NFL: Ranking every team logo from worst to best

While there technically is no such thing as a seahawk, the logo is supposed to be an osprey, which is a bird of prey found all over the world, including the Pacific Northwest.

The design of the logo is based on a local Native American art style, which is really nice touch. Yes, it is another bird’s head, but like most of the league’s bird logos, it’s distinctive and recognizable.

The Cardinals are the oldest continually operating franchise in the league and are named for the color of the uniforms they wore before they even joined the NFL. The logo and the colors work well together and the design is simple, yet distinctive among the NFL’s flock of bird logos.

I was going to rank the Jaguars fairly low on this list initially—the name itself has little going for it except alliteration as Jaguars are not native to Florida—but the more I looked at the logo, the more I liked it. The jaguar face itself is clearly growling and active. The color scheme is unique, but it lends an eye-pleasing realism to a pretty sharp-looking face, a pleasant upgrade from the sleepy looking cat that used to be the logo.

If you’re going to call yourselves the “Patriots,” you’ve got to go all in on the America and New England did just that. The Minuteman in the logo, the “Flying Elvis,” wears a starred hat that transitions from an 18^th-century style tri-cornered hat to a striped flag and the whole thing is bathed in red, white and blue. The team was named for the region’s ties to the American Revolution and the logo is an excellent representation of that name.