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The following nicknames are given to a unit (defensive, offensive and special teams) or a secondary nickname given to some teams used to describe a style of play or attitude of teams at times in accordance with phrases in popular culture of the time. They are not the official franchise nicknames of the National Football League (NFL). Since the ...
By nickname "Ain'ts*" – New Orleans Saints, NFL; rhyming play on the non-standard English negative ain't [30] "America's Team" – Dallas Cowboys, by sports media [31] "B.I.L.L.S.*" – Buffalo Bills, by detractors, acronyms for "Boy I Love Losing Super Bowls", in reference to the team's failure to win the Super Bowl in four straight tries during the early 1990s [32]
A caricature of a patriot from the American Revolution; named after the nickname of the team's original logo. New York Jets: None Pittsburgh Steelers: Steely McBeam A burly steelworker with a Bill Cowher-like jutting chin, wearing a hard hat; based on the Steelers' pre-Steelmark logo in the 1950s-early 1960s. Tennessee Titans: T-Rac
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The Jets also have the longest championship drought among New York's major professional sports franchises, having eclipsed the New York Rangers' 54-year drought (from 1940 to 1994) in 2023. The Jets' team colors are green and white, although they have at times used black as a third/trim color and have had a black alternate uniform since 2019.
A nickname for the New York Jets football team. Professor Gangreen, The main villain in Return of the Killer Tomatoes; The Gangreen Gang, ...
A quarterback away. When the New York Jets began their long offseason odyssey to motor into a Super Bowl window in 2023, that’s what one high-ranking team official described to Yahoo Sports as ...
1968 game program cover, depicting a Jets helmet during their AFL years. From the Heidi Game on November 17, 1968. The history of the New York Jets American football team began in 1959 with the founding of the Titans of New York, an original member of the American Football League (AFL); they began actual play the following year. The team had ...