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Originally Posted by T-post Tom
Browns/Ravens is a bit sad. Both NFL cities cucked by another city that took their football team. Cleveland wasn't totally emasculated and got to keep their team name. NFL made sure of that because they respected the passion of the Cleveland fanbase. Cleveland went 2 years w/o an NFL team. Baltimore languished 12 seasons w/o an NFL team. Weird to think that the Colts have now played in Indianapolis longer than they played in Baltimore.
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Their fans aren’t even remotely close to being over it. There’s an active thread on their board right now with Browns fans talking about how the mere sight of the Ravens fills them with sadness (247sports.com/nfl/cleveland-browns/board/105323/Contents/i-hate-the-ratbirds-225823758/?page=1).
Baltimore fans still held animosity toward the Colts at least through 2006 when the Ravens had the one seed and Manning came to Baltimore for the divisional round, but there’s no real hate left there.
For all the complaining the Browns fans do, which I get, they got to keep their colors/history. It’s frankly insulting to many Baltimore people that the Indy team hangs banner for Baltimore Colts achievements. I mentioned this early, but the Ravens have basically coopted the old Colts. There will
be old Colts at the game this Sunday, and they’re inducted in the Ravens Ring of Honor.
May that fate never befall the Chiefs.