Browner says nickname for Patriots' secondary should come from fans

neuronet said:

They don't need a name.

The team came out together in 2001. There is a certian Patriots Way about the anonymity of doing your job without needing to draw attention to yourself with some silly name, like you would have wanted in the fourth grade.

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The Death Star

(and the Hooded Emperor)

The 60 Minutemen

FredFromDartmouth said:

The Death Star

(and the Hooded Emperor)

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Something off Star Wars is good. We need a poster with the hoodie, Darth Browner and Revis as a Sith Lord.

I like The 60 Minutemen for 2 reasons. We all know the Minutemen were colonists self-trained in weaponry, tactics and military strategies during the American Revolutionary War.

And our defense is also full of men who play the game for the entire 60 minutes. They did it all year all the way up to Browner and Butler executing that last defensive play

Let the friggen Seahawks have ridiculous names for their secondary.. Seriously evertime I hear legion of boom I wince. It is quite frankly the lamest thing I have ever heard. A bunch of grown @ss men running around calling themselves the legion of boom.

I think we're being too clever. It's gotta sound cool and intimidating. Nicknames aren't clever. Gronk is not clever. Legion of Boom is not clever, neither is the Steel Curtain (well that sort of is), or Orange Crush. Defense is about aggression and intimidation, not clever puns.

Island of Doom

"Blue Bloods"

Patricia militia

Bobsyouruncle said:

I think we're being too clever. It's gotta sound cool and intimidating. Nicknames aren't clever. Gronk is not clever. Legion of Boom is not clever, neither is the Steel Curtain (well that sort of is), or Orange Crush. Defense is about aggression and intimidation, not clever puns.

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Those are all literally 'clever' puns..

Clampdown Crew

NE Bermuda Triangle. Receivers are seen going in, then later to be never seen or heard of again.

aussie_patriot said:

Those are all literally 'clever' puns..

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Pun must mean something different in Australia.

Bobsyouruncle said:

Pun must mean something different in Australia.

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"pun. the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words. the word or phrase used in this way"

By this definition straight off a google search Steel Curtain is actually the least 'punny' of all three examples you provided because the Steel in Steelers and Steel Curtain mean the same thing.

I'm not trying to be a smart-arse, from my viewpoint they are all puns because they are a play on words/sayings.

Legion of Doom (DC comic villains) = Legion of Boom (NFL villains)
Orange Crush (soda) = Orange Crush (crush your opponent)

Then there's Gang Green, Greatest Show on Turf...All these nicknames are puns derived from existing sayings.

The Baby Rapists.

fnordcircle said:

The Baby Rapists.

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WTF?!?

meatface said:

Patricia militia

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This, absolutely. Fits the "do your job" mentality. Plus it has that ring to it. Patricia Militia for the god damn win!

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