3 reasons Washington fans should be rooting for 49ers to win NFC
By Jerry Trotta
Fans of the Washington Football Team don’t have any rooting interest for Sunday’s conference championship games.
In the AFC, Joe Burrow and the upstart Cincinnati Bengals will look to end Patrick Mahomes’ and the Kansas City Chiefs‘ quest of reaching their third consecutive Super Bowl. In the NFC, Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams will lock horns with Deebo Samuel and the Wild Card San Francisco 49ers.
In a vacuum, each of these four teams are likable.
The Bengals’ underdog narrative goes without saying, the Chiefs are on the cusp of creating a dynasty, the Rams have Matthew Stafford, who everybody wants to see win (or do they?) and the 49ers’ offense is simply poetry in motion.
See what we’re saying? It’s a tough pick. If you’re still deciding on whom to root for, we’re here to tell you why you should be pulling for San Francisco to edge out Los Angeles in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game.
As for the AFC, well, choose your fighter: David or Goliath?
Why Washington Football Team fans should root for the 49ers
3. Matthew Stafford rejected Washington last offseason
We hate making an argument to root against Stafford, who’s truly one of the easiest quarterbacks in the NFL to root for.
However, we can’t help put point out the fact that he nixed Washington as a trade destination last offseason. Of course, Washington was in heavy pursuit of Stafford, who, at the time, mutually agreed to a trade with the Lions’ front office.
The Football Team made a competitive offer to Detroit, but it didn’t matter. Per reports, all Stafford, who has a lot of ties to the west coast, wanted was to play in Hollywood for head coach Sean McVay.
Do we blame Stafford for giving Washington the cold shoulder? Obviously not. Why would he want to go from one perennial loser in the Lions to a team in Washington that, on top of struggling to field a winning product, has consistently made a mockery of itself off the field?
HOWEVER, that doesn’t mean we’re going to root for a player who seemingly didn’t even consider playing for Washington. We want players who WANT to be here, and reports indicate Stafford never even gave the WFT a chance.
We like Stafford, but it stings from Washington’s perspective knowing the QB they pursued last offseason is one win away from the Super Bowl with the team that beat them to the punch because of their glitz and glamour.
Let’s go 49ers.