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NFL's best fans? We gotta hand it to Steelers (barely)

ESPN.com tapped into its blog network to help rank the NFL fan bases from 1-32. The result: Very good news for Steelers fans. And for Cardinals fans? Ahh, not so much.

Updated: August 29, 2008, 9:35 AM ET
By Matt Mosley | ESPN.com

The only problem with ranking the NFL's 32 fan bases -- other than the sheer insanity of the exercise -- is that someone must finish last. But let's not focus on the Cardinals right now.

The idea to rank the 32 fan bases was hatched by our Committee on Rankings in Bristol, Conn. With the steadfast belief that everything in sports should be quantified on at least a twice-weekly basis, we were off and running.

A team of eight esteemed bloggers was asked to rank ...

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