The 8 Most Moronic Mascot Moments Caught on Camera

When the home team is down by four points with less than a minute to play, who do you think gets the home crowd pumped up?  Is it the quarterback?  Is it the bench-warmer on the sidelines waving his sweaty towel?  Is it "The Wave"?

No, no and no.  The lone person responsible for pumping up the home crowd is the mascot.  Whether it is the Tennessee Titans' T-Rac or the San Francisco 49ers' Sourdough Sam, immense pressure is put upon the shoulders, wings and hooves of NFL mascots.

While most mascots are intelligent humans dressed as giant animals, some are just plain stupid.  Here are the eight most moronic mascot moments caught on film.

8. Jaxson DeVille Popcorns Buffalo Bills Fan

Jaxson DeVille of the Jacksonville Jaguars is one of the most feared mascots in all of the NFL.  He is a superb hunter who wears sunglasses to block out the Jacksonville sun.  Not only is he extremely quick, but he is also extremely intelligent.

In the above clip, obviously shot by a Jaguar fan, Jaxson decides to pick on a poor Buffalo fan.  To the great enjoyment of the crowd, DeVille throws then pours an entire bucket of popcorn on the innocent fan. 

Near the end of the video it appears that both sides "bro hug" it out, but then the Bills fan realizes that Jaxson just wasted a $20 bucket of popcorn.  You just can't trust Jaguars with anything these days.

7. Colts Blue Thrusts His Pelvic

I'm not exactly sure what you call the pelvic bone in a colt, but I'll just guess it is still called a pelvic bone.

After Cedric Benson breaks a tackle and finds the end zone against Indianapolis, Blue decides to do a little tauting of his own using the lower region of his body.  I don't fully understand Blue's language so I'm not going to even attempt to translate the message he was trying to pass along to Benson.

All I can tell you that if I was Cedric Benson, I would still have nightmares of Blue's pelvic thrust.

6. Mascots Dance the Soulja Boy

I strongly disagree with both the "Soulja Boy Dance" and any type of mascot dancing.  Call me old fashioned, but it just never ends out well.

The fact that there were so many mascots together dancing is impressive, but it is just a poor performance.  If I want to see hilarious dancing, I turn on old videos of Richard Simmons (don't ask how I got these videos, I just happen to have them).

Since I'm not a huge fan of dancing in general, grown humans dressed in costumes doing the most annoying dance ever is extremely moronic.

5. Colts Blue Explodes a Bengal

Any time you mix animals and explosives, nothing good can happen.

I'm hoping that the Colts are playing the Bengals when Blue does this experiment because if Blue is just blowing up animals for fun, he needs psychiatric help.  This isn't the mascots fault for being moronic, but whoever decided to let Blue play with TNT.

Even though Blue makes this list twice, he has done some pretty awesome things too.  Check this out of him taking out a streaker.  Great tackle.

4. Eagle Trips on His Own Claws

Unfortunately, there isn't a good video of Swoop eating dirt, but about halfway through the video, you can clearly see the Philadelphia Eagles mascot fall flat on his face.

Now it is true that we can't see what Swoop is walking on, but I don't believe that someone put up some invisible wire to trip him.  This is exactly why eagles fly and don't walk. 

Bad things happen when mascots break the rules of nature.

3. Ragnar the Viking Dances Ballet

I'm not exactly sure what ballet is, but I'm pretty sure Minnesota's mascot Ragnar the Viking is dancing ballet.

I've already stated my position on dancing in public and in costume, so you already know why I find this moronic.  The reason it is higher on the list than Soulja Boy is because Viking's aren't supposed to dance like this.  In fact, I'm pretty sure when Vikings were controlling the waterways, their dancing looked more like the dancing you would find at a heavy metal concert.

I'm sorry, but pirouetting in the end zone just isn't working Ragnar.

2. Freddy Falcon Cheap Shots Swoop

Here is a life lesson for you: whenever someone tells you to slowly creep forward, cover your privates.

The fact that Swoop let one of his archenemies kick him in the family jewels is just about as moronic as it can get.  On top of that, he barely puts on a fight when Freddy Falcon attempts to give him CPR.  This is just a poor performance on the part of Swoop.

I guess I just expect better things from an eagle than most people.

1. Mascots Go Streaking

Personally, I love streaking, but just like everything else in life, there is a proper time and place for streaking.

I will give these mascots credit for being extremely bold, but streaking during the middle of a football game with all your mascot friends is neither proper or decent.  The thing that I really want to know is how all these mascots got together for this once in a lifetime moment.  Do mascots carry cell phones?  Is there some secret mascot meetings held way under ground?

I don't know the answer to these questions, but I do know that when a group of mascots go streaking, it will always be the most moronic moment in mascot history.