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Vikings Win NFL Team Name Bracket, Draw Praise From Kelce Brothers

The Vikings have the best team name in the league, according to this bracket.
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Vikings Win NFL Team Name Bracket, Draw Praise From Kelce Brothers
Vikings Win NFL Team Name Bracket, Draw Praise From Kelce Brothers

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Get the banner ready: the Minnesota Vikings have finally won a championship.

No, not a Super Bowl. They've won an NFL team name bracket run by Travis and Jason Kelce's New Heights podcast. Fans on X/Twitter voted in the 32-team competition and the Vikings came out on top, beating out the Pittsburgh Steelers in a final round that had nearly 37,000 votes.

The Vikings also took down the Packers, Lions, Buccaneers, and Eagles on their way to the final round, with each of those four rounds having between 50K and 100K votes. The closest battles came against the Packers and Eagles.

This is a reflection of the Vikings having a cool name, but since it was based on voting, it's also a reflection of the size and passion of the team's fan base.

Discussing the tournament on the latest episode of their podcast, the Kelce brothers had plenty of good things to say about the Vikings and their fans.

"Listen, Vikings is a good name," Jason said.

"It is, it is a f***ing great name," Travis said. "And shoutout to SKOL."

"Vikings are pretty electric, I'll give them that," Jason said. "And the purple is nice."

"That is a fun place to play," Travis said. "It's a beautiful stadium, their crowd gets f***ing into it. And they're not pricks, they're not a**holes, they just f***ing love some good football, baby. You gotta respect it."

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Will Ragatz is a senior writer for Vikings On SI, who also covers the Twins, Timberwolves, Gophers, and other Minnesota teams. He is a credentialed Minnesota Vikings beat reporter, covering the team extensively at practices, games and throughout the NFL draft and free agency period. Ragatz attended Northwestern University, where he studied at the prestigious Medill School of Journalism. During his time as a student, he covered Northwestern Wildcats football and basketball for SB Nation’s Inside NU, eventually serving as co-editor-in-chief in his junior year. In the fall of 2018, Will interned in Sports Illustrated’s newsroom in New York City, where he wrote articles on Major League Baseball, college football, and college basketball for SI.com.

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