LOOK: NFL teams break out their best (and worst) puns for Valentine's Day
The Giants and Lions did well, the Colts barely tried, the Panthers tried too hard, and the Eagles played it perfectly
It's February 14. You football-lovers out there know what that means. It's the day when NFL teams attempt to get creative with their pun game by sending out team and player-themed Valentine's Day cards for their fans to use on their significant others.
This year, things got weird.
The New York Giants kicked things off early this morning by giving their fans four different options. For the Giants fan in your life, please consider a Valentine's Day card that features Eli Manning and Odell Beckham reenacting "Dirty Dancing."
Give that special someone a #NYGiants #ValentinesDay card!
— New York Giants (@Giants) February 14, 2018
❤️💙: https://t.co/arrIB7JUCO pic.twitter.com/faREFhwYqk
Division rival Washington played things safe, simply going with football-related themes for players like Josh Doctson and Josh Norman. The Colts did the same thing. There is almost no creativity here.
Happy #ValentinesDay #Redskins Nation! ❤️💛❤️💛
— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) February 14, 2018
Share with a loved one or treat yourself. #HTTR pic.twitter.com/B6wvWnfUFm
Happy Valentine's Day #Colts fans! 💙 pic.twitter.com/ibjq8AbH31
— Indianapolis Colts (@Colts) February 14, 2018
The Packers did a little better with a Lambeau Leap-themed option.
Happy #ValentinesDay! 💚💛 pic.twitter.com/pcz6QOhTjx
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) February 14, 2018
The Ravens went an interesting route. "You make me sizzle" is not exactly a standard V-Day card saying, but when you're referencing Terrell Suggs' nickname, it kind of works.
Happy Valentine's Day, #RavensFlock! pic.twitter.com/a1n0QmTPAr
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) February 14, 2018
The Lions tried to sneak in as many player-name puns as humanly possible. And it was great. Even better was their coach Matt Patricia-themed card, referencing the inside baseball-knowledge that Patricia always keeps a pencil behind his ear.
#Lions fans, will you be our Valentine? #ValentinesDay
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) February 14, 2018
🔘 Yes
⚪️ No
⚪️ Maybe pic.twitter.com/peZ83z9s4n
Happy #ValentinesDay!
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) February 14, 2018
More #Lions themed cards: https://t.co/PKAGlXX1jZ pic.twitter.com/qOZEObEVqy
A Titans-themed "I 'pick' you" card featuring NFL interception leader Kevin Byard on it works really nicely.
Titans Fan Valentines (🎨: @JohnnySmiley33) #ValentinesDay 😍 pic.twitter.com/UCoYbFZwBg
— Tennessee Titans (@Titans) February 14, 2018
Sorry, Buffalo, but the Bills got lazy here. Unless your valentine knows that LeSean McCoy surpassed 10,000 career rushing yards during the 2017 season, they likely won't understand this one.
To: Bills fans
— Buffalo Bills (@buffalobills) February 14, 2018
From: Us
More Bills Valentines: https://t.co/q1vdSI6LUa pic.twitter.com/RpPcSzlI3P
Sometimes a player's name is so perfectly Valentine-themed that you don't even have to make a pun. Just ask the Patriots and the Bears.
Nothing says #ValentinesDay like 💐💐💐
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) February 14, 2018
More #Patriots Valentines: https://t.co/nIRzJDwovj pic.twitter.com/fvLvARfice
It’s all about #TRULOVE today.
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) February 14, 2018
Happy #ValentinesDay. pic.twitter.com/vuDrLQxeGl
Sometimes none of your players have Valentine-themed names and you have to try WAY too hard to make a poem. The Panthers know all about that.
A poem for #Panthers fans 📝 pic.twitter.com/oHvoSRbyZa
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) February 14, 2018
Maybe you're trying to get cute and "appeal to millennials." (I can make fun of brands that try to do that because I am a millennial and know that anyone "trying to appeal to millennials" is already doing it wrong.) In that case, you might hope your valentine is a Rams fan.
Let that special someone know that they’re your McBae 💕
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) February 14, 2018
Happy #ValentinesDay! pic.twitter.com/Vt9zOXdpVk
Then again, sometimes the simplest Valentine's Day card is the best. Just ask the Eagles.
From: Us
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) February 14, 2018
To: You#FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/gMN0Mpx4pT
Yep. That'll work.
















