The NFL is a cold-hearted, cutthroat business more than it is the “family” that it is so often portrayed to be. I get it, as a multi-billion dollar business, the family analogy is often pretty hollow. Yet, sometimes it’s impossible to not get sucked into amazing stories of perseverance, Ron Rivera, Alex Smith and the upstart Washington Football Team, and dedication, the Buffalo Bills and the Bills Mafia’s long, long road to prominence.
The men and women on these teams do become family, for better or worse, and the fans of such teams often feel that level of camaraderie, dedication and perseverance on personal levels.