Sometimes over the course of your daily, cat-free life, it’s easy to forget that there are many people out there who really, really love cats.
Some NFL teams too!
What started Friday as an innocent tweet about Earth Day, quickly devolved into a multi-team war of whose cats are cutest, or something.
We begin in Jacksonville:
Happy #EarthDay!
FACT: The Jaguar is the largest cat in the Americas. pic.twitter.com/jW4iQ1oz6G
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) April 22, 2016
Hey Jaguars, that fact sure is fun. Thanks for sharing!
But wait…
.@Jaguars Not always though pic.twitter.com/ybpycrYXGO
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) April 22, 2016
Ok Carolina, like obviously a grown panther is bigger than a tiny jaguar. That’s not really the point…
Then things got really real.
.@Panthers, you realize the black panther is technically not even its own species. pic.twitter.com/p0ZyOblmDY
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) April 22, 2016
Oh snap! How do you come back from that Carolina?
.@Jaguars You know we were just kitten around, right? pic.twitter.com/uCUp8Xxohd
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) April 22, 2016
Hmm, they go after your entire existence and you come back with a terrible pun? That’s a little weak.
Secure in victory, the Jaguars made peace, both teams exchanged cute gifs, the Panthers made some more awful puns, and everything seemed to have cooled down.
.@Panthers all good. pic.twitter.com/qjxKGypmc8
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) April 22, 2016
.@Jaguars Things got a little catty there for a second pic.twitter.com/bobC7Pln24
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) April 22, 2016
.@Panthers, just having some fun on a Friday! pic.twitter.com/8BGAzlIiCg
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) April 22, 2016
.@Jaguars We can't paw-sibly keep up these cat puns. Fur real. pic.twitter.com/rNfavI2cPp
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) April 22, 2016
And then everyone lived happily ever after… NOPE!
Here come the Lions, who could have pulled the King of the Jungle card or just bragged about how generally badass they are but instead went for the self-pity/bad pun combo.
.@Panthers @Jaguars We're feline a bit left out pic.twitter.com/KAeGEzxBAk
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) April 22, 2016
Then there were then some more bad puns that you can seek out yourself if you’re really committed to this cat-fest, but eventually the Jaguars (who, remember, already won this interaction like 10 tweets ago) bowed out.
.@Panthers @Lions brb. Looking for more cat puns. pic.twitter.com/RcoGdyTR2n
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) April 22, 2016
Meanwhile, the Bengals social media department finally woke up and inserted themselves, when everyone else was getting ready to go home.
.@Panthers @Jaguars @Lions Looking for our invite like… pic.twitter.com/omMzRNi6SM
— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) April 22, 2016
Anyway, that’s probably enough cat puns and images for one post… OK fine, one more.
. @Panthers @Jaguars CATch ya later! pic.twitter.com/73a1y9D8l0
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) April 22, 2016