The 2016 NFL season kicks off Thursday, and within a month the league will be back in Great Britain for the first of this season's three London games. Talk of a permanent U.K. franchise continues to bubble, with officials hinting that it could happen as soon as 2020.
Meanwhile, the United States continues to fall ever deeper in love with European -- and especially English -- soccer. TV screens showing Premier League games can be found nowadays in bars everywhere from New York City to Lincoln, Nebraska.
The two leagues operate in drastically different ways. There is no Premier League equivalent to the NFL draft, no salary cap for soccer. NFL teams, meanwhile, never need to fret about the risk of relegation. For these reasons, and many others, drawing direct comparisons can feel like a fool's errand.
But just for fun, and in the spirit of international inclusion, we thought it would be an entertaining exercise to pose this question: If your favorite Premier League club were an NFL team, which one would it be?