What Every NFL Team Was Almost Named
NFL teams take pride in their team name. But what was the second choice for every NFL team? Well some will surprise you including our Seattle Seahawks. Let's take a look at all the team names that almost were for every NFL Team.
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills were almost the Buffalo Bisons due to a previous football team that was in the city.
Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins were almost known as the Miami Mariners but the Dolphins ended up winning a a contest.
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots were almost known as the Bay State Patriots but they did not like the initials BS.
New York Jets
The New York Jets were almost known as the New York Gotham's.
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys were the Dallas Rangers but then they changed it due to confusion with the baseball team.
New York Giants
A simple nickname but everyone knows Lawerence Taylor as "L.T".
Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles were almost the Philadelphia Franklins, to honor Benjamin Franklin.
Washington Commanders
When rebranding to the Commanders the team was almost called the "RedTails", to honor the Tuskegee Airmen.
Baltimore Ravens
The Ravens were almost the Baltimore Bomber to honor the aviation history of Baltimore.
Cincinnati Bengals
The Bengals were almost the Buckeyes to honor Ohio's State Tree and the University of Ohio.
Cleveland Browns
The Browns were almost the Cleveland Panthers but their owner Paul Brown rejected it and named it after himself.
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Steelers were almost the Condors but Steelers won to honor the Steel industry of Pittsburgh.
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears were almost the Cubs but their owner thought Bears sounded tougher.
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Tigers were almost the Detroit Cougars, but Tigers was chosen to complement Detroit's baseball team.
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers were almost the Green Bay Bays.
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings were about to be called the Minnesota Miners, but then Vikings was chosen for the Nordic heritage of the city.
Houston Texans
The Houston Texans were almost the Houston Apollos to honor Houston's connection to the NASA.
Indianapolis Colts
When the Colts moved to Indianapolis from Baltimore they almost were called the Racers .
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars were almost the Jacksonville Sharks.
Tennessee Titans
Before settling with the name Titans the Titans were almost the Tennessee Tornadoes.
Atlanta Falcons
The Falcons were almost known as the Atlanta Peaches.
Carolina Panthers
The Panthers were almost known as the Carolina Cougars.
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Jazz were almost the name of the Saints. But they went with Saints to honor the city's catholic heritage.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Marauders, yes, they actually thought this was a good idea before going with Buccaneers.
Denver Broncos
They were almost the Denver Mountaineers but the name Broncos won the contest.
Kansas City Chiefs
How does the Kansas City Mules sound? Well it's the state animal of Missouri. Luckily, Chiefs was chosen.
LA Chargers
Los Angeles Dons was about to be the name but the team name was Chargers inspired by the first team own Barron Hilton cause commercials for Hilton used to say "Charge It".
Las Vegas Raiders
How about this one? The Oakland Senors. The fan vote won the name Senors but it was vetoed and became the Raiders.
Arizona Cardinals
The team was almost named the Arizona Phoenixes when they moved to Arizona but kept the Cardinals.
LA Rams
The Rams were just the Rams always. Plain and simple on this one.
San Francisco 49ers
The 49ers were almost the San Francisco Prospectors. But the name 49ers felt more historical to the city.
Seattle Seahawks
Our Seattle Seahawks won the vote but the second place name? How about the Seattle Skippers? It would have matched the Mariners in a way. But the name Seahawks has a better ring to it.