Bolts223 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 In college football and basketball people like to use the term blue blood to describe the premier programs in the country. In the case of football you think of schools like Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan, USC, etc. Who do you consider to be the blue bloods of the NFL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaidersAreOne Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Buffalo Bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 10 minutes ago, Bolts223 said: In college football and basketball people like to use the term blue blood to describe the premier programs in the country. In the case of football you think of schools like Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan, USC, etc. Who do you consider to be the blue bloods of the NFL? New England is the only one in this discussion if you're looking for long term consistency IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duluther Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 I don’t think that’s the best definition of blue blood. It’s more accurately, imo, the teams that have been good for most of the sport’s past and thus are “seen” today as the premiere teams (regardless of all other factors, including today’s success). The Bears and the Packers are in tier 1. Tier 2 probably has the Steelers and Cowboys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatriotsWin! Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Pats, 49ers, Cowboys, Steelers, Packers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaqOptic Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 18 minutes ago, Dome said: New England is the only one in this discussion if you're looking for long term consistency IMO. Yes. There string of success from 2001 on negates the fact that prior to that they were 0-2 in 2 Super Bowls over a 30 year span... Green Bay, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys, San Fransisco and New England are the blue blood organizations, though I'm a bit hesitant on New England due to the recency of their success. The other three in the Champions Wing of the Hall of Fame (Indy, Washington, and I forget who) are also considerable. You could also argue all-time original franchises like Chicago but, honestly, what have they accomplished since like the 50s other than the 85 season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinSting Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 It's not open for debate, it's cold, hard W-L facts: 1. Cowboys 2. Packers 3. Bears 4. Dolphins 5. Patriots If your team is not represented above, it's because they've lost too many games in their franchise history. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 5 minutes ago, BlaqOptic said: Yes. There string of success from 2001 on negates the fact that prior to that they were 0-2 in 2 Super Bowls over a 30 year span... Green Bay, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys, San Fransisco and New England are the blue blood organizations, though I'm a bit hesitant on New England due to the recency of their success. The other three in the Champions Wing of the Hall of Fame (Indy, Washington, and I forget who) are also considerable. You could also argue all-time original franchises like Chicago but, honestly, what have they accomplished since like the 50s other than the 85 season? I guess I’m going with a different definition than you, I’m looking more recent where 2 decades is “long term”... that’s when I really started watching. I definitely don’t disagree with anything you said about the other franchises.... other than I don’t really think you can deny New England’s success because it’s recent when it’s been far more dominant than anything we’ve seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incognito_man Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Green Bay and Pittsburgh are easily the top 2 IMO. Then niners, Dallas, Chicago and Giants. NE and Washington might be in the discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladimir L Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 All NFC East team are blue blood but maybe the Eagles looking out only 1 superbowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
43M Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 31 minutes ago, FinSting said: It's not open for debate, it's cold, hard W-L facts: 1. Cowboys 2. Packers 3. Bears 4. Dolphins 5. Patriots If your team is not represented above, it's because they've lost too many games in their franchise history. Sorry. Only a dolphins fan would put them that high. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soko Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Green Bay and Pittsburgh. NE more recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Pre Snyder Washington Redskins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigInBoys Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 There are only a few truly iconic franchises, and most of them have been named. But the Raiders are just as iconic as any of these, and if the Cowboys are being included when they haven't been relevant in over 20 years then the Raiders should too. So are we talking about who actually wins or who are the marquee franchises? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter2_1 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Current? It's New England only. All-time? Packers, Cowboys, Steelers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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