Cowboys not America's Team; Vick still unpopular
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Cowboys not America's Team; Vick still unpopular
Daily News staff
The Dallas Cowboys are no longer "America's Team," but are the most hated and Eagles quarterback Michael Vick has not won over a large percentage of NFL fans, according to a survey released by Public Policy Polling in Raleigh, N.C.
In trying to determine America's most popular team, the poll listed nine choices. The Packers are the favorite team of 22% of respondents, while 11% prefer the Cowboys, 8% each the Chicago Bears, New York Giants, and Pittsburgh Steelers, 7% the New Orleans Saints, 6% the New England Patriots, 4% the Washington Redskins, and 2% the New York Jets. 24% root for someone else or are not sure. The Eagles were not among the nine teams.
The Cowboys are America’s most hated team. Dallas is the least favorite team of 22%. The next challenger, the Bears (11%), followed by the Packers (8%), Pats and Redskins (7%), Steelers (6%), Giants and Jets (4%), and Saints (1%).
The survey also looked at the favorable and unfavorable ratings of nine of the top quarterbacks in the league.
Vick is by far the least favorite among the group at 26 percent. He is followed by Ben Roethlisberger (15%), Eli Manning (11%), Tom Brady (8%), and Tony Romo (6%).
Tim Tebow is America’s favorite right now (15%), followed closely by the Mannings (14% for Eli and 12% for Peyton), 10% for each Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, and Brady, 6% for Vick, and 4% for Big Ben and Romo.
Asked whether they had a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Vick, 24 percent said favorable, 43 percent said unfavorable and 23 percent that did not know or had no opinion.
As for Rodgers, 53% have no opinion of him, 39% see him favorably, and only 8% unfavorably—strong numbers, but not compared to Peyton Manning’s 51-9, Brees’ 46-6, Tebow’s 50-15, or Eli Manning’s 44-12. He does best Brady’s 35-17, Tony Romo’s 23-27 and Roethlisberger’s 20-31.
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Don't fall for it eagles faithful the media buildings us up to knock us back down again :( I wish it weren't so but I just know it I can't take the pain no more and I dont want hear all the people so disappointed when we get knocked on our but again I'm begging all true EAGLE'S fans not to fall this we will lose to Dallas!!!!— shaad- Mike Vick loved in America. He the best QB in NFL and the MVP. If Mike have an O-line its SB. O-line get him injured all the time. Egs need to draft RG III to back up Mike for SB run. Its so over for the slow statue QBs.— Tyrone7
- True...if Vick has all day to throw he can usually find a receiver...that is his gift...if he has all day. — 2ndNlong
- shaad--When has the media EVER built us up??!! We could win a SB by 28 points and I guarantee you there'd be a column calling us losers because we didn't win by 30.— PhillyFaninNYC
- Uh oh! HERE WE GO! The perfect vehicle for the Vick-haters to crawl out of the sewers to be heard! Why does the media put this kind of trash out time after time about the incomparable Mike Vick?? The Mike Vick Experience will still thrive no matter how many haters (savevicknow, fink105, wuss4, etc.) evolve from dust spores. Who cares if he is disliked? As long as millions of football fans like him, nobody else matters. The dog issue is DEAD! And yeah, spin that one anyway you want. GO MIKE VICK GO!— Panthro2011
- The Beagles are the league's ghetto trash. The fans are the league's trailer trash. Vick is one of the dumbest QBs in the league. He is hated. Face it. And the Beagles will never be America's team because people hate goons and white trash. BTW, the Beagles are better suited for arena football, they're not a real football team. Cry Beagles Cry.— bushmciworlcomenron
- Looking at the results of this poll it is either filled with bandwagon jumpers or the football uneducated. Therefore as a true fan of the game I take it with a grain of salt. But I do expect to see quite a few cowboy fans and Vick haters making comments justifing their delusions posted here before the day is out. I don't care who does or does not like the Eagles, they are MY TEAM and I would not want to be a fare weather bandwagon jumper to any one else.— unbelieveable!
- Michale Vick in a recent Forbes poll was voted the Most Hated Sports person in America...for three years in a row!...and now this poll also shows Vick is the most hated....and Vick is the leader and Face Of the Eagles....what a disgrace to the great character players the Eagles had such as Bednarik, Jaworski, Montgomery, Bergey, Reggie White and even McNabb.— frank105
- So Vick is most disliked yet one of the most liked? Just goes to show that polls and stats can be made to show anything.
America's Team? Who elected them that in the first place?— tpizza - And I was just thinking where has Frank105 [aka wiff] gone and voila, there he is from the sewer, just like Panthro said. Hey Frank, sign out as you and sign back in as wiff will ya? Using all these different names just proves you are an idiot no matter how you want to try and hide it. And please learn how to spell Michael.
And see my prior post, this poll says Vick is one of the MOST POPULAR. Awwww, so sorry.— tpizza - Pantbro, not only is the dog issue DEAD, most of the dogs are too...— mikeyboy
- This study means absolutely nothing. If one dollar was spent on this study, it was one dollar too many. Thanks for nothing.— SilliBilli
- happy holidays to MO(mcnabb) LARRY(vick) Curley(young) FATTY ARBUCKLE(reid) the 3 BLIND MICE(lurie,banner,peterson) from the greatest eagles of all time--L J, T O, & the ANDREW SISTERS.— jwatson
- hey pizza delivery boy (tpizza)...Vick is the most hated by far..and is a loser just like you...go back to your trailer park and keep delivering those pizza's..LOL.— frank105
- Why would he be popular? He is the 21st QB in the league based on rating (Kolb is 17th btw) with a criminal history and past problems with fans. Also gave a bunch of women heropies. Whats to be popular? Outside the hood I mean.— Sidewinder7
