The NFL likes to pride itself on its traditions and its decades-long history, but that doesn’t always bear out.
That is what the Tennessee Titans displayed in their schedule release campaign. NFL teams have gotten more creative with how they unveil their schedules in recent years. The Los Angeles Chargers seemingly put in the most effort and never are afraid to throw jabs at other franchises. The New England Patriots debuted the “retirement house” that featured Devin McCourty and Tom Brady.
The Titans asked those on the street of Broadway in downtown Nashville and asked the Tennessee faithful to identify teams based on their logo. The results were hilarious, especially with the cold open of “What the (expletive) is that?”
Check out the full video the team posted on Twitter below:
This is the Titans’ schedule for the 2023 season, along with the supposed teams they are playing based on fans who were featured in the video:
New Orleans Saints — “St. Louis Rams”
Los Angeles Charters — “Lightning McQueen”
Cleveland Browns — “Just the football logo”
Cincinnati Bengals — “Boston Bobcats”
Indianapolis Colts — “Cowboys”
Baltimore Ravens — “Baltimore Orioles”
Atlanta Falcons — “The Red Stallions”
Pittsburgh Steelers — “49ers 69ers Stars?”
Tampa Bay Buccaneers — “Pirates from the islands of the Caribbean”
Jacksonville Jaguars — “Chester Cheeto”
Carolina Panthers — “North Carolina Tigers”
Indianapolis Colts — “Cowboys”
Miami Dolphins — “Atlanta Florida Dolphins”
Houston Texans — “Texan Texans”
Seattle Seahawks — “Eagles Eagles Eagles (from Pittsburgh)”
Houston Texans — “Bulls? Patriots?”
Jacksonville Jaguars — “Actually does not exist”
The fans were able to identify the Titans, but the above teams must change their names. Those are the rules that the Falcons Twitter account followed when they changed their name to Red Stallions on Friday morning and asked the Dolphins to do the same.
But NFL teams might need to work on their branding, especially if the Colts continue to be mistaken for the Cowboys. Though, with the number of ex-Patriots on the Texans, they might as well be another branch of New England, along with the Las Vegas Raiders.
But the naiveté from NFL fans does provide hilarity for everyone else. Shout out to the Boston Bobcats.
