The Chicago Bears Play in the Second City. For You, Who's Next?
Well, first of all, helmet tip to Lester for the premise for this post. Second, I’ll modify any great idea any time I can. I’m a teacher, it’s what we do. So Les wanted to know who you hate. I want to know who you can’t help but like. Who do you cheer for when you aren’t cheering for that Bears. Is it a team? Are there a few players? Fantasy football guys or something more? Outside my Bears there aren’t many but I have a few. I’ll share them after the jump.
First of all I have my "next best" team. While I’d never under any circumstances whatsoever want them to perform well against my beloved (even in fantasy football), I do enjoy watching them play and find myself pulling ever so slightly for them to be successful. For me it’s the Baltimore Ravens. I love this team. Tenacious defense. Truly gritty. Hard hitters who predicate their success on tightly played defense.
As far as players go I have two. The first is Ray Rice. He’s so much like Matt Forte. This originally started out as a fantasy football thing but now I find myself loving this guy on the field. He can run elusively, he can run with power and he can flat out catch. He’s the Ravens Forte and I thoroughly enjoy him.
The second is Andre Johnson. The man is an absolute beast at wide receiver. He’s one of the finest in the game. The guy can out run, out leap and flat out play most any corner he’s up against. And he does it all quietly. He’s not a prima donna. He’s the anti Dieon Sanders. He’s the anti Ochocinco or TO. He’s everything that is right with star players in the game today. He may never become Jerry Rice but he’s certainly in his mold. Leave it all on the field and let your game speak for itself.
I gave you mine. Anyone you admire from afar? Any non Bear that you think plays it well and plays it right. Got a team that you like to see win when they aren’t playing against our Bears? Any teams you secretly admire? Open up..... I’m Dr. Phil. Er, Dave....
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I'll admit given that I have friends
who are Colts fan and I am from Indiana the Colts are my AFC “team”. I don’t really go crazy following them like I do the Bears. All I really do is watch the highlights. When they play the Bears I want to see nothing more than the entire Colt roster carted off the field. Oh and I also love any team playing the Packers.
When the world slips you a Jeffrey, stroke a furry wall.
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Great post
Team from the AFC is the Pittsburgh Steelers, I love the reckless style Troy plays with and the clutch plays in big games by big ben. The team also reminds me alot of the bears as well, tough, defense, excellent linebackers and legendary coaches.
Favorite non bear players i got a few
Ndaumkuong Suh- This is guy plays mean, i like it when hes mean except against Cutler
Oj Atogwe- one of the more underrated safeties
Joe Thomas- Best tackle in the league
Brandon Marshall- Flat out beast
Guns dont kill people. Brian Urlacher kills people.
I married in to a Ravens family.
Being we only see each other once every 4 years I root for them and watch their games (as long as my beloved Bears arn’t on) I went to the last game they played in Baltimore. Horrible game for our Bears but it was fun nun the less. The whole experiance was fun but would have been better to see my brother in law in a Payton jersey instead I had to don a Lewis for a day.
I don’t like any team in the AFC, I deal with a couple, like the Ravens and I don’t mind the Chargers now that Cutler doesn’t play them twice a year.
The only other team in the NFL I can root for (excluding when they play against the Bears) is the Saints. I like Brees, Lance Moore, Sharper, Vilma, and Sean Payton (I would say Shockey, but he isn’t there anymore.) and when their offense is rolling they are really fun to watch.
As for Player’s (Excluding the aforementioned Saints) Everybody I like to watch is on the Bears. I was a fan of Cutler, then he came to the Bears. (Which is how I became a Bears fan) I liked Peppers, and we all know where he is now.
"I wouldn't ever set out to hurt someone deliberately unless it was, you know, important - like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus
There are more players I like than other teams
I could list probably 1/3 of the league that I hate but there are certainly teams I tend to like, most of them being mostly down and out teams.
Like the Browns, I used to kind of like the Bengals but I can’t stand CedBen or what they did to the Bears the last two times we played them. I root for the Cardinals and Saints when they aren’t playing the Bears. I liked the Jets before everyone started sucking their D before last year. I like Rex’s style though and I like LT.
I also like the Steelers. I think they are the AFC equivalent of the Bears: tough D, blue-collar, storied history. I also kind of like the Titans.
Mostly though, there are other players I like over teams.
Jay Cutler is still my quarterback.
by Sam Householder on Jun 13, 2011 1:53 PM CDT reply actions
Cardinals
I also like the Ravens when I watch AFC games, because of their defense, having a few ASU guys (Heap, Suggs), and Boldin.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Phoenix Suns/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].
Like the ravens
but dislike flacco for some reason
'Don't believe in you who believe in me and don't believe in me who believes in you, but believe in you who believe in yourself'
Agreed...
I think my dislike for Flacco is that the media seems to “ooh and aah” over anything this guy does. He’s not a bad QB, but the Raven’s defense has won most of their games, NOT Joe Flacco.
by I Have Bearsititis on Jun 13, 2011 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
How could you not love this face?
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Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Phoenix Suns/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].
by JoeCB1991 on Jun 13, 2011 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh and any team that make the heat cry
hahaha
'Don't believe in you who believe in me and don't believe in me who believes in you, but believe in you who believe in yourself'
by T.Moore on Jun 13, 2011 2:07 PM CDT reply actions 3 recs
Opening myself up for ridicule in 3,2,1.......
The Eagles. Mostly because I was a big Randall Cunningham fan and remain a big Brian Dawkins fan even though he is now a Bronco. I also lived in Philly for a bit and like the city a lot. Obviously I don’t care for a majority of their fans but I root for them whenever they don’t play the Bears.
I like them too
My NL baseball team is the Phillies, so I have a passing interest in the other sports teams in Philly.
White Sox baseball: We're All Ineffective
Halladay, Oswalt, Hamels, Blanton, AND LEE!! HELL YES!
My two favorite football teams have a "Gould"en kicker
For other teams, I don't really have any.
I tend to follow guys that played college ball at Iowa. As I’ve said here before, my girlfriend is a Steelers fan, so I’m sure I’ll be watching them when the Bears aren’t playing, which is hard to stomach because I really, really dislike Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Dallas, Philly and New England (in addition to our division bretheren). I have no idea WHY I can’t stand those particular teams outside of Dallas and NE, but I do.
"No I'm not going to 'limber up'. You ever see a lion stretching before it takes down a gazelle?"
East Coast bias!!!
I can’t stand the East division teams in either conference (I feel a little sorry for the Bills and root for them a bit) but other than that, HELL NO!! It’s because the media in general, and especially ESPN like to gargle those teams’ balls like their God’s gift to sports and EVERY year they argue those divisions are the best in football even though they each have teams that suck and one or two teams that disappoint. Give me the AFC West or the NFC North or the NFC South any year over either East division.
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And I apologize if anyone is offended by the graphic image I described but I stand by it.
Jay Cutler is still my quarterback.
by Sam Householder on Jun 13, 2011 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Just a few
Another team I like is the Rams cause both my dad and my wife’s dad are huge rams fans. Individual players that I like are Peyton Manning, he’s just plain the best player and person I’ve seen. Another is Ray Lewis; he plays with pure passion and earns everything he gets and he seems like a cool person too.
not sure why but i don't root for any other nfc team (although sometimes i feel sorry for the lions)
in the afc,
i root against the colts for winning so much, but i can’t help but love peyton manthing and d-clark (iowa fan)
i’ll root for the ravens too. i’ve grown attached to flacco he’s ended up on my fantasy team at some point for the past 3 years.
i don’t necessarily root for other iowa players, but i try to stay up to date with where they are and how they’re doing
The Niners cept when they play da Bears
For awhile seemed like they played against each other every yr, glad thats over.
Loved it when Singletary coached there. Wish he still did, but he’s probable too spoken to be a head coach now-a-days. Willis is a beast at MLB! J. Smith too at D-lineman. And feel bad for Frank Gore every yr he gets banged up.
Since I missed Lester’s post on players we hate:
DeSean Jackson, cant stand his constant showboating. He cant do 1 thing on the field without showing the world its all about him. Drives me crazy.
In the NFL, after the Bears? Whoever plays the Packers!
But aside from those, it’s pretty much baseball for me. I do sort of like the Broncos though. I have a soft spot for Denver sports in general, they gave us Cutler, and beat the Packers in the Super Bowl.
Our manager wears 13, we were supposedly cursed, and we wear black. Let's play.
Used to like the Patriots...
Back when they were a bunch of nobodies with a 6th round QB and a MLB named Brewski. But then they went all Hollywood and big name signings. I think Randy Moss was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
I want to like the Steelers. I really do. There’s gotta be something to be said about only having 3 head coaches in over 30 years. And I love the way they play the game. My problem with the team? Roethlisburger. Also, Harrison.
Same thing with the Ravens. Defense, defense, defense, laced with equal parts brutality and insanity. A generally caretaker offense built around an exceptional runner, good protection, and decent receivers/QBs. But it’s the insanity part of their team that grinds me a bit. Not to mention Ray Lewis.
I don’t really have a #2 team right now. Just a bunch of teams that I don’t expressly hate.
As far as players I like to cheer for, #1 on that list for me is Kyle Orton. I don’t know why, I just like this guy a ton. Also, anybody that doesn’t whore themselves out to the media.
Nice post.
Ravens fan here.
I’m always rooting for the Bears as my second team because my parents were born and raised in Chicago. It’s also really easy to root for a guy like Urlacher. Tough, hard-noised great player without any of the BS. Love it. Also, Hester and Knox can put on show.
Good luck this year guys. Hope to see you in SB.

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