Bcap88 Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 1 hour ago, dcblanton said: You seriously pick out the Chiefs and Buffalo and say they are bigger market teams? Buffalo is in the 53rd largest market. Kansas City is in the 33rd. Nashville is the 29th largest market. Interestingly, the only two teams that are in larger markets in the AFC playoffs are the Patriots and Steelers. The Bengals, Bills, Chiefs and Raiders all play in smaller markets than the Titans. It is interesting that the Titans don't have more of a following. I think the only team that I have run into fewer fans for is the Bengals. Bills, Chiefs, Raiders, Pats (gag), and Steelers seem to have a much bigger national following. I live in Atlanta, which is super close and I still run into more fans from the other teams. The Titans have been a playoff team 3 times in the last 4, and played in an AFCCG. You would think they would have a bigger following. It’s fairly evident that the chiefs/bills are a bigger draw than the titans/vs whoever they play. Just compare tbe prime time games tbe chiefs/bills have had over tbe last three years compared to the titans. With that being said, the nfl is going to want them on Sunday leaving our game to be played Saturday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bcap88 Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 1 hour ago, titanruss said: I'm wondering this too. I wouldn't think the playoffs would be sorted by market size but they very well may be. Id rather play Saturday though. Market size/drawing power is more than likely how the time slots are determined. The real kick in the dick is to the rams/cardinals as they play Monday and will be on a short week for the divisional round Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschool Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 1 hour ago, dcblanton said: You seriously pick out the Chiefs and Buffalo and say they are bigger market teams? Buffalo is in the 53rd largest market. Kansas City is in the 33rd. Nashville is the 29th largest market. Interestingly, the only two teams that are in larger markets in the AFC playoffs are the Patriots and Steelers. The Bengals, Bills, Chiefs and Raiders all play in smaller markets than the Titans. It is interesting that the Titans don't have more of a following. I think the only team that I have run into fewer fans for is the Bengals. Bills, Chiefs, Raiders, Pats (gag), and Steelers seem to have a much bigger national following. I live in Atlanta, which is super close and I still run into more fans from the other teams. The Titans have been a playoff team 3 times in the last 4, and played in an AFCCG. You would think they would have a bigger following. Its simple. College football crazed state coupled with a team for only 2 decades means weak fan base. I always laugh when Titans fans refer to the team being in a small market too. Its laughable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschool Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 5 minutes ago, Bcap88 said: Market size/drawing power is more than likely how the time slots are determined. The real kick in the dick is to the rams/cardinals as they play Monday and will be on a short week for the divisional round Teams routinely play on Sun in the wildcard round and turn around and have to play on Saturday in the divisional round. Playing Monday and then playing the following Sunday is no different. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanruss Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) 27 minutes ago, oldschool said: Its simple. College football crazed state coupled with a team for only 2 decades means weak fan base. I always laugh when Titans fans refer to the team being in a small market too. Its laughable. but it has little to do with local fans and everything to do with outside fans/watchers... people who watch on the non local channels. Edited January 11, 2022 by titanruss Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcblanton Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 15 hours ago, Bcap88 said: It’s fairly evident that the chiefs/bills are a bigger draw than the titans/vs whoever they play. Just compare tbe prime time games tbe chiefs/bills have had over tbe last three years compared to the titans. With that being said, the nfl is going to want them on Sunday leaving our game to be played Saturday I agree that they are a bigger draw. But, they are both smaller markets. They each have larger fanbases, and they each are more well regarded this year. That's not a 'market size' issue. It is a style of play and QB issue. It will be curious of the Titans win it all, does the interest in them increase. Assuming the Titans get to the AFCCG, they will get more primetime games next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scine09 Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 17 hours ago, dcblanton said: You seriously pick out the Chiefs and Buffalo and say they are bigger market teams? Buffalo is in the 53rd largest market. Kansas City is in the 33rd. Nashville is the 29th largest market. Interestingly, the only two teams that are in larger markets in the AFC playoffs are the Patriots and Steelers. The Bengals, Bills, Chiefs and Raiders all play in smaller markets than the Titans. It is interesting that the Titans don't have more of a following. I think the only team that I have run into fewer fans for is the Bengals. Bills, Chiefs, Raiders, Pats (gag), and Steelers seem to have a much bigger national following. I live in Atlanta, which is super close and I still run into more fans from the other teams. The Titans have been a playoff team 3 times in the last 4, and played in an AFCCG. You would think they would have a bigger following. The reason for that is because the Titans came to Nashville in 1999 and a lot of people that live in the area had other teams they already followed. It's harder with most of these southern teams to get as many fans for that exact reason. And those other franchises have been in their locations for far longer. That's really why they have bigger followings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 Teams like Pittsburgh and Buffalo have huge followings because so many people feel guilty for leaving their parents and grand parents behind in the cold. titaninpgh, and animatormike 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcblanton Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 14 minutes ago, scine09 said: The reason for that is because the Titans came to Nashville in 1999 and a lot of people that live in the area had other teams they already followed. It's harder with most of these southern teams to get as many fans for that exact reason. And those other franchises have been in their locations for far longer. That's really why they have bigger followings. Also, to be fair, the South has College football #1, and NFL #2. That also makes it a challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ratbird Posted January 12, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 1/11/2022 at 10:14 AM, Alcibiades said: Once again, imagine what it's like to be a Ravens fan. 8-3, widely seen as the best team in the AFC....then you don't win another game and miss the playoffs. And yeah, Colts too. But surely two weeks ago, the Ravens were also considered 90-something percent likely to make the playoffs. There isn't a Ravens fan that thought we were as good as the 8-3 record showed. I remember saying jokingly at the time on this board we'd be lucky to win another game given our injuries and schedule. This is the only time I've been right on a prediction and it doesn't feel any better. Good luck to you guys. Hoping you get to play the Bungles at some point and beat the shit out out of them. animatormike, ChemEngr79, pat, and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, dcblanton said: Also, to be fair, the South has College football #1, and NFL #2. That also makes it a challenge. Then Nashville is the perfect southern city for the NFL. Vanderbilt football will never be #1 in anything! titanruss 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcibiades Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Ratbird said: There isn't a Ravens fan that thought we were as good as the 8-3 record showed. I remember saying jokingly at the time on this board we'd be lucky to win another game given our injuries and schedule. This is the only time I've been right on a prediction and it doesn't feel any better. Good luck to you guys. Hoping you get to play the Bungles at some point and beat the shit out out of them. Even before the loss of LJ? Interesting. Injuries really did hit some teams hard this year. We had a lot, BUT we didn't lose certain key players, which allowed us to remain competitive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratbird Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Alcibiades said: Even before the loss of LJ? Interesting. Injuries really did hit some teams hard this year. We had a lot, BUT we didn't lose certain key players, which allowed us to remain competitive. Yes even before Lamar was out. You cannot win (in the AFC North at least IE Watt, Garrett, etc) with poor oline play. It was hard to assess LJ this season because of it. We had to change our entire scheme days before our opener when our entire RB room went down and then it got worse when our Franchise LT went down week 1. It felt like we were done then, but we pulled out some last minute wins against some very bad teams which made it look like we were a contender early. We got our hopes up when we were playing competitive ball while trotting out Practice squad CB's against the Packers and Rams. We were overmatched all year. You need a little bit of luck in this league and this year just wasn't it. In my opinion we need to can Greg Roman and see if Lamar can take the next step as a passer. If we retain Roman we'll be sure to go back to running Lamar in the ground when we need a 3/4th down-and short. I do expect the Ravens to be extremely competitive next season as they do not have a very difficult schedule. We'll see. Edited January 12, 2022 by Ratbird Alcibiades 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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