Hope springs eternal every NFL offseason. It’s what keeps millions of fans of each NFL franchise (and millions more across the plane of sports as a whole) looking at the upcoming season each summer with the expectation of good results.
Even those franchises in clear rebuilding modes are given that benefit of the doubt from their fanbase that they will get it together in the next few years and figure things out. People are drawn to the moments of euphoria they experience when their favorite sports team does well — moments which become supercharged over time thanks to nostalgia — and they cling to hope as that beacon inside of their minds, telling them that more of those moments are not too far off.