NFL Pyramid Puzzle

[WSUCougar]

Why are these teams grouped as they are?

Bengals, Bills, Broncos, Dolphins, Lions, Ravens

Buccaneers, Chargers, Chiefs, Patriots, Raiders

Cowboys, Falcons, Saints

Eagles, Rams, Seahawks

Jaguars, Jets, Steelers

Colts

[cuervo72]

Hmm, this could be a toughy. The Lions seem out of place for a number of possibilities...

[QuikSand]

My initial thinking is that this has absolutely nothing to do with football per se, but rather with either the mascot names, the city names, or soemthing along those lines -- that this is a language/reference puzzle rather than a football puzzle.

For what that's worth...

[Maple Leafs]

An obvious note: not all 32 teams are listed. Since we have one "group on one", that would imply that there's some sort of criteria at play that 11 teams don't qualify for at all.

A good starting place may be to try to figure out what kind of criteria would result in the Colts being the only member of a group.

[cuervo72]

Maybe...he left out a team last time just for the heck of it remember. :)

But you're right, isolating something about the Colts is probably key. I just hope this isn't something statistical, but is either a play on words as Quik guesses, or something else entirely.

[Maple Leafs]

My initial thinking is that this has absolutely nothing to do with football per se, but rather with either the mascot names, the city names, or soemthing along those lines -- that this is a language/reference puzzle rather than a football puzzle.
Doing some meta-thinking here...

You would hope it would have at least some connection to football or the NFL -- otherwise, why call it an NFL puzzle?

By the same token, if it was directly related to the team names you'd expect the teams to be listed by city in an attempt to add an extra layer of masking.

[vtbub]

Pac-10
Big-10
ACC
Big East
MAC
SEC

Starting QB's

[Maple Leafs]

Gah.

"Jaguars, Jets, Steelers" should have been the giveaway.

[WSUCougar]

Pac-10
Big-10
ACC
Big East
MAC
SEC

Starting QB's
Bastage!

[vtbub]

What do these people have in common:

Sid Gilman, John Mackay, Vince Lombardi
Al Gore, Shaquille O'Neal, Maria Sharapova
Johnny Unitas, Joe Louis, Derek Lowe
Bill Clinton, Gerry Cheevers, Bill Bradley
Jason White, Bart Starr, Joe Montana
Magic Johnson, Bob Costas, Keith Van Horn

[Ksyrup]

Pac-10
Big-10
ACC
Big East
MAC
SEC

Starting QB's
First thing that came to my mind was something to do with a college connection, but I didn't really get the chance to think about it much. Nice job.

[rkmsuf]

What do these things have in common:

Sid Gilman, John Mackay, Vince Lombardi
Al Gore, Shaquille O'Neal, Maria Sharapova
Johnny Unitas, Joe Louis, Derek Lowe
Bill Clinton, Gerry Cheevers, Bill Bradley
Jason White, Bart Starr, Joe Montana
Magic Johnson, Bob Costas, Keith Van Horn

they are all people?

[vtbub]

they are all people?


Costas, Montana, and Sharapova are cyborgs

[cthomer5000]

dammnit. i missed all the fun. someone make me another NFL puzzle immediately!

[Mike D]

I was going to go with Greek Mythology......damnit!