Imagine if all National Football League teams were renamed to reflect the city in which they play their home games. Today’s game between the New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills and would have a very different ring to it when recast as the Foxborough Patriots vs Orchard Park Bills.
[fusion_title size=”4″]ORCHARD PARK BILLS[/fusion_title]
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It’s strange that the Bills have a bison as their logo, considering their namesake, Buffalo Bill Cody, achieved legendary status for slaughtering thousands of the wild bovines. But it would be stranger still if they renamed the team to the Orchard Park Bills.
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It’s no wonder the sneaky Patriots (see spygate, deflategate) go ambiguously with New England as their home. If they came clean, the whole world would realize they’re sly as a fox in his burrow.
[fusion_title size=”4″]SANTA CLARA 49ERS[/fusion_title]
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The 49ers got off to a rocky start in the new Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Ditching the San Francisco part of their name probably would not have changed their fortunes.
[fusion_title size=”4″]ARLINGTON COWBOYS[/fusion_title]
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If the Dallas Cowboys were rebrand themselves as the Arlington Cowboys, would the classic football flick North Dallas Forty be rereleased as North Arlington Forty?
[fusion_title size=”4″]EAST RUTHERFORD GIANTS/JETS[/fusion_title]
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The New York Giants and New York Jets sound like rough and tumble teams (even if this is often belied by their records), but drop the New York for East Rutherford and they suddenly sound like prep school outfits.
[fusion_title size=”4″]MIAMI GARDENS DOLPHINS[/fusion_title]
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The Miami Gardens Dolphins sounds about as catchy as Miami Gardens Vice — which is to say, not so much.
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Minnesota comes from the Dakota word for “clear blue water,” while Minneapolis combines the Dakota Sioux word for water, with the Greek word for city. Any way you cut it, the Vikings ain’t changing their name.
[fusion_title size=”4″]CHARLOTTE PANTHERS[/fusion_title]
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North Carolina’s NBA franchise, the Charlotte Hornets, uses the state’s largest city in its name, while its NFL franchise, the Carolina Panthers, does not. Go figure. Note that the Panthers do not include North in their name, presumably to maximize appeal across the border into South Carolina.
[fusion_title size=”4″]GLENDALE CARDINALS[/fusion_title]
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As the Cardinals migrated from Chicago (1920-1959) to St. Louis (1960-1987) and finally Glendale, they kept the latter half of their name intact, which doesn’t really make a lot of sense — the song bird is absent from the majority of Arizona.
[fusion_title size=”4″]NASHVILLE TITANS[/fusion_title]
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What do Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, Vince Gill and Garth Brooks all have in common? They are all Nashville titans — or at least they’re all Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees.
[fusion_title size=”4″]LANDOVER REDSKINS[/fusion_title]
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The Redskins have been under pressure for some time to change their name. If they got a sponsorship from a local car dealership they could become the Landover Land Rovers — how cool is that?
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