# NFL Zodiac

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-zodiac/608775>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 7, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-zodiac/608775 "2012-01-07T23:58:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-zodiac/608775/1 "2012-01-07T23:58:38Z")

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Do you ever think about the team mascots? For example, if it is Bengals v Ravens, you would expect the Bengals to have a natural advantage since it boils down to cats v birds. From the NFL Zodiac perspective, that is.

What can the NFL Zodiac tell us about the prospects of the various teams fighting for The Ring this year?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-zodiac/608775/2 "2012-01-08T00:03:16Z")

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Zodiacc isn’t theword you’re looking for.

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-zodiac/608775/3 "2012-01-08T00:34:14Z")

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Bestiary is the word.

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**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-zodiac/608775/4 "2012-01-08T00:55:17Z")

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> The bestiary, then, is also a reference to the symbolic language of animals in Western Christian art and literature.

I think Zodiac is more accurate. It is neither Pagan nor Christian; symbolic, yes, but not religious. Poetic/philosophical instead.

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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-zodiac/608775/5 "2012-01-08T00:55:52Z")

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The word is Sigil.

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-zodiac/608775/6 "2012-01-08T00:58:47Z")

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Hmmm…Lions v Christians. Vegas odds would probably favor the carnivores, but literature suggests the faithful shall prevail…

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-zodiac/608775/7 "2012-01-08T01:03:07Z")

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> [@Oakminster](#):
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> Hmmm…Lions v Christians. Vegas odds would probably favor the carnivores, but literature suggests the faithful shall prevail…

New Orleans should have drafted Tebow.

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**Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-zodiac/608775/8 "2012-01-08T01:19:25Z")

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> [@garygnu](#):
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> New Orleans should have drafted Tebow.

That’s the spirit! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-zodiac/608775/9 "2012-01-08T04:30:09Z")

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> [@garygnu](#):
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> New Orleans should have drafted Tebow.

I would not mind having him on the roster, maybe as a Wild Rebel QB/RB, but he ain’t starting as long as Brees is healthy and Chase Daniels isn’t dead.