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A question for Panther fans


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I don't have any other teams I like to watch, but the only teams I really dislike are the Patriots. I have a certain dislike for other teams from time to time though.

Of course, NFC South stuff is mostly just related to the Panthers being there.

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What other teams do you pull for besides the Panthers or like to see do well?

Green Bay In the NFC, Steelers in the AFC.

Never a GB fan until Rodgers won me over with how he handled the Farve debacle, earned a ton of respect then.

Always admired the Steelers brand of football and the fact that they're always in the hunt. Model of consistency, something we know nothing about.

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Grew up a Dolphins fan, even had a starter jacket in middle school. When the Panthers came along I pulled for both teams until Marino left and at that point I lost all interest in the Phins.

Now, I follow and pull for the Ravens, too. My wife is a die hard Panthers fan but her family is from the greater DC area so half of them pull for the Redskins and the other half pull for the Raven. To stick it to my mother-in-law I also support the Ravens and my brother-in-law and I always pull for each other's team in hopes of us meeting in the Super Bowl.

However, while I can tell you more about the Ravens then any of the other 30 teams, my knowledge of the Panthers is 10 times that of the Ravens.

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I always seem to find an angle in any game which allows me to root for one team over the other. Most of the time that angle is rooting for whoever plays the Patriots, Saints, Falcons, Cowboys, etc. This year, I was rooting for the Packers as soon as the Panthers season ended because I respect a lot of their players (Rodgers, Matthews, Driver, Woodson, Jennings, etc) and that almost all of their fans I've met are class.

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