first win. But you need to be a from the start 76 fan like me to really live though the true horror. See Urinatingtree on our worst owner ever Culverhouse. @@drtidrow

[@alicechan404]

As a Dolphins fan, this really takes me back to the good (bad) old days. No matter how great we *may* look now, I still don't have hope. 🙂 It's almost inevitable that some freak injury or random off the field controversy is going to derail our progress. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@sharky_luv]

I'm trying to hold my excitement in. The Dolphins are really making it hard to.

[@alicechan404]

@@sharky_luv Only once we pass the Patriots in Super Bowl wins is when I'll let my guard down.

[@kingjt6164]

born in 2008, been here since 2013.

[@irshkashirkle]

Bills fan, patriots really scarred all of us huh?

[@AlveinFencer]

Dolphins fan with a Titans fan for an older brother. Pretty much every Sunday I have to apologize for Ryan Tannehill.

[@nodythova8543]

Grossi is going places.

[@tf7312]

As a patriots fan I gotta say you nailed it. Please do this every week❤

[@tf7312]

Can’t wait, we deserve it😂

[@HufflepuffBaseball42313]

As a Patriots fan, I’d like to say I’m content with the three rings we saw us win. As long as we sweep the Jets every year I’ll be happy. The rest of my teams, I need them to step up and win me a ring

[@jeffwilliamson2932]

The Lions have been through more than every other team combined. We have seen the blackest night. The pain of a damnation wrought by betrayal. We've endured things you can't identify with. Things you've only feared in moments of paranoid weakness. This is what galvanizes an organization to become ravenous kneecap cannibals. We WANT IT MORE.

[@MrTeriki]

Browns, Texans, Jags? None of the 4 have ever attended a super bowl

[@jeffwilliamson2932]

Try spending the #1 ovr pick on a dud only to spend the #2 pick on a dud. Try losing a first round bye to a hail mary after 2 consecutive rough calls to be forced to go to Dallas instead just to get jobbed again. Try setting the bar for rule misappropriations and officiating changes. This isn't even the opus. This is a sample. I could go on, and on, and on. From incompetence to providence, the Lions have made Sysiphus look like a part-time employee at an arcade.

[@BreadstickAssassin]

​@@MrTerikido you know anything about the lions history? ANYTHING? They have one playoff win in the super bowl era. One. No team has done worse than that. Every single one of those teams you mentioned has had a pretty significant playoff appearance in the last 6 years. Hell the jags made it to the afc championship. If its any team's time to shine, its Detroit.

[@Huron2010A]

@@BreadstickAssassin When Tom dropped that "It took us 20 years to get good again" line, I caught myself saying, "no, brother, it's been 65!"

[@JoeSmith-ey2xp]

@@MrTeriki The Lions have done it longer and worsterer.

[@teddy_scott36]

What’s worse than being a fan of a bad team is being a fan of a team that is good enough to be in the playoff race every year and either just misses the playoffs or falls short in them.

[@walkerdevin08]

As a Titans fan, I know that particular pain all too well 🥺😭.

[@tygrkhat4087]

Some years back when the Bills were looking for a new head coach, the name Marty Schottenheimer was brought up. He was dismissed due to his sub-standard playoff record. Which led me to ask' would you rather complain about a bad team, or a team that makes the playoffs, but never gets far? To be honest, I'd take the latter.

[@Raw_Dawgs6409]

There's been a year or two the Lions were like this.

[@samuellanghus1455]

*Vikings fans staring at the camera like they work at Dunder-Mifflin*

[@ryanchase1849]

Best NFL content creator, always look forward to your uploads!

[@a-trainandlittlebit975]

Good lord I love Tom Grossi. That’s all that needs to be said.