The following is a list of mascots of National Football League teams :
American Football Conference
Team
Mascot(s)
Description
Baltimore Ravens
Poe , Rise and Conquer
Poe, a Raven, named after Edgar Allan Poe . Since 2009, along with human mascot Poe, Rise and Conquer are Baltimore's two live Raven mascots on the sidelines for home games, handled by trainers from The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore .
Buffalo Bills
Billy Buffalo
An 8-foot tall buffalo .
Cincinnati Bengals
Who Dey
An orange Bengal Tiger -like figure
Cleveland Browns
Chomps, Swagger
Chomps is a dog -like figure, based on the team's Dawg Pound section at Cleveland Browns Stadium ; Swagger is a live bull mastiff that serves as the Cleveland Browns newest mascot starting with the 2014 season
Denver Broncos
Miles , Thunder II
Miles is a white, horse -like anthropomorphic figure wearing an orange jersey; Thunder II is a live Arabian horse .[ 1]
Houston Texans
Toro
A dark blue bull -like figure
Indianapolis Colts
Blue
A blue, horse -like figure
Jacksonville Jaguars
Jaxson de Ville
A jaguar -like figure
Kansas City Chiefs
K. C. Wolf ; Warpaint
K.C. Wolf is a grey-colored wolf -like figure; Warpaint is a live Paint horse
Miami Dolphins
T.D.
A dolphin -like figure
New England Patriots
Pat Patriot
A caricature of a patriot from the American Revolution ; named after the nickname of the team's original logo.
New York Jets
None
Oakland Raiders
Raider Rusher[ 2]
A football player with a huge head
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.
San Diego Chargers
None
Tennessee Titans
T-Rac
A raccoon; the state animal of Tennessee is a racoon.
National Football Conference
Team
Mascot(s)
Description
Arizona Cardinals
Big Red
A red cardinal -like figure
Atlanta Falcons
Freddie Falcon
A caricature of a falcon
Carolina Panthers
Sir Purr
A black panther -like figure
Chicago Bears
Staley Da Bear
A bear -like figure; named after the team's original name, the Decatur Staleys, as well as Bears founder A. E. Staley .
Dallas Cowboys
Rowdy
A caricature of a cowboy
Detroit Lions
Roary
A lion -like figure
Green Bay Packers
None
Minnesota Vikings
Ragnar, Viktor
Currently, Ragnar is one of two "human" mascots in professional North American sports (i.e. not in any animal or caricature costume), with Lucky the Leprechaun of the Boston Celtics being the other. Ragnar is dressed as a Viking. Viktor is a smiling Viking caricature whose head looks similar to the Vikings logo.
New Orleans Saints
Gumbo , Sir Saint
A dog-like figure; apparently named after Gumbo , a dish that is very common in the southern part of Louisiana .
New York Giants
None
Philadelphia Eagles
Swoop , Air Swoop
Swoop is an eagle -like figure. Air Swoop is an air-filled eagle caricature and similar to Swoop appearance-wise.
St. Louis Rams
Rampage
A ram -like figure
San Francisco 49ers
Sourdough Sam
A caricature of a 49er , a person who went to California to seek a fortune in the 1849 California Gold Rush
Seattle Seahawks
Blitz ; Boom; Taima
Blitz and Boom are large blue anthropomorphic birds; Taima is a real, living Augur Hawk , sometimes thought to be an osprey , but actually a Buteo [ 3]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Captain Fear
A caricature of a pirate
Washington Redskins
None
References [ edit ]
^ http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/broncos-seahawks-mascots-head-super-bowl-article-1.1596711
^ http://www.raiders.com/news/article-1/Local-Youth-Meet-Raider-Rusher/e1248de7-8367-42f1-96bf-802433e15c01
^ http://www.seahawks.com/gameday/taima-the-hawk.html
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