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

Yesterday and today have officially become incredibly slow and quiet. Nothing really new with the Peyton Manning story, no new signings, the coaching staff is complete. What is a writer to do?

So today I open up an odd question to get some community involvement. I want to know what type of fan are you?

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Are you the type to root only for the Cardinals? Do you have a secondary team you cheer for, or do you root for individual players?

In my case, I don't have so much a team or teams I also root for, but rather I root for individual players. When Jake Plummer was in Denver, I rooted for the Broncos. Since I am a Peyton Manning fan, I want the Colts to do well. But I don't really have any sort of connection to any team in the same conference.

What about the rest of you?

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I rooted for the Panthers the year they went to the super bowl

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.

by cardsfannc on Feb 11, 2012 8:48 AM MST reply actions  

since I grew up in NorCal...

…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.

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by Red Reign on Feb 11, 2012 9:04 AM MST via mobile reply actions  

Who Dey!

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

by CincyFan93 on Feb 11, 2012 9:13 AM MST via mobile reply actions  

My only allegiance is to the Cardinals

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.

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by GreaZzy on Feb 11, 2012 9:48 AM MST reply actions  

Parents from NY

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

by Redbird Nation #1 on Feb 11, 2012 9:54 AM MST via mobile reply actions  

New Englander

I grew up only a few miles from Foxboro, MA, so I’ve also been a life-long Patriots fan. Fan of the Cardinals since the mid 70’s, thanks to Jim Hart, Terry Metcalf, Jim Otis, Roger Wehrli and too many others to mention. DOBLER!!! No geographical connection to the Cardinals at all, neither St. Louis nor Arizona, just fell in love with that team as they fought back against the hateful Redskins to win a big victory in the first game I ever saw on TV. Swore my life-long allegiance to the Big Red that day. Have stuck to it ever since. Never thought I’d see EITHER the Cards OR the Pats in the Superbowl!

by Three Dollar Chas on Feb 11, 2012 10:07 AM MST reply actions  

go jets!!

Mark Sanchez all the way baby!!

by chrisd26 on Feb 11, 2012 10:12 AM MST via iPhone app reply actions  

I root for a few teams, but never against the Cards.

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.

by psknapp on Feb 11, 2012 10:14 AM MST reply actions  

Well, I don't have much of a story behind it but

I was rooting for the Chargers this year, I guess partly because I had played fantasy football this year and I had 3 Chargers players on my fantasy team. I can see myself continuing to root for them though, other than the Cardinals. In the future whenever the Cardinals play the AFC West, and they play the Chargers, Ill still root for the Cardinals though, since I’ve been a fan of them longer. Other than those 2, in the playoffs/super bowl, I’ll pick a team or two to root for, for instance I rooted for the Texans in their playoff games, because they have a former U of A player. Then, there’s a few teams I have more positive feelings towards (Texans, Ravens, plus a few more), and negative (49ers, Steelers, Raiders, Cowboys), and the rest I’m neutral to.

by crisco219 on Feb 11, 2012 10:44 AM MST reply actions  

Grew up in Minnesota

So I also root for the Vikings of course. I officially adopted the Cardinals when I moved to the Southwest in 1998, but even before then the Cardinals were one of my favorite teams. I’ll confess it was the helmets. Love the helmets.

by Zapf on Feb 11, 2012 10:45 AM MST reply actions  

I want to see the throwbacks from the 90s sometime in a game.

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by JoeCB1991 on Feb 11, 2012 3:23 PM MST up reply actions  

I can cheer for certain players

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.

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by Skii on Feb 11, 2012 11:21 AM MST reply actions  

Only the Cardinals here

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.

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by Airwave on Feb 11, 2012 1:46 PM MST reply actions  

Cards only.

Still have a little animosity towards the NFC East, but I sure was rooting for the Giants to knock the Whiners out of the playoffs.

by Dem_Cardz on Feb 11, 2012 2:29 PM MST reply actions  

Only the Bears because dad is from Chicago

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.

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by JoeCB1991 on Feb 11, 2012 3:22 PM MST reply actions  

I will watch pretty much any team on TV though, and if I care enough I'll figure out whichever team I want to see win and cheer for them in that one game.

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by JoeCB1991 on Feb 11, 2012 3:25 PM MST up reply actions  

I also root for the Bills

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

by tw3kr on Feb 11, 2012 5:26 PM MST reply actions  

the Bucs and the Panthers

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by hevchv on Feb 11, 2012 6:13 PM MST via mobile reply actions  

I root for 3 other teams

Whoever is playing the Packers and the Patriots, and especially whoever is (hopefully) whupping on the Cowboys!

by Spikedriver on Feb 11, 2012 7:18 PM MST reply actions  

3 guesses who is my team...

Huge fan of the Steelers. (that includes "Steelers West")
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by Steel34D on Feb 12, 2012 1:48 AM MST reply actions  

I grew up a Rams fan, living in SoCal and moved to AZ in 19xx

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.

by RamsFan1979 on Feb 12, 2012 6:15 AM MST reply actions  

But since the jersey is bigger

it means you cheer for the Cards, right?

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by GreaZzy on Feb 12, 2012 9:08 AM MST up reply actions  

I root for other teams - to lose !!

General rule of thumb = If I don’t like either team playing, root for the visiting team so I can see all the fans sour reactions.

by D4 on Feb 12, 2012 11:50 AM MST reply actions  

If the Cardinals are still alive

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.

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by TBru on Feb 12, 2012 12:44 PM MST reply actions  

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