NFL Releases Map Of The Most Popular Players In Each State And It Makes Almost No Sense At All

Okay, are you ready to suspend disbelief? You’re going to need to if you are to believe this data the NFL released which claims to name the popular NFL player in each state in America.

First off, the NFL did not define what they mean by “most popular,” which might explain a lot. Was it by jersey sales? Was it by geotagged tweets? Was it by Google searches? Did they pull an NFL and just make it up out of thin air? We don’t know.

What we DO know is that there is NO WAY Tom Brady is the most popular player in New York. No. No chance.

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No, Tom. Put your hand back down. No one is high-fiving you over this.

https://twitter.com/cjmckee74/status/963457617824829445

Even worse, they have Brady as the most popular player in Indiana. INDIANA? The home of the team that instigated DEFLATEGATE?!

Brady, according to the NFL is also the most popular player in a state which has two AFC teams in the Miami Dolphins and Jacksonville Jaguars. Good one, NFL.

https://twitter.com/Tommy__Cupples/status/963444102753931266

Look, I get that, according to the NFL Shop, Brady had the second highest-selling jersey in 2017, falling only behind Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz, but… just… no.

And to my home state of Illinois, Mitch Trubisky is the best we can do? REALLY? He’s thrown a grand total of 330 passes in his young career. Weren’t we just booing him at Bulls games?

Also, why on earth is Dak Prescott so popular? Yes, there are a lot of Cowboys fans in the United States, but SEVEN states, including Nevada and Nebraska?

As for West Virginia being in love with Steelers offensive tackle Alejandro Villanueva? I have no idea. Though you do have to love the fact that Ohio’s most popular NFL player is Pittsburgh’s Antonio Brown. Suck it again, Browns and Bungles.

Okay, I give up. Here’s the entire map. Go nuts.