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Young and promising. There is always room to overachieve and surprise, but young talented teams offer tons of hope. As a Green Bay Packer fan, a team that aged (Rodgers) but always had high expectations, every year since 2011 felt like a disappointment. Won a championship early with a young and talented team and we always thought there would be another, and another, and it never was. 13-3 is great and fun to watch, but never getting to the Super Bowl, meant it was for nothing. I literally got used to the heartbreak in January. Now, a young and talented team, my expectations are low but I haven't been this excited for an NFL season in a long time. We may suck, but we may also surprise, and oddly, I think its the not knowing that excites me.
Young teams with talent just are always more exciting and truthfully probably have lower downsides as a fan, than the older experienced team. Older and experienced teams can hit a cliff at any time whereas young talent can hit the ramp and take off. Talking Baseball here now, see Yankees, Cardinals, etc. Whereas no one expected anything from the Cubs or Diamondbacks and yet they are in the playoff hunt!
I think your examples are good. Packers, Yankees and Cards all good examples of veteran teams that hung around every year but never really were contenders. That being said, how often do you see a young, dynamic team go on to win it all?
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