Don't see how Nerf could hurt one's marketing. It's not salacious or dangerous in any way. Advertisers don't care about cheesy. They care about reach. By the way, Joe's the only one that isn't from an East Coast city.
Jamal Adams is from Dallas. You are not Nerf's target market. Way off the demographic. Nerf doesn't care if you like it or not. When is the last time you bought any Nerf product? I bought a little Nerf basketball with a stick to the wall goal about 8 or 9 years ago. I wish I knew where it is. Time to buy a new one.
Talking about their pro teams. Pittsburgh, New York, Carolina, Boston.. all major markets/ East Coast.
Manning would have, no doubt in my mind Probably Exactly, my son is a Joe Burrow nut and he loved it. Now I have to go buy a damn nerf gun. I hate this damn commercial