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I don't think the original poster put a great deal of research into the origins of the team names. Some names are well publicized and others not so much.
I think you may be right.
The CARDINALS (Arizona, Phoenix, St Louis, Chicago) came from the cardinal red jersey that the Chicago Cardinals wore the last time the franchise won an NFL title.
I think my post on the other thread about offensive team nicknames was more entertaining, even if some middle school commentator thought otherwise. (All team names would offend someone, except the Seahawks and perhaps the Eagles)
And I won't waste anymore time explaining any more of it, I have to go to Pizza Hut. I am trying to see how fat I can get this week or something.
Yeah, I wonder what the nickname of mayor Bartle was, the guy who got the Texans to move to Kansas City in the 60's? Somehow, Kansas City Texans does not sound right, and if his nickname had been "MUDD" then they'd be the Kansas City Muds.
[b]The name Seahawk does come from a bird native to the northwest, the Osprey. Seahawk is but one of many nicknames for the awesome Osprey. The osprey has a tendency to tear its victims apart.
The Osprey is the most widespread bird species in the world, so it is pretty much native everywhere.
How about we switch nicknames for ALL franchises and see how they sound or look or possibly see if the new names make any sense??? Could be fun right????
Arizona Falcons (looks like desert southwest has highest falcon population)
Atlanta Chargers (has a good ring to it)
Baltimore Chiefs (Can't escape the Indian type names in DC area!)
Buffalo Bears (Plenty of bears in upstate NY)
Carolina Packers (Same flow like Panthers.. it works)
Chicago Steelers (Some steel cities in Illinois)
Cincinnati Cardinals (State bird is Cardinal)
Cleveland Bills (I dont know.. though it would work)
Dallas Texans (Switch with Houston, it works)
Denver Colts (Switch horse terms, see Indy)
Detroit Bengals (Type of Tiger... see MLB Detroit Tigers)
Green Bay Browns (Keeping a historic name with Green Bay)
Houston Cowboys (Switch with Dallas, it works)
Indianapolis Broncos (Switch horse terms, see Denver)
Jacksonville Dolphins (Keeping this name in FL)
Kansas City Redskins (They get to keep their indian type name, but now haters hate on them)
Miami Panthers (heavy panther population in South Florida; See NHL Florida Panthers)
Minnesota Rams (I dunno... why not?)
New England Vikings (First Viking Settlements i believe were in New England)
New Orleans Jaguars (Keeping this name in the southeast)
New York Patriots (New name for Giants... keeps that Red, White, Blue scheme and could work)
New York Titans (New name for Jets... wasn't it an old name way back when?)
Oakland Seahawks (keeping these birds close to water)
Philadelphia Jets (Why not? Airport not far away and color scheme is pretty close)
Pittsburgh Buccaneers (See Pittsburgh Pirates... aren't they called the bucs too?)
St. Louis Saints (Why not? It fits...)
San Diego 49ers (Had to keep it in California)
San Francisco Ravens (Common Ravens found in Western US)
Seattle Lions (Heavy Mountain Lion Population in Western US)
Tampa Bay Raiders (Why not, the one-eyed raider for the logo similar to pirate with eye-patch)
Tennessee Giants (Giant.... Titan... Seems similar, I'll go with it!)
Washington Eagles (Good fit... being near the capital and the bald eagle being the symbol of USA)
New York Midgets
New York Jest
Philadelphia Beagles
Dallas Cowgirls
Washington Deadskins
Green Bay (well you know) Packers
Seattle Shehawks
Atlanta Dirty Birds
New Orleans 'Aints
I get the feeling you don't know the history of some of these names. I'm not gonna spend an entire 10 minutes explaining WHY some teams have their names, but here they are: Nicknames
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