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When your favorite NFL team gets trash talked, do you find yourself not being able to think of a comeback? If so, you are probably pondering how to deal out the insults yourself so that you are not always on the receiving end of the trash talk. Simply stating that another team "sucks" isn't going to get the job done either. Trash talking requires a good amount of knowledge, creativity, and research to be done properly. Once you figure out the basic steps to trash talk, you'll be able to stand your ground against any fan from any team!
Steps
Talking Trash About the Actual Team
Decide why you want to trash talk a team. Maybe the team is a division rival of your team. A team might be responsible for knocking your team out of the playoffs last year. A big name player might have left your team for another team. Whatever the reason, you need to find a team to talk about. Maybe it's the team that your team is playing this week. Timeliness is a good enough reason to trash talk them.- 2Compare the current state of the chosen team to its recent history. You will need to know facts about that team in order to trash talk them, or else you will just be shouting insults that don't have any factual evidence to back them up. Go to any website that displays team statistics.Advertisement
Find out the current win-loss record of the team. This way you'll be able to see whether or not they're playing well. This information will be useful when deciding whether to trash talk about the team. There's nothing to complain about if they're doing a great job!- For example, if a team has a winning record, but they give up the most points per game during the season, that is a weakness that can be trash talked about.
Learn about any non-statistical problems with the team. Even if a team is doing well, not everything about them is perfect. Watch sports analysts or read statistics on that team to learn about the things that team is struggling with off the field.- An example here would be if a team has been known to have cheating scandals or if many players on the team have criminal charges. This information can be used to generalize the whole team with trash talk.
- You can also talk about the coach here, and how he behaves or runs their team. An easy way to attack a team is to say the coach doesn't know what he is doing.
Phrase an insult backed up with information from the steps above. All of the knowledge you have gathered about this team will now be put to use. In normal conversation about a team, show your dislike towards that team. A fan of that team is surely going to respond to your expression by asking why you feel this way. At this moment, you can state any of the facts you learned about the team to make your case. The simple structure of trash talk should be- Bold statement about them team, followed by fact to support it.- For example, if the team your trash talking about is the Dallas Cowboys, you could say "The Cowboys are so bad; they have only one playoff win in the last 20 years! They stink!" Refer to the statistic portion of the team.
- Another example could be "The Rams are terrible.Their coach doesn't even know how to run the team! They're definitely not going to make the playoffs."
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Trash Talking a Player on the Team
Decide what player on the team you want to trash talk. Choosing a player that plays an important role on the team is another good way to trash talk them. You'll be able to do so without having to learn about the whole team.- In football, the quarterback is usually the most targeted player when it comes to trash talk. He/she is also a safe person to criticize and closely linked to a team's success.
Determine the "bad" statistics of the player. The easiest way to trash talk a player is to pull up their stats. These include the number of interceptions, fumbles, and losses; knowing these will be useful in trash talking that player. If these numbers aren't the best, that's a great opportunity to trash talk.
Learn about things about the player that aren't football related. Learning about these things about the player will give you material when you trash talk about them, even when they are currently doing well.- This could be their off-the-field issues or the way that they act as a person (not as a player). You could talk about criminal charges, fines, and suspensions.
- This could even be about the clothes they are wearing off the plane to the game. If there is something wrong with it, it can be used as trash talk material.
Phrase an insult to exploit the player. Using all the information you gathered, you can now trash talk about the player, which indirectly trash talks the team as well.- For example, you could say, "The Cowboys stink, the running back fumbles the ball every game!"
- You can over exaggerate some statistics here if you really want to get the other person angry.
- In a non-statistic version you could say, "The Cowboys running is so bad because of all the fines he has to pay for his post-game interviews and DUIs."
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Trash Talking the Fans of the Team
Decide what team you want to talk about and observe the behavior of the fans of that team.The fans of a certain team are also susceptible to trash talking. If you observe on various social media sites, you can start to see a pattern of how fans defend their teams, and this predictable behavior can be exploited.
Continue to observe fans as the season progresses. If the team is doing well, the fan might feel very confident about talking about their team. However, if the team is doing bad, and the same fan is no longer rooting for that team, you could make easy trash talk, by accusing that fan of being a bandwagon. This step requires you to stay up to date on teams and their fans.- A bandwagon fan is someone who only roots for a team when they are doing well, which shows that person is disloyal to the teams they root for.
Identify a distinct pattern or tendency. This comes down to experience and many seasons of observation.
Deliver an insult that groups all the fans of the team together. Once you have enough knowledge about each team and their fan base, you can generalize all the fans to behave a certain way, thus trash talking that team and that person.- For example, to trash talk the New York Giants, you could say "All Giants fan talk about is their two Super Bowl wins, they're doing terrible right now and aren't going to be good anytime soon."
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Expert Q&A
Tips
- To summarize, anything negative about a team or player can be used as trash talk material, no matter how small.Thanks
- Observe how others trash talk. Learn from how they deliver the lines so that you can too.Thanks
- Trash talking comes with experience and knowledge. If you want to be a good trash talker, you need to continue to be informed in the topic of football. Don't make a fool of yourself!Thanks
Warnings
- Always be ready to defend yourself when you trash talk. You can't dish it out if you can't take it in.Thanks
- Exercise caution. Trash talking might hurt someone's feelings or be perceived the wrong way if you don't do it properly.Thanks
About this article
If you want to trash talk an NFL team, start by researching their current win-loss record and team statistics from recent history, so you know what points to make. You may also want to talk about non-statistical problems with the team, like if they're known or cheating or if many of their players have criminal charges. To trash talk a specific player on the team, choose a player that has an important role and share their statistics on interceptions, fumbles, and losses. Alternatively, if you want to trash talk fans of the team you dislike, pay attention to the fans' behavior and identify any negative patterns. For example, you could say, "All Giants fans talk about is their 2 Super Bowl wins, as though the team isn't doing terrible right now." For more advice, like how to trash talk a team and player at the same time, keep reading!
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