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If the NFL was formed today, which team names would not make the cut

JEDI

JEDI

Lifer
Colts- Who the hell would name their team after a baby horse?

Browns- WTF is this anyway?

Redskins- The world is too PC nowadays (insert stupid computer joke)
 
Packers sounds really bad imho.

The worst sports name ever though is probably the Washington Bullets. At the time (might still be) Washington DC had one of the top 3 highest crime rates in the nation of gunshot fatalities. Now they're the Wizards, which sounds ridiculous, but oh well.
 
Almost forgot ... Dolphins? Really? Hah. It would be so awesome if the team all suddenly starting acting like actual dolphins and flopped around on the ground 😛
 
JEDI said:
Colts- Who the hell would name their team after a baby horse?
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Why not? Chicago has the Cubs.

JEDI said:
Browns- WTF is this anyway?
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From Wikipedia

The Cleveland Browns were founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference, under businessman Arthur B "Mickey" McBride. Not long after gaining the franchise, McBride named Ohio State Buckeyes coach Paul Brown as vice president, general manager and head coach. The franchise conducted a team naming contest in 1945. The most popular submission was "Browns" in recognition of Paul Brown, already an established and popular figure in Ohio sports. Brown at first objected to the name and the team selected from the contest entries the name "Panthers." However, after an area businessman informed the team that he owned the rights to the name Cleveland Panthers from an earlier failed football team, Brown rescinded his objection and agreed to the use of his name

JEDI said:
Redskins- The world is too PC nowadays (insert stupid computer joke)
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Redskins is really the only one that wouldn't fly today. And probably the Braves, Blackhawks, etc.
 
Poulsonator said:
And the Utah Jazz, since, you know, Salt Lake City is renown for its Jazz scene.
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The Jazz are originally from New Orleans, where the jazz genre originated. They retained their name when they relocateed to Utah.

The Lakers are called that because the team began in MN. Those teams just chose not to change their names.
 
Chaotic42 said:
And now New Orleans has the Hornets. They need to swap with Utah (Why the hell does Utah have a professional sports team anyway?)
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I also love when a city loses a team, and then the get a replacement team a few years later. Why did the team move in the first place? Stupid as hell.

As for Utah having the Jazz, to be fair, they support the hell out of their team, and have had a really well-run franchise for a long time. Kind of like San Antonio.

MotF Bane said:
I think a better question would be where would the teams all be located?
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Great question. We can assume the major cities all get at least one. Green Bay definitely doesn't get a team. What about Canada?
 
Buffalo Bills
New York Jets (no one thinks jets are cool any more, maybe way back in the day when they were new tech)

KC Chiefs and Washington Redskins for PC reasons
 
Arkaign said:
Packers sounds really bad imho.

The worst sports name ever though is probably the Washington Bullets. At the time (might still be) Washington DC had one of the top 3 highest crime rates in the nation of gunshot fatalities. Now they're the Wizards, which sounds ridiculous, but oh well.
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Used to be worse... they were the Acme Meat Packers at one point. Meat Packers. :/
 
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