Which NFL teams will always be considered iconic?

[Shane612]

My list:
Cowboys.
Steelers.
Fourth Niners.
Bears.

All four of these teams have storied history.
In fact, when a reporter asked Bill Parcells why he wanted to coach the cowboys, that was the answer he gave, a "storied" history.

When I think of the NFL, these franchises come first into mind.

Until recent history, the Patriots were nothing. If they can maintain their winning streak for another 10 years, maybe they'll make my list....lol

 

[Aviano90]

Add the Packers

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Browns.

 

[Shane612]

Add the Packers

Absolutely.
I can't believe I left them out. Vince Lambardy must have rolled over in his grave.

 

[Shane612]

Browns.

Thought about them, but they haven't been very relevant in years....

I want teams that stay in the news, even in their down years.

The Browns do have a history, tho.

 

[J817]

Add the Raiders as well imo. Especially with the move to Vegas. Raiders will always have that outcast, “cheer for the bad guy” personality going for them.

 

[ESisback]

Cowboys
Steelers
Packers
Patriots
49ers

 

[mrmojo]

Add Bears and Raider and end the list

 

[Bobhaze]

Cowboys
Packers
Steelers
Raiders
Bears
49ers

The pats may have have pushed their way in this group now too.

 

[Shane612]

Add the Raiders as well imo. Especially with the move to Vegas. Raiders will always have that outcast, “cheer for the bad guy” personality going for them.

Points off for drafting JaMarcus Russell. Otherwise, they'd be in for sure.

 

[Shane612]

Cowboys
Packers
Steelers
Raiders
Bears
49ers

The pats may have have pushed their way in this group now too.

Prior to 2000, Patriots were very average. They haven't earned to be ICONIC, yet.

 

[J817]

Points off for drafting JaMarcus Russell. Otherwise, they'd be in for sure.

Yea but that’s one of the things that make them iconic. The Al Davis era reaches in the draft lol. Think of them in the same light as the Cubs imo.

 

[JoeKing]

Patriots
Steelers
Cowboys
49ers
Packers

 

[JBS]

Always is a long time. If the Cowboys go 100+ years without a championship, they probably won't be considered iconic any longer

 

[J817]

Always is a long time. If the Cowboys go 100+ years without a championship, they probably won't be considered iconic any longer

If that happened we would be like what the Red Sox or the Cubs used to be. We could find a way to blame it on a curse or something. Let’s see in a 100 years? We could call it the curse of Jimmy’s Ghost.

 

[Shane612]

Always is a long time. If the Cowboys go 100+ years without a championship, they probably won't be considered iconic any longer

I don't know....
Hate them, or like them, football fans are usually very passionate about their feelings about the cowboys.

 

[cowboyec]

'Merica's Team

 

[Kwyn]

My list:
Cowboys.
Steelers.
Fourth Niners.
Bears.

All four of these teams have storied history.
In fact, when a reporter asked Bill Parcells why he wanted to coach the cowboys, that was the answer he gave, a "storied" history.

When I think of the NFL, these franchises come first into mind.

Until recent history, the Patriots were nothing. If they can maintain their winning streak for another 10 years, maybe they'll make my list....lol

If we’re just talking iconic franchises, I have it like this

1. Packers
2. Bears
3. Steelers
4. Cowboys
5. 49’ers

If we’re talking greatest franchise ever, it gets more complicated

Super Bowl Era

1. Steelers
2. Cowboys (only ahead of Pats because we had two great runs instead of one)
3. Patriots
4. Packers
5. 49’ers

Pre-Super Bowl Era

1. Packers
   
2. Bears
3. Browns
   
4. Giants
5. Colts (Big drop-off after the Giants)

 

[JBS]

I don't know....
Hate them, or like them, football fans are usually very passionate about their feelings about the cowboys.

Yeah that may or may not change..regardless, 100+ years of failure and they won't be iconic any longer. But that applies to every team

 

[Asklesko]

I think the Eagles and Reskins are pretty ironic