If you happen to root for a team that didn’t qualify for this years NFL playoffs, you’re going to want to pick a team to root for. So how do you justifiably pick a team to root for? Well, how about the team that--if they were to win the Super bowl--would create the most internet/all-around-media buzz of any storyline heading into the offseason. At the end of the day that’s ultimately what gives the NFL the nod over college football, it has so many potential story lines.
So I ranked every team from 12 down to 1; 12 being least appealing story, 1 being most. To make this list more objective, for every team I asked this one question to determine where they would be ranked from 12-1: “Of all the scenarios, which team capturing this years Lombardi Trophy would lead to Skip Bayless stabbing Rob Parker and/or Stephen A. Smith on ESPN FirstTake. Here’s the list. Feel free to disagree.
12. *Broncos--For argumentative purposes, I’m not even counting them. Just read Bill Simmons latest column to give yourself an idea of what would happen if Tebow and the Bronco’s won the Super Bowl.
11. Steelers--Big ben gets his third ring, Steelers get their 7th SB. For anyone outside Pittsburgh there is nothing good to come from that scenario.
10. Ravens--Joe Flacco wins his first ring, a giant weight is lifted off his back, Ravens win their second SB, Ray Lewis retires in peace, Browns fans pay their wives and girlfriends to suffocate them with a pillow while they’re sleeping.
9. Falcons--Matt Ryan wins his first SB. He separates himself from Vick, permanently. Atlanta gets their first SB. Matt Ryan avoids all, “Can he win the big game?” questions.
8. Bengals--Andy Dalton becomes first rookie qb to win a Super Bowl. Cincinnatti celebrates, the Bengals vault the Ravens and Steelers becoming the Cleveland Browns number one rivalry because they become the first NFL team to win a SB when just fives months prior they looked as if they were going to go 0-16.
7. Saints-Drew Brees goes into Tom Brady territory with his second ring, and everyone makes the case that Brees is better than Rodgers.
6. Packers--”Aaron Rodgers is better than Tom Brady” is officially a argument.
5. Forty Niners--Alex Smith and Jim Harbaugh winning a Super Bowl. Enough said, we would beat that story into the ground for months.
4. Patriots--Brady--after going 18-0 and finishing 19-1, getting his knee blown out in 2008, making two early playoff exits the last two seasons--restores all order to the world, and will never have to worry about retiring and everyone saying,”Did we overrate Tom Brady, after his first three Super Bowls he could never get it done again?”
3. *Lions--They probably should be number one, they are, after all, the Detroit Lions. But remember, this is about which winner would generate the most country wide buzz to keep us busy during the offseason.
2. Texans- This would only be at the #2 spot if Jake Delhomme led the Texans, not Yates. Delhomme would instantly become the NFL’s next best story, topping Kurt Warner’s adventure. And once again, Browns fans could all say, “Yep, he was our quarterback last year.”
1.Giants--Eli Manning winning a second Super Bowl? A whole bunch of “who’s better, Peyton or Eli?” questions the entire off-season, leading to the eventual sequence of events where Peyton Manning demands a trade to the New York Jets. Now that would make all those “Brett Favre summer updates” look JV. And that’s I am rooting for the Giants to win this years Super Bowl.
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