The NFL Mascot Battle for Supremacy

Alex Roberts @@alexCoAbassCorrespondent IMarch 19, 2009

The NFL season has come and gone, and now we are left to ponder all the goings-ons in free agency and the draft.

However, I was left pondering something else...Who comes up with these mascots? Some are tough, some seem lame, and others...well...others...stink.

So I set up a grand battle royale.

Let's all pretend for a minute we do not have a favorite team. I have created a bracket for all the teams mascots to fight it out...Tourney style.

(For the seedings, I created a 32-team single elimination tournament with seedings taken from the final power ranking of 2008-2009).

So Pittsburgh is No. 1, and Detroit is No. 32.

I also did not include the city names, so we could concentrate on the mascots. Enjoy!

Here is the bracket.

Fight One: Steelers vs. Lions

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Best NFL Team vs. Worst NFL Team: Throw four steel mill workers in a room with four lions. No contest. Paper covers rock, rock crushes scissors, lions eat people.

Fight Two: Cardinals vs. Rams

Another contest where the bottom overtakes the top. A beautiful red bird. An angry animal with a large battering ram attached to its head. Top tier NFL teams zero, bottom feeders two.

Fight Three: Ravens vs. Browns

Finally...a win for the good guys. A bird that sometimes represents pure evil, against a color.

The color of poo, to be exact. Baaaazing! Colors can't fight back...although the argument can be made the real mascot is a bulldog...I own a bulldog.

I will still take the raven.

Fight Four: Eagles vs. Seahawks

An air battle...how interesting. The majestic eagle takes on the equivalent of a sea gull. I would not be an American if I picked a seahawk. Eagles take it.

Fight Five: Giants vs. Chiefs

This fight depends on how you define "Giant". If you say a giant is Godzilla sized, then the Giants win out. I am going to go by the true definition of, or a large sized man over 7'6" feet tall.

Think Andre the Giant, or that large dude from Big Fish. Chiefs are a feisty bunch with weaponry and spirit.

I will take the Chiefs in the closest battle yet. A tomahawk to the head will do that to you.

Fight Six: Titans vs. Raiders

Titans are people of war. Think Spartans. Raiders are sort of like pirates. Spartans vs. Pirates... hmmm... give me Leonidas. Titans win in a sword fight.

Fight Seven: Colts vs. Jaguars

We have an epic mismatch in this fight. Sleek killers vs. baby horses. Jaguars in a blow out of buffet proportions.

Fight Eight: Panthers vs. Redskins

This is an intriguing matchup to me. I cannot get the scene from Apacalypto out of my brain, where the Mayans are getting chewed up by the panther.