Growing up in Iowa I never really watched the NFL (other than the Super Bowl). Now that I’m in the real world (and a part of the country where people care more about the NFL than Iowa football) I need to find a team to cheer for! Every Friday without fail a coworker asks me if I’ve decided to root for the Packers yet. Every Monday without fail my manager asks why I haven’t started cheering for the Bears yet. Andy’s been working on brainwashing me into being a Packers fan for months. Who should I cheer for? I don’t know, but I am working on a list of reasons I should/shouldn’t cheer for teams (based mostly on colors and mascots).
Who should I cheer for?
- Cincinnati Bengals – No. Bizarre looking uniforms.
- Pittsburgh Steelers – Probably not. They have the same uniforms as Iowa, and I don’t like Iowa’s uniforms…
- Chicago Bears – Probably not. Despite hearing daily news updates on everything Bears… the orange uniforms are bizarre looking and the bear isn’t very cute.
- Detroit Lions – No. I don’t want to have to go to Detroit to watch a game for the team I choose, and lions aren’t blue in nature.
- Green Bay Packers – Sorry Andy, but probably not. I don’t really like the colors and don’t understand why cheese is a rallying point.
- Minnesota Vikings – No. Can’t find it in myself to cheer for a bunch of guys parading around the field in purple (unless there’s a musical at halftime, then count me in).
- Indianapolis Colts – TBD. I like the colors, horses, and cheering for underdogs, so a possibility, but part of me also wants to cheer for a team with a brightish future, being a Notre Dame fan is hard enough…
- Jacksonville Jaguars – No. Jaguars are cute, and their attempt at making one ferocious is laughably terrible.
- Carolina Panthers – No. I don’t like panthers, Jimmy Clausen, or Cam Newton.
- New Orleans Saints – TBD. I find myself wanting them to win, but don’t really like the colors.
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Probably not. I’m not a pirate person. Skulls don’t inspire me to cheer for a team.
- Miami Dolphins – No. Worst colors in NFL.
- New England Patriots – No. Everyone cheers for them and Tom Brady has oddly blue lips.
- Philadelphia Eagles – No. The eagle looks scary/weird and the colors are bland.
- Washington Redskins – No. “Redskins” is not my idea of a cute mascot and I don’t like the colors.
- Oakland Raiders – No. Colors are boring.
- Arizona Cardinals – TBD. Mascot reminds me of angry birds.
*Note: If a team isn’t listed here it’s not because I forgot. I am trying to form an opinion of every team, and am only about halfway through my list.
