Saturday Open Thread: Outside Of The Cardinals, Do You Root For Other Teams?

Since I live in NC..Funny thing is,everyone I know around my age here roots for someone other than the panthers,since they became a team in 94 I think it was and I had already been a Cardinal fan for almost 20 years by that time(1975)..We got very few games televised in those days,CBS showed the NFC games and NBC showed the AFC games,FOX wasn’t born yet,or at least I don’t remember it. CBS showed a lot of Cowboy and Redskin games and I hated both so it was the Cardinals I pulled for and I never stopped through the good times and bad,and they was a lot of bad…So the answer to your question,for me would be no.

…my AFC team is the Raiders. Other than that, I tend to follow other teams based on their individual story, i.e., the ravens because I worked for their owner’s company. However, the Cards hold the dominant majority of my heart, so those are just passing interests.

How can you not root for the Bengals…. They have a Ginger QB for pete’s sake!!

When I watch with a friend, and they aren’t playing the Cards, I will cheer along with them. Due to this, I’ve seen plenty of Jaguars, Colts, Packers, and Pats games over the years. Otherwise, the only time I’ll watch a non-Cardinals game is if I have Fantasy Football players on that team, I’ve bet money on the game, or its the playoffs.

Grew up a Jet/Giant fan cause of my Dad. Can still remember sitting in my living room watching Norwood miss that field goal and my Pops absouletly losing it. Was a big Jet fan till they shafted Pennington for that hosebag Favre. Now I root against them. Bottom line, if the Cards could go 16-0 and every other team went 0-16, that would make me happy

I hate to say it, but I do root for the Patriots. They drafted my favorite U of A player – Tedy Bruschi. And they have some tight end from the U of A on their team at the moment, so that’s good too. There are other teams I have more positive than negative feelings about, mostly based on some of the players on the teams. Chiefs (Breaston), Panthers (born in SC), and a few others.

the almost solid white uniforms

And this season’s Playoffs, I wanted TJ Yates to win, so I sort of was a Texans fan till they were beaten, but Cardinals for life. I really can’t cheer for anyone else.

I also like the Broncos but since Tebow is on their team I am no longer rooting for them til he is off the roster haha.

When the two teams play each other all Cardinals though.

I also have a good chunk of family from New York, but the teams/fans over there have too much arrogance for me to root for them.

Dad was also a big John Elway fan back in the 80s/90s. I also have a few players I like such as Ray Lewis, Andre Johnson, Suggs, etc.

They’re the one regional team that I can stand and they always seem to have a few players I like.

Been a Cards fan ever since they hit the valley. Both are my fav’s and when I go to the Rams-Cards game I wear a Fitz jersey and Rams cap…lol.

I am 100% Cards fan, if they are eliminated, and excluding the Super Bowl year, they always have been. I might root for another team, but more likely rooting against certain teams. Like rooting for the Giants to beat the Niners in this years playoffs. Doesn’t make me a Giants fan but happy when they one that game. I like the Packers community ownership, I wish the whole league operated like the Packers, but I don’t live and die with the Packers either.