Yesterday we ran part one of a four-part series analyzing NFL teams based on the sizes of their Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) – you might want to reference it. Green Bay was of course the anomaly. Of the 32 NFL cities, the bottom four were: Jacksonville (40th largest MSA), New Orleans (46th), Buffalo (50th), and our beloved Green Bay: 157th.
Looking just at MSA populations is of course a great oversimplification. Some teams, particularly those in the west, such as the Broncos and the Seahawks, claim the allegiance of multiple neighboring states that have no NFL teams.