http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/preview08/columns/story?id=3530077

Steelers come in at No.1. Panthers come in at #25.

1. Pittsburgh Steelers
2. Green Bay Packers
3. Cleveland Browns
4. Philadelphia Eagles
5. Kansas City Chiefs
6. Washington Redskins
7. Denver Broncos
8. New England Patriots
9. Oakland Raiders
10. New York Giants
11. Buffalo Bills
12. Dallas Cowboys
13. Chicago Bears
14. New York Jets
15. New Orleans Saints (haha yeah right)
16. Indianapolis Colts
17. Baltimore Ravens
18. Tennessee Titans
19. Minnesota Vikings
20. Seattle Seahawks
21. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
22. San Diego Chargers
23. Houston Texans
24. San Francisco 49ers
25. Carolina Panthers
26. Cincinnati Bengals
27. Jacksonville Jaguars
28. Miami Dolphins
29. St. Louis Rams
30. Atlanta Falcons
31. Detroit Lions
32. Arizona Cardinals

8/31/2008 4:02:26 PM

I thought the Chiefs would be higher than 5th

8/31/2008 4:08:56 PM

This is a funny list. Bills ahead of Dallas? Isn't the Bills organization in the middle of a large campaign in Canada to try to bring down more fans? How are they even sniffing the top 15.

8/31/2008 4:14:57 PM

Dallas probably loses points for having the dumbest fanbase

8/31/2008 4:16:58 PM

What makes their fan base 'dumb'? The fact that there are so many? Or you associate Dallas with anger and that makes them dumb. Either way, it was probably ridiculous subjective arguments like yours that have the Colts all the way at 16.

8/31/2008 4:29:43 PM

the Cowboys fanbase is by far the dumbest NFL fanbase that I hear call into sports radio shows every day

i'm sure some of that has to do with the fact that there are so many, but it seems like Steelers fans and other fanbases who also have huge followings are a lot smarter

8/31/2008 4:31:56 PM

Interesting. The Pats are #8, despite the fact that I never met a Pats fan prior to their recent successes. Bandwagon fans ftl

8/31/2008 5:02:21 PM

"Best" is a relative term

does throwing batteries and getting into fights make a team's fan base better?

would explain philly

8/31/2008 8:04:00 PM

^^obviously you've never lived in New England

8/31/2008 8:42:10 PM

[Edited on August 31, 2008 at 10:11 PM. Reason : yo]

8/31/2008 10:10:55 PM

Steelers and Packers being at the top of this list doesn't surprise me.

I'd have put the Packers on top though.

8/31/2008 11:05:17 PM

fuck yeah, cleveland represent

8/31/2008 11:19:51 PM

The Bills are that high because all of their fans are diehard and have been through a lot of turmoil but yet they still still support their favorite team. Buffalo is an extremely small market for an nfl team hence the campaign in Toronto.

Thought I would explain for hershculez stupid Cowboy loving ass.

9/1/2008 12:24:50 PM

Seahawks at #20 is surprising.

9/1/2008 12:40:01 PM

i thought the Packers should be number 1, but it's nearly a tie with the Steelers so I'm cool with that.

The Skins should be higher than the Eagles, but the Chiefs should stay where they were.


The Cowboys should be higher than the Gians, and the Raiders should switch with the Broncos.



also, there's no way that Titans and Ravens fans are "better" than Seawks and Vikings fans.



This list seems sorta arbitrary.

9/1/2008 12:45:21 PM

^^^ guilty as charged.

9/1/2008 2:52:51 PM

Quote :

"Steelers and Packers being at the top of this list doesn't surprise me. I'd have put the Packers on top though."

I think the packers lose out in number.

The steelers fans are pretty intense though. My GF is a steelers fan and since we never play each other I'm slowly becoming a convert >.<.

Dallas so low is a joke.

9/1/2008 5:33:40 PM