The names of the teams: Then I will try to please the many that you have asked me about the origin or meaning of the names of the teams in the NFL.
As you can see, many teams have taken into account more than one special reason to choose its name.
It highlights the fact that most teams have chosen names of animals. This has nothing strange, since ancient times mankind has shown a predilection for animal qualities attributed for different reasons.
The standard bearer of the Roman legions was wearing a leopard skin or bear, the Vikings res horns on their helmets, etc, etc. Obviously the reason was instil fear the enemy into believing that his men carried in their soul the spirit of that animal.
But also they have used the names of animals to symbolize noble qualities such as intelligence or value in historical figures such as General Rommel (the Desert Fox) and even entire nations such as England or France have an animal as a national symbol (leon and rooster respectively ..). This trend is clearly reflected also in sport, teams around the world are named after animals.
Thus, as I said earlier, the fact that the majority of NFL teams have put animal names is nothing strange.
First we have a large group of teams that have names of fierce and aggressive animals: Detroit Lions (Lions), Cincinatti Bengals (Tigers), Chicago Bears (Bears), Jacksonville Jaguars (Jaguars), Carolina Panthers (Panthers) Atlanta Falcons (hawks), St. Louis rams (sheep), as you can see the names of cats are the most popular.
We passed another group of computers also have names of animals, but is the reason for this is because they are representative of the geographical area of the team: Miami Dolphins (Dolphins), Denver Broncos (horses), Seattle Seahawks (Seahawks), Arizona Cardinals (Cardinal, the equipment was originally Chicago), Baltimore Ravens (crows). Baltimore chose this name for another reason, in Baltimore lived and died the famous writer Edgar Allan Poe, his most famous work is a poem titled '' The Raven ''.
Come up with another large group of teams that have names of men or tribes that have passed into history and are typical of the geographical area of the team, or symbolize fierceness, aggressiveness, courage, fighting spirit, nobility, etc.
In this group we find: Dallas Cowboys (Cowboys), New England Patriots (Patriots, New England was the epicenter of the American War of Independence), Oakland Raiders (looters), Washington Redskins (Redskins), Minnesota Vikings (Vikings) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (buccaneers), Tennessee Titans (according to Greek mythology the Titans were giants that inhabited the earth before humans, currently used as synonymous with large or giant), New York giants (giants) and finally we have Houston Texans (Texans).
We passed the group '' industry '': the Pittsburgh Steelers (Steelers) are so called because Pittsburgh is the center of American iron and steel industry. The Green Bay Packers (packagers), got this name because the team was originally formed by workers of a packaging company. Houston Oilers (current Tennessee Titans) also bore his name for this reason (oil).
Now come the teams that are named for historical reasons: The Buffalo Bills are named after the legendary Buffalo Bill, but also could enter the category of animals (carry a buffalo in the hull) and in the category of brave men and intrepid.
The Philadelphia Eagles (Eagles) would have to be at first in the section on animals, but this name was put also by an important historical reason, in Philadelphia were the fathers of the American nation, and you know that the eagle symbolizes the United States .
The San Francisco 49ers (the 49) are named after the year in which the go-ahead to the historic California Gold Rush (1849) was given.
The last group corresponds to equipment that can not be encompassed in any of the above categories: The New York Jets (reactors) this name they got because they were looking for a catchy and modern name, and at that time (60s) were much in vogue jet aircraft.
The New Orleans Saints (Saints) are named after the famous song '' When the Saints Go Marchin 'in' ', as this city is the birthplace of blues and jazz. Kansas City Chiefs (chiefs) this name stood for a curious reason, the franchise was originally founded in Dallas (the Texans were called), after leaving the city settled in Kansas City for the facilities gave the mayor of the city and in honor of this man they got the name because the mayor was nicknamed '' the chief '' (although they also placed him by the Indian chiefs, so take an arrowhead on the helmet).
Both the Indianapolis Colts and the San Diego Chargers made their name through a popular contest and was simply chosen because they sounded good.
I leave it to the last place team with the most enigmatic and curious name of all: the Cleveland Browns. The Browns (brown) bear this name in honor of its founder and coach, Paul Brown Brown.Como curiosity say that, years after leaving Cleveland, went to Cincinnati where he founded the franchise the Bengals. 