u/JibJorb

Do you have any teams that are pretty much unrelated but you always seem to notice or associate with one another?

For example, I always tend to associate the Bengals and the Raiders.
Obviously they played each other in the playoffs recently, but overall they really don't have that much overlap. I think part of it is Vontaze Burfict playing for both teams. For some reason I always notice the Raiders and Bengals interacting much more than I do any other pair of teams.

Another example is the Cardinals and the Lions.
This one makes a little bit more sense, since both are historically not great teams and the two played each 9/10 years from 2012 to 2021.

The last one I'll mention is the Browns and the Panthers.
The fact that they both entered (or re-entered) the league at around the same time, have complimentary colors, and use animals that are "opposites" always sort of stuck out to me. Blue Cats vs Orange Dogs always came off as teams that would exist in a children's book explaining what football is.