What's your favorite NFL team? [Archive] - Front Office Football Central

Kodos

12-07-2009, 03:33 PM

You should have included a "don't have a favorite team". I don't have an option to respond to your poll.

Then you should probably ignore this thread if you don't care enough to have a favorite team. :)

Mustang

12-07-2009, 03:38 PM

1st - Packers
2nd - Anyone that can beat a team that will help the Packer's playoff chances. Having a 2nd favorite team is a foreign concept to me.

Chief Rum

12-07-2009, 03:40 PM

Then you should probably ignore this thread if you don't care enough to have a favorite team. :)

I care enough. You see, I live in LA. You may not be aware of what's gone on here with respect to the NFL. Feel free to Google "Los Angeles" and "NFL". You might get a few hits.

There are about 15 M disenfranchised people around here, probably larger than most of the individual NFL markets you have in your poll.

;)

Kodos

12-07-2009, 03:41 PM

You should stay loyal to the Rams / Raiders, my friend. :)

PackerFanatic

12-07-2009, 03:41 PM

1st - Packers
2nd - Anyone that can beat a team that will help the Packer's playoff chances. Having a 2nd favorite team is a foreign concept to me.

+1000

flere-imsaho

12-07-2009, 03:42 PM

1st: Patriots (born in Boston, grew up in Maine)
2nd: Bears (lived in Chicago since 1999)

Chief Rum

12-07-2009, 03:45 PM

You should stay loyal to the Rams / Raiders, my friend. :)

Screw that! The Rams were "Major Leagued" to St. Louis after the Bitch Queen of the NFL ran them into the ground here, and the Raiders are a pathetic choice to continue to follow (although sadly they are still a favorite, especially in some of LA's urban neighborhoods).

Doug5984

12-07-2009, 03:46 PM

Saints

Kodos

12-07-2009, 03:49 PM

Saints

Bandwagon rider.

;)

BYU 14

12-07-2009, 03:50 PM

Vikes, though the signing of Favre made me question my loyalty. He is an ATG, but seeing him in purple is like seeing Tarkenton in Green and Gold, just not right.

Dutch

12-07-2009, 03:54 PM

Tampa Bay Bucs till the bitter end (which in this case was week 2...)

As for Los Angeles, I lived there during the departure of both the Raiders and the Rams. Both had a fan base, but most people in California seemed to pride themselves on not caring.

But there's a lot of money to make in LA nonetheless. I wouldn't be surprised if they end up stealing somebody elses team. Possibly the Jacksonville Jaguars...

Galaril

12-07-2009, 03:54 PM

This will be interesting since it has appeared to me over the recent years that this board slants heavy to Pats fans in number.

PackerFanatic

12-07-2009, 03:55 PM

Vikes, though the signing of Favre made me question my loyalty. He is an ATG, but seeing him in purple is like seeing Tarkenton in Green and Gold, just not right.

I am glad not all Viking fans are as delusional as they seem.

PackerFanatic

12-07-2009, 03:56 PM

Kodos

12-07-2009, 03:57 PM

This will be interesting since it has appeared to me over the recent years that this board slants heavy to Pats fans in number.

Bandwagon effect.

Pumpy Tudors

12-07-2009, 04:01 PM

Kodos, you sure do ask a lot of questions.

Denver Broncos for me.

MJ4H

12-07-2009, 04:07 PM

Cowboys, though this only happened recently when they drafted Felix Jones. Cemented when I got to visit Cowboy Stadium for the Ark-aTm game. I'm not a big NFL guy, though, so take it FWIW.

Izulde

12-07-2009, 04:09 PM

I suspect we'll see the AFC East and the NFC North as the two most heavily represented divisions, thanks to a lot of Dolphins/Patriots and Packers/Bears fans on the board.

It wouldn't surprise me to see a good number of Falcons fans as well, given the number of Georgians we have on here.

Kodos

12-07-2009, 04:10 PM

Kodos, you sure do ask a lot of questions.

Denver Broncos for me.

Well, I am the FOFC pollster.

jbergey22

12-07-2009, 04:10 PM

The Los Angeles Vikings has a nice ring to it...

You can only hope!

Big Fo

12-07-2009, 04:11 PM

My Dolphins are leading the poll so far, good stuff.

Silver Owl

12-07-2009, 04:12 PM

Unfortunately the Browns :(

Same here. I was at the game yesterday. It was cold !!

jbergey22

12-07-2009, 04:12 PM

Vikes, though the signing of Favre made me question my loyalty. He is an ATG, but seeing him in purple is like seeing Tarkenton in Green and Gold, just not right.

It is different times. In the 70s and 80s this wouldnt have happened. When you see you favorite players from other sports going other places(Johan Santana and Kevin Garnett) you just kind of accept that things have changed.

jbergey22

12-07-2009, 04:14 PM

Raider fans must be hiding.

JeeberD

12-07-2009, 04:27 PM

Cowboys, though this only happened recently when they drafted Felix Jones. Cemented when I got to visit Cowboy Stadium for the Ark-aTm game. I'm not a big NFL guy, though, so take it FWIW.

I was wondering how I didn't know you were a 'Boys fan. I thought the only thing we had in common was an appreciation for large, beautiful boobs (on a related note, I was shocked that you haven't posted in the Top Chef thread about Gail's outfit last week...talk about drool-worthy).

MJ4H

12-07-2009, 04:33 PM

haha I have only recently caught up on Top Chef. My friend I watch it with has been out of town so I was behind and didn't want spoilers. We definitely commented on Gail. My wife said "well Gail certainly found some eyelashes between last time we saw her and tonight." My friend and I just looked at each other and laughed. "Yeah, we weren't looking at her eyelashes, sorry. Maybe we'll get to those next time?"

I've always been a "Chiefs" fan, just because they were the closest team to here and red, which I thought would make it easier to root for them. I have just never gotten into the NFL, though. This season, I have slowly turned into a Cowboys fan because of Felix and the chance we had to go to the new stadium. It has worked much better, and I'm getting into it much more than I ever have. I still like the Chiefs, but I think I'm going with the Cowboys as my main. Plus, the wife is on board with this one (she never cared a whit for the Chiefs).

Jughead Spock

12-07-2009, 04:41 PM

Raider fans must be hiding.

I was raised a Raiders fan, but I've given up on them as a franchise until Al's gone. Not because of wins/losses, but because he's a senile asshole. I could stick with them if I thought someone was in charge and at least mildly competent.

So now I just start with the teams I hate and work up. Dallas, Denver, KC, Pittsburgh - anyone but them, pretty much.

CleBrownsfan

12-07-2009, 05:15 PM

Same here. I was at the game yesterday. It was cold !!

Ahhhh - you were the one fan who went to the game yesterday ;)

I have a bad feeling we're going to have some blackouts next year.

Travis

12-07-2009, 05:26 PM

Oye, now I feel old. Hadn't realized I'd been cheering for the Seahawks for about 18 years now.

Which doesn't seem too bad except for the fact that I didn't start watching the NFL until grade 8.

MIJB#19

12-07-2009, 05:38 PM

Then you should probably ignore this thread if you don't care enough to have a favorite team. :)I don't have a true favorite team either. Over the years I had some 'good if they win, nothing lost if they don't' sentiments for some of the franchises (like the Rams until they benched Kurt Warner, the Buccaneers and Ravens for the defense first philosophy), but I don't even have that right now. I just like to follow the league from a distance. "None" or even "All of the above" would work for me.

DaddyTorgo

12-07-2009, 05:49 PM

no carolina panther fans yet?

DaddyTorgo

12-07-2009, 05:50 PM

I was wondering how I didn't know you were a 'Boys fan. I thought the only thing we had in common was an appreciation for large, beautiful boobs (on a related note, I was shocked that you haven't posted in the Top Chef thread about Gail's outfit last week...talk about drool-worthy).

Gail yummy.

Chief Rum

12-07-2009, 05:59 PM

As for Los Angeles, I lived there during the departure of both the Raiders and the Rams. Both had a fan base, but most people in California seemed to pride themselves on not caring.

That's California loyalty. It's not the same as other places. They actually care if the team's winning or not if they are to continue to commit money to them.

In 1994, the Rams played out of the OC, so had lost a lot of their fanbase in the regular LA basin, and Frontiere had run the franchise into the ground during the 90s, more frugal than Sterling.

The Raiders were already a stolen team, as it were, but the days of Bo and Marcus were done anyway, the Broncos had Elway and the Chiefs were on their Schottenheimer run.

It's no surprise you would view the reaction as not caring, especially if you lived in LA proper and not further east.

Lathum

12-07-2009, 06:15 PM

Imagine that, 5 Cowboys fans and only 1 lives in Texas. If that isn't a perfect sampling I don't know what is.

Buccaneer

12-07-2009, 06:38 PM

I wish I could give a vote to the Cardinals but had to go with the Bolts.

Thomkal

12-07-2009, 07:53 PM

That's okay Bucc I got your vote for the Cards :)

Radii

12-07-2009, 07:59 PM

no carolina panther fans yet?

I was out this afternoon! ;)

The main people I see discussing Panther games are Thomkal, gstelmack and k0rptur(I hope I spelledth at sorta right at least), but I know Thomkal's true loyalty is with Arizona and greg is a Pats fan. Unsure about anyone else.

PurdueBrad

12-07-2009, 08:23 PM

I'm a Steelers fan, die-hard. After that, I'm a Drew Brees fan, which makes my second favorite team is the Saints. And I guess I'm intrigued by the Texans.

Johnny93g

12-07-2009, 08:40 PM

Dolphins, love that there are no Bills votes yet

Danny

12-07-2009, 08:46 PM

Can we bring back Jbmagic just for this poll? I feel so lonely

Abe Sargent

12-07-2009, 08:56 PM

me = only jags fan thus far

sterlingice

12-07-2009, 09:07 PM

There is no "Houston Oilers" option. Tho, it's kindof fun not having a team- you just actually enjoy a good game. I suppose there are some teams I dislike or like more than others, tho.

SI

Danny

12-07-2009, 09:07 PM

There is no "Houston Oilers" option. Tho, it's kindof fun not having a team- you just actually enjoy a good game. I suppose there are some teams I dislike or like more than others, tho.

SI

Being a Raiders fan has the same effect.

Schmidty

12-07-2009, 09:12 PM

Lions.

I was born with the curse of heartfelt loyalty. It sucks.

Kodos

12-07-2009, 09:13 PM

Lions.

I was born with the curse of heartfelt loyalty. It sucks.

As a loyal Indiana football fan, I feel your pain.

judicial clerk

12-07-2009, 09:43 PM

As a loyal Indiana football fan, I feel your pain.

Wow. Thats ... thats just awful.

Terps

12-07-2009, 10:25 PM

Giants since I've been old enough to remember watching football.

Had the Colts not moved in '84 when I was two years old, it would probably be them.

Matthean

12-07-2009, 10:46 PM

Lions.

I was born with the curse of heartfelt loyalty. It sucks.

I refuse to be a fan of something so awful. I even looked at other typically bad teams and figured I could pick any of them to be a fan of and they would win the SB before the Lions would. My first two teams I really considered? Tampa Bay and New England. :lol:

I typically like certain players over teams. so my "favorite" team tends to change a lot over the years, ie New England ever since Brady went there. Regardless of players, Green Bay and Pittsburgh tend to be up there. When I go see my parents in Manistee, I can actually get Packer football sports talk radio.

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Kodos

12-08-2009, 08:30 AM

Now only Baltimore, St. Louis, and Kansas City are left unclaimed. Who will be the Sole Survivor?

Galaril

12-08-2009, 01:15 PM

sterlingice

12-08-2009, 01:21 PM

I was -2 in 1977 so not quite that old. I was in Houston during the Warren Moon run-and-shoot days. There's no way I would follow the team of that a-hole Bud Adams out of town and I went off to school at Kansas before the Texans started so it's hard to claim them.

So, no team now. Oh well.

SI

Thomkal

12-08-2009, 02:25 PM

I was out this afternoon! ;)

The main people I see discussing Panther games are Thomkal, gstelmack and k0rptur(I hope I spelledth at sorta right at least), but I know Thomkal's true loyalty is with Arizona and greg is a Pats fan. Unsure about anyone else.

Yep but since I live here in South Carolina, we get all the Panthers talk and games, so fan by association I guess. :D

DanGarion

12-08-2009, 02:45 PM

I'm a Steelers fan, die-hard. After that, I'm a Drew Brees fan, which makes my second favorite team is the Saints. And I guess I'm intrigued by the Texans.

I'm a Niners fan, then a Drew Brees fan, so I started to like the Chargers (since they are my local team nowadays) but I'm not as big on them after they traded Drew, I'd rather just follow him.

DanGarion

12-08-2009, 02:50 PM

Bandwagon effect.

I think we need this for all the other sports as well...

Passacaglia

12-08-2009, 02:52 PM

I'm pretty even now between the Bears and the Lions, so I didn't vote.

Sun Tzu

12-08-2009, 09:31 PM

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Balldog

12-08-2009, 09:40 PM

I had been a Patriots fan since they drafted Bledsoe but since we've moved to Michigan I've been trying to become a Lions fan. However, they've made it very tough.

Kodos

12-09-2009, 11:02 AM

Now only Baltimore, St. Louis, and Kansas City are left unclaimed. Who will be the Sole Survivor?

KC wins! KC wins!

Edit: Hmmm. Yellow shows up really poorly.

KC wins! KC WINS!!

boberot

12-09-2009, 02:37 PM

Bills.

Wow, no KC fans willing to step forward yet.

Abe Sargent

12-09-2009, 02:39 PM

there are just four teams with only one fan. Awww.

Lathum

12-09-2009, 02:44 PM

Wow, no KC fans willing to step forward yet.

Wow, you know the Chiefs must be bad when this guy won't even step up

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Warhammer

12-09-2009, 03:11 PM

That's California loyalty. It's not the same as other places. They actually care if the team's winning or not if they are to continue to commit money to them.

In 1994, the Rams played out of the OC, so had lost a lot of their fanbase in the regular LA basin, and Frontiere had run the franchise into the ground during the 90s, more frugal than Sterling.

The Raiders were already a stolen team, as it were, but the days of Bo and Marcus were done anyway, the Broncos had Elway and the Chiefs were on their Schottenheimer run.

It's no surprise you would view the reaction as not caring, especially if you lived in LA proper and not further east.

The Rams should probably not have moved out of the Collesium.

Mo.Raider

12-10-2009, 10:37 AM

Obviously Raiders all the way. My least favorite team is any team the Raiders play. I was there in the good times, so I am now here in the bad times. I couldn't switch if I wanted to.