phatalerror said:Meh, I rooted for the 49ers because that's the family I was raised in.
The 49ers Wally Pipped Alex Smith for Colin Kaepernick, so I became a Chiefs fan on the principle.
The Chiefs dumped Alex Smith after he gave them his blood, sweat, and tears over years of recovering from bad cap management and giving undeserving players big contracts along the way, so I became a Washington fan on the principle.
(Speaking about principles, the old name of the Washington team was not appropriate, but that didn't stop me.)
Washington was a rebuilding team with turnstiles on the offensive line, same as had been the case in San Francisco and in Kansas City, only this time, Smith suffered what ended up being a life-threatening compound leg fracture. And somehow, two seasons later, he managed to lead his team from late-season irrelevance to a playoff berth. Sadly, his body was done, and he couldn't get medically cleared for his own swan song.
Without Alex Smith to root for, and with no compelling reason to continue rooting for a failing Washington team, I looked back to the 49ers, who never managed to win a Super Bowl with Colin Kaepernick after all. I forgave them.
All of this to say, I don't really care what players played for what teams. I could find all kinds of reasons to loathe individual players, but I'm just not that kind of person, and there are too many important things in life that demand loyalty for me to have that sort of devotion to a football team I can't control, or even influence.
Typical 9ers fan believe it or not.