Just for fun... Team nicknames

Growing up in a football-oriented family, my Dad had nicknames for lots of the teams that I still use today. Anyone else have some good ones to share?

Bengals- Bungles
Ravens- Ratbirds
Browns- Stains
Redskins- Deadskins
Cowboys- Cowcreeps
Patriots- Cheaters
Colts- Dolts
Saints -Ain'ts

 

Those are good ones. Here are few more.

Chiefs - Chefs
Broncos - Donkeys
Seahawks - Seahags
Vikings - Viqueens
Cowgboys - Cowgirls
Bengals - Bungholes
Packers - Fudgepackers
Jaguars - Jagoffs

 

Foreskins and Cryboys

 

Chargers: Chokers
Raiders: Traders of the lost park
Seahawks: Seachickens

 

49ers-Fortywhiners
Bears-
Bengals-Ben-gals
Bills-Frills
Broncos-Donkeys
Browns-Too many to name
Bucaneers-Suckaneers
Cardinals-
Chargers-
Cheifs-Queefs
Colts-Dolts
Cowboys- Cryboys,Cowpies,Crygirls,Cowgirls
Dolphins-
Eagles-
Falcons-
Giants-
Jaguars-Jagoffs
Jets-
Lions-
Packers-Fudgepackers
Panthers
Patriots-I have plenty (All revolve around them cheating)
Raiders-Faders
Rams-
Ravens-Ratbirds
Redskins-Foreskins
Saints-Aints also Taints
Seahawks-Seasquawks
Steelers-Awesome
Texans-
Titans-
Vikings-Viqueens

I'm pretty sure I got all the ones I could think of without reaching too much.

 

I don't like the ones that are huge stretches. Ravens --> Ratbirds? They don't rhyme, it doesn't really make sense to me. I actually cringe a little inside every time I read it. It's just such a huge stretch. Like if someone called us the Pittsburgh Stupids. They both start with S, but... I like Raisins better, which rhymes, makes sense with their colors, and even though the imagery isn't as disgusting, it still projects them as innocuous. For a team that prides itself on being physical, I don't think they'd like to be raisins

Cheatriots drives me nuts too. I know they're cheaters, but it's just so forced! Forty-whiners is great, but only if they as a team are known for whining. Are they? I'm not aware of that reputation. That would make more sense for the Seahawks (Seasquawks isn't bad -- that's the first time I've read that). Aints is classic and pretty funny, but isn't as fun now that they're good. I guess I just don't really like these in general.

 

A raven is a dirty nasty rat with wings. Thus, a ratbird.

 

That's exactly the meaning... Ravens are not regal, majestic, predatory birds. They are rats with wings, much like pigeons. Sorry you don't like it!

 

Ravens are far from rats with wings, they are considered an intelligent bird.

 

Jim Harbaugh is a HUGE whiner, so the name forty-whiners fits perfectly.

 

Intelligent bird... LMAO! Those two words do not go together. Have you ever heard the derogatory term "bird brain"? It refers to someone who is stupid. A raven may be smarter than a chicken, but that isn't really saying much. You might be the king of the pigs, but you are still a pig.

 

Smart or not, though, this kind of thing is what makes Ravens the Ratbirds to me. Scavengers eating poo.

In some places they are mainly scavengers, feeding on carrion as well as the associated maggots and carrion beetles. With large-bodied carrion, which they are not equipped to tear through as well as birds such as hook-billed vultures, they must wait for the prey to be torn open by another predator or flayed by other means before they can eat themselves.[47] Plant food includes cereal grains, berries and fruit. They prey on small invertebrates, amphibians, reptiles, small mammals and birds.[48] Ravens may also consume the undigested portions of animal feces, and human food waste.

 

I like it! The Baltimore poo-eating-sky-rats

 

You would know.

Here is a great article about bird intelligence, it is specifically about crows but crows are closely related to ravens.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/science/26crow.html

 

Actually pigs are very smart too.

Smarter than dogs.

So if you are going to be challenged on your intelligence and compared to an animal, being called a pig is actually a compliment.

 

Haha, I'm glad I spawned such a ridiculous debate. I never thought of them as rats with wings. Just ordinary birds and nothing more.

 

Of course!!! Okay, I'm on board with that, although I am a 49er fan. Thanks to that d-bag I now have mixed feelings every time they win or lose.

 

Well unfortunately I live in bungle country so I hear people call my beloved steelers the
Pittsburgh squeelers
And
Pittsburgh Reelers

 

Titans = Flaming Thumbtacks (look at their logo)

 

Personally, I have always called the team in Baltimore, the Cravens.
Obviously, given their physical style of play, they are NOT cowards...
But it sure is a good insult to rile their fans with, and fits the criteria of being similar to their given name.
Also, have always considered the team in Texas, the Cowgirls/Cryboys.
They have just never played the game, in a manly way...
I can`t remember Noll`s response to Landry`s whining after losing the first two superbowls to us, but I remember it made me lmao!

 

The Stains makes perfect sense to me!

The Ratbirds works for me too

 

49ers-Fortywhiners
Bears-The Cubs
Bengals-Ben-gals - Also Bengirls (same idea)
Bills-Frills Barfalo
Broncos-Donkeys
Browns-Too many to name
Bucaneers-Suckaneers
Cardinals-
Chargers-The Vibrator
Cheifs-Queefs
Colts-Dolts
Cowboys- Cryboys,Cowpies,Crygirls,Cowgirls
Dolphins- Fish Heads
Eagles-Seagulls
Falcons-Dirty Birds
Giants-
Jaguars-Jagoffs
Jets-Losers
Lions-Kitties
Packers-Fudgepackers
Panthers-
Patriots-I have plenty (All revolve around them cheating)
Raiders-Faders
Rams- Lambs
Ravens-Ratbirds
Redskins-Foreskins
Saints-Aints also Taints
Seahawks-Seasquawks See Cocks
Steelers-Awesome
Texans-
Titans-
Vikings-ViqueensThe Dykes


I added the Green ones