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There are Lions, and Bengals, and Bears, oh my! But how did teams in Detroit, Cincinnati, and Chicago become known as such? Stacker tells the stories behind every NFL team name.
As Washington drops moniker, here’s the story behind every NFL team name
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Dallas Cowboys | They like to call themselves “America’s Team,” but Cowboys is their official name. This came to be after the Cowboys were originally going tobe called the Rangers. But the existence of a baseball team with the same name led to change to avoid confusion. Since then, Dallas has been one of the NFL’s most successful franchises, winning five Super Bowls.