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TripleCrown9 · 08-23-2011, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by untrugby


	ill pick one not on the list but should be as NFL network picked it as the #1 best nickname "America's Team" Dallas Cowboys (1978 - ∞)

I seriously loathe the Cowboys and their pretentious attitude, so I picked the nickname for them that doesn't convey that they are the single greatest assembly of athletes this country has ever seen.

Now that that is out of the way, in hindsight I should have included a "Other" option.

untrugby · 08-23-2011, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by SwampStomper90


	I seriously loathe the Cowboys and their pretentious attitude, so I picked the nickname for them that doesn't convey that they are the single greatest assembly of athletes this country has ever seen. Now that that is out of the way, in hindsight I should have included a "Other" option.

so you left out the best nickname on purpose? youre not jealous that all the other teams in the NFC East have at least 3 SB wins and philly has none?

j/k

we'll still call you the "dream team" even if y'all dont win, im surprised you didnt have that on the list either.

TripleCrown9 · 08-23-2011, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by untrugby


	so you left out the best nickname on purpose? youre not jealous that all the other teams in the NFC East have at least 3 SB wins and philly has none? j/k we'll still call you the "dream team" even if y'all dont win, im surprised you didnt have that on the list either.

I hate "The Dream Team" moniker just as much as "America's Team". And seeing as how that nickname was coined by a mediocre backup with a bad reputation, it doesn't really apply to the poll. You can call them the Dream Team if you want, I'll stick with the Eagles.

EDIT: And I hated the Cowboys long before I liked the Eagles, so that has nothing to do with it. It has to do with them winning 1 playoff game since 1996 and still calling themselves "America's Team". America doesn't want an average team who's biggest span of success was 4 decades ago. But again, that's just me expressing my hatred of them. Deep down I know that they're successful, and I guess even deeper down I have a small amount of respect for them and the success that they undoubtedly had over the years. So no, I didn't leave out the "best nickname ever" out of jealousy.

untrugby · 08-23-2011, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by SwampStomper90


	that nickname was coined by a mediocre backup with a bad reputation

thats what makes it so great

Dog · 08-23-2011, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by untrugby


	ill pick one not on the list but should be as NFL network picked it as the #1 best nickname "America's Team" Dallas Cowboys (1978 - ∞)

That is easily the worst nickname for a team in all of sports outside of Cowboys fans

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Originally Posted by untrugby


	so you left out the best nickname on purpose? youre not jealous that all the other teams in the NFC East have at least 3 SB wins and philly has none? j/k we'll still call you the "dream team" even if y'all dont win, im surprised you didnt have that on the list either.

Brandwin · 08-23-2011, 01:59 PM

I went with Purple People Eaters, but I really like Monsters of The Midway as well.

Td1984 · 08-23-2011, 03:51 PM

The Purple People Eaters. Then again, I am biased.

CM Hooe · 08-23-2011, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JNes12


	That is easily the worst nickname for a team in all of sports outside of Cowboys fans

Yet it's the nickname that easily every NFL fan, and probably the average general sports fan, knows.

Doesn't make it better or worse, just saying.

View Poll Results: Best NFL nickname?
Aints- Bad Saints teams, specifically 1980-2000	1	1.89%
Big Blue Wrecking Crew- Giants Defense of the late 80s-early 90s	1	1.89%
Blitzburgh- Steelers Defense since the mid-90s	3	5.66%
Bungles- Bad Bengals teams, i.e. 1990-2005	5	9.43%
Dome Patrol-Saints LB Corps of the 80s	1	1.89%
Doomsday Defense- Cowboys Defense of the 70s	0	0%
The Electric Company- Bills Offensive Line of the 70s	2	3.77%
Fearsome Foursome- Rams Defensive Line of the 60s	0	0%
The Greatest Show On Turf- Rams Offense from 99-01	2	3.77%
Gritz Blitz- Falcons Defense in 1977	0	0%
Monsters of the Midway- Successful Bears Defenses	7	13.21%
New York Sack Exchange- Jets Defense of the early 80s	1	1.89%
No Name Defense- Dolphins Defense of the 70s, specifically 1972	2	3.77%
Orange Crush- Broncos Defense of the 70s	2	3.77%
Purple People Eaters- Vikings Defensive Line of the 70s	10	18.87%
Steel Curtain- Steelers Defense of the 70s	16	30.19%
Voters: 53. You may not vote on this poll

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