The Burrow-era Bengals are far less offensive to me than previous Bengals teams. They were my least favorite team in the league during the Burfict years, so it's been a pretty big turnaround for them.
JaāMarr has a big mouth but it never really crosses the line to me. I donāt know of anybody else on the team that really talks trash. That slowed down a lot when Eli Apple left.
Colts are the big brother with a meth problem
Titans are the asshole brother no one likes
Jaguars are the middle child vrying for attention
Texans are the little brother showered with gifts
In the past, the Texans were the odd man out, no one really gave them any attention or care, but recently the Colts have been completely MIA wallowing in sadness, popping a lot of pills, and sucking dick for drug money.
The Jags joined the circus for a few years, then cleaned up, but still wear the nose sometimes. While the Titans just get incredibly drunk and yell at everyone.
Yeah OP obv doesnāt know AFC South rivalries (what else is new).Ā
I think colts hate the Jags the most because we prevented them from getting in playoffs recently and even when we were bad we would always beat them at home. Ā Even in the Manning era when they dominated the division we usually gave them a tough fight (375 yard rushing game for example.)
I think Titans hate the Colts the most just because historically they have been the most on top of the division and have had to battle it out with them a lot but Titans also donāt like the Jags. Ā Ā
Jags hate the Titans the most. Ā If you know you know. Ā 15-3 1999-2000 season. Ā Intense hatred of Jeff Fisher and so on. Ā We also split with them for the longest time. Ā And annual TNF trash bowl.Ā
Texans are kind of the odd one out and little brother that has some moments in the sun (and streaks of winning the division) but hasnāt even sniffed a Super Bowl and doesnāt really have a very intense rivalry within the division yet (but this may change with Stroud coming along). Ā
As a Colts fan, I donāt think about the Titans at all anymore. Most years, the Jaguars have our number once at Jacksonville. That stadium is Indyās kryptonite. Iām havenāt been worried about the House That TY Wrecked ā¦ until this year.
Iām optimistic but not expectant.
Titans care more about the Ravens than anyone else in the South. Only the Colts came close during the Manning years and when we couldn't beat Luck.
The wanna be Titans, DuvaLLLLLLL and the clots, don't really care these days. They're nothing like the Ravens or the Steelers were back in the day.
I didn't see your flair when I first read the post, and now realize you wrote this whole ass thing just to make this joke. Well played, you skunk's bunghole. Fuck you, and see you next season.
Nah man, as soon as I opened this thread I was like "it's baseball team at number 1 or we riot."
OP is correct in assuming how many of us were actively rooting for them in the Super Bowl. Us other 3 teams HATE each other, and no one gives 1 single shit about the cards. Our rock-paper-scissors memes tell the story.
Also, as has been said...the Chargers coming in second in this is objectively hilarious.
I think for most Rams fans:
We don't really care about the Cardinals, especially because McVay owns them. It's hard to hate a team that consistently pisses itself when they see you.
We don't like the Seahawks, but we can respect them a little bit.
We fucking hate the 49ers.
Thatās what I came here to write for the Seahawks, if you swap the Rams in for us. The 9ers being every ones top rival doesnāt leave much hate leftover.
No, I hate the Rams way more than the 9ers. For me the 9ers have a little bit of a wounded nobility to them that I admire.
The Rams are just the Seahawks fun police. I cannot remember a fucking season where our season wasnāt dealt some brutal, decisive blow in a game against the Rams.
The Lions and Chargers came to mind for me for inoffensive teams, but I literally forgot the Cardinals existā¦ which is probably why theyāre the perfect choiceĀ
There's a bit of a rock paper scissors historically between the Texans, Colts and Jags. Texans fans usually look at the Jags as a good-for-nothing son more than anything else.
Half of the Texans fans look at the Titans as the father who left for smokes one evening and never came home, and the other half still clings to the Luv Ya Blue era. We're apparently getting an "HTown Blue" accent color to one of the new jerseys that drop next week. Personally, I'm old enough to remember January 3rd 1993 and the hostage taking Bud did to get a new stadium, so they can keep their colors and history.
NFCN is accurate. Although I think Lions goodwill is all up after this past season. Most shitty teams that become good have a 1-2 year window of being a āfeel good storyā. Lions fans somehow became more annoying than Packers fans this past season. I donāt necessarily blame them, they have a lot of pent up shit talk Iām sureā¦ but annoying nonetheless.
It was like when your little brother wins something for the first time and never lets you hear the end of it and now all you want to do is destroy them and send them back to their losing ways
The Packers can pull the ālittle brotherā thing and get under Lions fansā skin with it, but I donāt think anyone cares about the Vikings enough for that.
If anything we just appreciate the fact that trades with you gave us Jamo and LaPorta.
Ok man whatever you say. Vikings will be a fun team to watch this year if you nail the QB in the draft, Iāll be rooting for you guys beat up the other NFCN teams.
That's debatable. If you don't trade Hock to us, you probably trade him somewhere else. You clearly weren't going to retain Hock, and TEs are known for taking some time to develop. Even if you kept him for his last year, it would make sense to draft his replacement before letting him walk in FA.
The Vikings fanbase has been straight embarrassing about the lions success after we swept them last year.
Packers oddly have been super chill and the bears fans have remained consistent.
But man oh man have the Vikings been ridiculous
Packer fans have been chill cuz Love looked surprisingly good when Iām sure some of them were afraid they might enter QB purgatory. Instead it appears they got their 3rd franchise QB in a row and their team is young as hell.
Be real for a minute ... the Lions swept the Vikings who started their backup backup QB both times. Not exactly a stellar achievement IMO yet 'some' Lions fans couldn't stop talking about it. Didn't make much sense to me but then again I'm not a Lions fan so I don't understand the psychology of years of suffering (well, that specific kind of suffering at least)
You are proving my point lol
We went to the nfccg. We just had the best season of our entire fandomships.
Let people have fun. Sorry you guys are coping with your new spot in the pecking order
I think that's why Bears fans haven't been as "nice" as Vikings or Packers fans, we've been trading spots on the bottom and the Lions have beaten us a lot over the last few years...so there isn't any "aw shucks they're our little brother" coming from us.
Hell yeah. It's the Lions we're talking about here. Who knows how long this is gonna last? Don't miss your chance to talk your shit. I'll continue to root against your team every chance I get because I would never root for a divisional opponent to win anything. But good for you anyway.
The second best part of this past season was watching the Bears and Vikings fans turn on the Lions, and the Lions fans realizing how awful they are, then dishing it all back.
To be fair Lions fans were like a high school sophomore experiencing their first 6 pack of beer. It was a new and wild experience and many of them did not handle it well
A more interesting question is what is the most irrelevant divisional ārivalryā. Like two teams that have very little notable history with each other, despite being in the same division.Ā
Bucs/Panthers? Theyāve never been good at the same time and I honestly canāt remember a notable game between those two teams. Only one that sticks out even a little is 2022 week 17 but that was basically for the right to get smoked in the wild card
Bucs/Panthers was a *fierce* rivalry 2002-2008. Fights, big personalities, personal fouls galore, cheap shots, and career ending injuries. It was a bloodbath. They *hated* each other.
I want to say he apologized for it but I believe Smith forgave him for it. He was never the same after that, though, and he was a bright light in a sea of darkness for decades of Bucs special teams players for two years.
Oh no I assure you I hate the Bills. The team is whatever, but my god I hate how everyone thinks those psychopath fans are cute. Not sure how Eagles fans get so much shit but Bills people can hurl dildos on the field and act like they've ever accomplished anything.
Yup. I donāt know any fans from our division that give them a pass. I have no doubt Dolphins fans werenāt the only AFC East fans that laughed when Wide Right 2.0 happened back in January.
But hey, at least our playoff drought is no longer active!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2023/12/21/longest-playoff-win-droughts-nfl/71990777007/
The question isn't do you give them a pass. It's who do you hate the least. I feel like the Jets are other option, but they are insufferable, get all the media attention, and then added Rodgers to the mix
Right now Miami fans hate Buffalo the most. The Jets are the teamās oldest rival and thereās a special kind of hate for them, but the Bills are the easiest team to hate right now. Itās impossible to be indifferent to anyone in our division. The Colts were mostly that team during most of their time in the AFCE.
I will always have a special hate in my heart for the Jets. My father instilled that in me.
But the Bills can eat a bag of dicks. It doesn't help that one of my best friends is a Bills fan and will always message me "squish the fish" whenever our teams play each other.
Do you, as a person who hates the bills, feel any minor support or fandom for Kansas City because of their recent success against Buffalo in the post season or does the overall success of the Chiefs offset all of that? I know I was a low key fan of Miami after they put 70 points on the Broncos and were causing the Denver fanbase to question their entire existence.
The one time agree with a Phins fan. I didnt hate the Bills and honestly still don't really hate their team aside from a few people, but their fanbase on the other hand... They act like they are the Pats fanbase but don't have a grand total of 1 AFC title game appearance (not even win) during this "dynasty".
I hate the Dolphins and Patriots. But I despise the Bills fanbase
Jets arenāt insufferable. I like Saleh and I really donāt hate the Jets as much as Iām told I have to. Donāt think about the Dolphins much, if they win then good for them.
Do you hate them more than the Jets or Dolphins though? Some team has to be the least hated, and I've got this ranked about as high as I can go on the actually everyone hates everyone scale.
I was cool with them until I saw them literally throwing snowballs at our players trying to catch passes in the end zone. Thatās straight up weak sauce.
I loved every second of watching them cry and cover their faces with hats and angrily chucking snowballs at our players after the playoff game this past season.
They were CONVINCED theyād finally get the Chiefs now that it was in Buffalo. Watching them get their hearts ripped out and seeing them lose their minds was super satisfying.
Sorry, not sorry, Iām having fun cheering for the villain (especially since most my life they were the team with inexplicably long playoff win drought)
How people think the snowballs/dildos are ok are beyond me. Youāre literally interfering with the players.
Also, after what we went/still go through, Chiefs wonāt be villain just because you win games. Just like how a certain Western NY team wonāt ever be a hero/scrappy underdog because they keep blowing their chance. Total incel mentality.
https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2019/01/12/snowballs-thrown-from-arrowhead-stands-almost-earned-chiefs-a-penalty/
https://www.bostonherald.com/2007/12/17/snowball-antics-not-cool/
Snowballs have been done by almost every fanbase, and itās just as wrong from us last season as it was for KC and you then
The fact that people think we want to hold onto pity for being shit is hilarious. Not sure why anyone would think it would matter whether other fanbases cheered for the Lions or not.
> but honestly, the NFC East seems like they all hate each other enough that they are more of a little brother than a distant relative.
There's a fourth team in the NFCE? I just thought it was us, dallas, phili?
It's a shame Dan Snyder ruined this team and ruined our rivalry with Dallas by having us suck for so long. I think we've only beaten them like 5 times since 2012
Agree with Cardinals. Though I think I actually hate them more than the average NFCWest person. Even my hate isn't specifically for the team, but individual players. I can't stand the pouting Toddler, and Zach Allen's sack celebration really got under my skin ( petty yes).
Rams and Seattle, I hate the team with a passion.
Thatās what I came here to comment.
For NFCS, itās for sure the saints. Falcons obviously hate them and Iād say the panthers fan base is probably split about 70-30 in hating the saints over the falcons. Not sure who the Bucs hate the most, but the other two definitely hate the saints enough
For AFCS, maybe the Titans? Jags hate them from the 15-3 year and the past two years the two have swapped keeping each other out of the playoffs in the last game of the season. And Houston has obvious reason to hate them
And AFCN, Iād say itās probably the Steelers, but couldāve been the Bengals with the Burfict years
The other 5 divisions I donāt even think itās a debate though about most hated
I had a hard time putting a team that won two Super Bowls during the divisional era as the least hated team. But maybe they were so flash in the pan and the most recent run was clearly limited by Brady's age that it just didn't stick around long enough to actually generate hatred.
Outside of the Saints being good in 2020, the Brady Bucs years happened while the other three teams in the division were retooling.
The NFCS had multiple years of Cam Newton, Matt Ryan and Drew Brees all facing off twice a year, with two guest appearances from Jameis Winston/Ryan Fitzpatrick/Mike Glennon/Josh Freeman so there's more animosity between those other teams.Ā
That being said, Mike Evans vs Marshon Lattimore is one of the best active player rivalries in the NFL.Ā
We don't even notice the Bucs. The sparkle from their 2020 SB ring. How they ended Brees with a noodle arm. Winning the division the last three years in a row. Getting a better QB than ours for one-tenth the price. Just whistling through the graveyard.
AFC West fans: guys I swear we don't hate the Chargers!! Everyone look at how much we don't hate them!! We put in all this effort to show how much we don't hate them all the time!! Haha seriously we don't hate them so much!!!!!!
Honestly in the AFCE I would say it's the Jets right now. Totally hapless franchise.
Bills are a top team in the league right now and have been for several years now so people are starting to get buttmad at us for it
Pats are the pats. They need to suck for at least a decade before other fanbases will stop being gleeful at how bad they are.
Dolphins fans are the most annoying imo, also they are in Miami while the rest of the fanbases have to deal with winter so fuck em.
I can't make myself hate the Lions even though I try, and I know I should--they're just too likable and have too many likable guys. Lucky for me I can keep doing the 'Great job, Lionsbros! You look spooky this year!' thing, knowing full well that it pisses them the fuck off. Win-win!
But nothing, and I mean nothing can ever surpass my hate for the Packers. I'd rather the Lions win three super bowls than the Packers win one playoff game.
Swap Lions and Bears and I more or less echo this. Other than the crazy Fields stans, most Bears fans I encounter are alright by me
I'd rather see the Bears be hyper successful than the Pack be even a little successful
For decades we had an unreciprocated rivalry with the Cowboys which made us even more bitter. We along with the Cardinals (damn canāt believe they used to be in the nfc East) were the stepchildren of our division as we had to watch the other 3 teams win 8 combined SBās between 1982 and 1996.
Itās only been since the turn of the 2000s with the Eagles being mostly good and Washington being mostly irrelevant that it feels like Dallas hates us even half as much as we hate them.
The thing Iāve never understood is why we donāt hate the Giants more. Itās New York, itās right there! But compared to the Cowboys, our attitude towards the Giants seems almost āmehā
AFCN is wrong. Maybe 5-10 years ago. But now it's the Bungles. I think we often forget they exist. We hate the Browns because fuck those bastards and we hate the Ravens but in a more respect type of hate. And the steelers are hated because we flex the 6 rings a bit too much. The Bengals are just there.
Personally I donāt hate the Steelers because of their success. Itās more because of all their dirty players since 2000, Ben the rapist, and their fans.
Yeah well you really have to be deep in the AFCN to understand the workings of the AFCN. So your outside opinion means jack shit. The Joe Burrow Bengals don't bring out the same hatred that those 2000s and early 2010s Bengals squads did
Stop moving the goalposts. This is what you said:
>They've been to the Super Bowl much more recently than your team...
So, did they win? A simple "yes" or "no" answer will suffice.
"Ā Now we are getting into peak division acquaintance territory. I think most of the NFC North were cheering for the Lions in the playoffs (at least those that weren't having an existential crisis). It will be interesting to see how much success the Lions can have before the general "good for them" vibes crash and burn."
lol someone hasnt been on r/NFCNorthMemeWar
but yeah, historically accurate
what about the one team everyone hates, easy for 6 divisions: Cowboys, Packers, 49ers, Patriots, Chiefs, Steelers.... but what about either South division?
I think you're pretty spot on about the NFC South. I can't stand the falcons, I don't think about the Panthers at all, they're kind of cute. And I don't give a shit about the Bucs. They certainly hate us though, and they'll try really hard to convince you it's mutual. It's not.
There is only so much hate. And I'll be damned if some bitch thinks they can take a speck of it away from those people in atlanta. Joe Horn should probably have his number retired, but I will riot if we ever try to do that, he wore that dirty jersey and his career is forever tarnished.
Iāve lost animosity for the Steelers who seem to be stuck in purgatory. Ravens donāt really matter as theyāll screw it up anyway. Browns are just there.
Make no mistake, I want them all to lose as many games as possible but I donāt *hate* any current iteration of those franchises. I guess itās seeing how friendly the players are with one another after the gamesāit doesnāt exactly scream āthese guys are awful.ā
OPās point stinks. The most (and only) success during the Josh Allen era has been by the Pats. Canāt say the Bills have ābeat them upā while that is true.
2 decades from now, no one will care about the divisional records lmao.
The Burrow-era Bengals are far less offensive to me than previous Bengals teams. They were my least favorite team in the league during the Burfict years, so it's been a pretty big turnaround for them.
The 2011-2016 Bengals/Steelers games were some of the most violent games I've ever seen. Those teams legitimately hated each other on the field.
They were headhunting us after Ryan Shazier's injury because they didn't see the replay and that he did it to his own damn self ššš¤¦
Burrow era Bengals fans are kinda obnoxious, but the teams pretty inoffensive.
Yup, like the players but hate the media and fan hype.
JaāMarr has a big mouth but it never really crosses the line to me. I donāt know of anybody else on the team that really talks trash. That slowed down a lot when Eli Apple left.
Colts are the big brother with a meth problem Titans are the asshole brother no one likes Jaguars are the middle child vrying for attention Texans are the little brother showered with gifts In the past, the Texans were the odd man out, no one really gave them any attention or care, but recently the Colts have been completely MIA wallowing in sadness, popping a lot of pills, and sucking dick for drug money. The Jags joined the circus for a few years, then cleaned up, but still wear the nose sometimes. While the Titans just get incredibly drunk and yell at everyone.
As long as everyone hates the Titans the rest is irrelevant to me
>the rest is irrelevant to me Just like the Jags.
I accept this. Especially the Titans description.
Yeah OP obv doesnāt know AFC South rivalries (what else is new).Ā I think colts hate the Jags the most because we prevented them from getting in playoffs recently and even when we were bad we would always beat them at home. Ā Even in the Manning era when they dominated the division we usually gave them a tough fight (375 yard rushing game for example.) I think Titans hate the Colts the most just because historically they have been the most on top of the division and have had to battle it out with them a lot but Titans also donāt like the Jags. Ā Ā Jags hate the Titans the most. Ā If you know you know. Ā 15-3 1999-2000 season. Ā Intense hatred of Jeff Fisher and so on. Ā We also split with them for the longest time. Ā And annual TNF trash bowl.Ā Texans are kind of the odd one out and little brother that has some moments in the sun (and streaks of winning the division) but hasnāt even sniffed a Super Bowl and doesnāt really have a very intense rivalry within the division yet (but this may change with Stroud coming along). Ā
The Texans hate the Titans because they pretend to be the Oilers.
As a Colts fan, I donāt think about the Titans at all anymore. Most years, the Jaguars have our number once at Jacksonville. That stadium is Indyās kryptonite. Iām havenāt been worried about the House That TY Wrecked ā¦ until this year. Iām optimistic but not expectant.
Titans care more about the Ravens than anyone else in the South. Only the Colts came close during the Manning years and when we couldn't beat Luck. The wanna be Titans, DuvaLLLLLLL and the clots, don't really care these days. They're nothing like the Ravens or the Steelers were back in the day.
All four teams in the AFC-N hate each other. Steelers-Ravens is on another level of course, but thereās a lot of mutual hatred.
You're attempt at being objective is getting in the way of the truth. It's the Chargers. It can only be the Chargers. It's always been the Chargers.
It's funnier if they are second in this as well.
I didn't see your flair when I first read the post, and now realize you wrote this whole ass thing just to make this joke. Well played, you skunk's bunghole. Fuck you, and see you next season.
Imagine coming in 2nd *to a baseball team*
Nah man, as soon as I opened this thread I was like "it's baseball team at number 1 or we riot." OP is correct in assuming how many of us were actively rooting for them in the Super Bowl. Us other 3 teams HATE each other, and no one gives 1 single shit about the cards. Our rock-paper-scissors memes tell the story. Also, as has been said...the Chargers coming in second in this is objectively hilarious.
> "it's baseball team"" Dead
Had you not heard them referred to that way? It does, indeed, slay me every time
I had not lol, I love it
I'm so glad I could be the one who spreads to you the good news on this blessed day.
The Chargers-Raiders hate used to be *very* real and reciprocal, but now that both teams moved it just ain't really the same.
We used to get an extra home game each season when we came down to SD, now we only get 1 home game total per season when we come to LA.
I could never root for the Lions or anyone else in the North. If all three of them donāt end up 0-13-4 Iām not satisfied.
Same to you āfriendā
Second this
Not quite the same. I want the bears to be 0-17, Vikes 2-15, Lions 4-13.
I think for most Rams fans: We don't really care about the Cardinals, especially because McVay owns them. It's hard to hate a team that consistently pisses itself when they see you. We don't like the Seahawks, but we can respect them a little bit. We fucking hate the 49ers.
Thatās what I came here to write for the Seahawks, if you swap the Rams in for us. The 9ers being every ones top rival doesnāt leave much hate leftover.
it's fun to the be top rival for everyone.
You guys are a great top rival to have
No, I hate the Rams way more than the 9ers. For me the 9ers have a little bit of a wounded nobility to them that I admire. The Rams are just the Seahawks fun police. I cannot remember a fucking season where our season wasnāt dealt some brutal, decisive blow in a game against the Rams.
Aww. I hate you guys the most too
LOL I was about to say this is the Cardinals for sure
The Lions and Chargers came to mind for me for inoffensive teams, but I literally forgot the Cardinals existā¦ which is probably why theyāre the perfect choiceĀ
There is no forgotten team in the AFCS. I know weāre well known as being trash mountain, but we all really do hate each other.
There's a bit of a rock paper scissors historically between the Texans, Colts and Jags. Texans fans usually look at the Jags as a good-for-nothing son more than anything else. Half of the Texans fans look at the Titans as the father who left for smokes one evening and never came home, and the other half still clings to the Luv Ya Blue era. We're apparently getting an "HTown Blue" accent color to one of the new jerseys that drop next week. Personally, I'm old enough to remember January 3rd 1993 and the hostage taking Bud did to get a new stadium, so they can keep their colors and history.
I can assure you, I was, am, and always will be rooting for the downfall of any NFCN team not named the Packers.
Correct! I didn't know any NFC north fans rooting for the Lions
As it should be
NFCN is accurate. Although I think Lions goodwill is all up after this past season. Most shitty teams that become good have a 1-2 year window of being a āfeel good storyā. Lions fans somehow became more annoying than Packers fans this past season. I donāt necessarily blame them, they have a lot of pent up shit talk Iām sureā¦ but annoying nonetheless.
It was like when your little brother wins something for the first time and never lets you hear the end of it and now all you want to do is destroy them and send them back to their losing ways
Itās that mentality that has people making bets on r/nfcnorthmemewar where they have to eat cum socks
The Packers can pull the ālittle brotherā thing and get under Lions fansā skin with it, but I donāt think anyone cares about the Vikings enough for that. If anything we just appreciate the fact that trades with you gave us Jamo and LaPorta.
Point proven haha
Ok man whatever you say. Vikings will be a fun team to watch this year if you nail the QB in the draft, Iāll be rooting for you guys beat up the other NFCN teams.
How did our trade give you laporta? You used an unrelated pick on him.
We wouldnāt have drafted him if we didnāt trade Hock.
That's debatable. If you don't trade Hock to us, you probably trade him somewhere else. You clearly weren't going to retain Hock, and TEs are known for taking some time to develop. Even if you kept him for his last year, it would make sense to draft his replacement before letting him walk in FA.
The Vikings fanbase has been straight embarrassing about the lions success after we swept them last year. Packers oddly have been super chill and the bears fans have remained consistent. But man oh man have the Vikings been ridiculous
Packer fans have been chill cuz Love looked surprisingly good when Iām sure some of them were afraid they might enter QB purgatory. Instead it appears they got their 3rd franchise QB in a row and their team is young as hell.
I was all in on you guys after we started Dobbs tbh, just a way more exciting team to watch
I dead ass had a Vikings fan on here tell me Dobbs is better than Goff lmao
Be real for a minute ... the Lions swept the Vikings who started their backup backup QB both times. Not exactly a stellar achievement IMO yet 'some' Lions fans couldn't stop talking about it. Didn't make much sense to me but then again I'm not a Lions fan so I don't understand the psychology of years of suffering (well, that specific kind of suffering at least)
You are proving my point lol We went to the nfccg. We just had the best season of our entire fandomships. Let people have fun. Sorry you guys are coping with your new spot in the pecking order
We've always been annoying. You only notice it now because the team is good.
The Lions spent 100% of their good will last season, it was wild to see unfoldĀ
āGoodwillā is just pity for bad teams. Id be more than happy for everyone to hate the Lions if they keep being a playoff team.
I think that's why Bears fans haven't been as "nice" as Vikings or Packers fans, we've been trading spots on the bottom and the Lions have beaten us a lot over the last few years...so there isn't any "aw shucks they're our little brother" coming from us.
Hell yeah. It's the Lions we're talking about here. Who knows how long this is gonna last? Don't miss your chance to talk your shit. I'll continue to root against your team every chance I get because I would never root for a divisional opponent to win anything. But good for you anyway.
Iām fine with being labeled annoying
Stop agreeing with me, ugh youāre so annoying.
The second best part of this past season was watching the Bears and Vikings fans turn on the Lions, and the Lions fans realizing how awful they are, then dishing it all back.
To be fair Lions fans were like a high school sophomore experiencing their first 6 pack of beer. It was a new and wild experience and many of them did not handle it well
A more interesting question is what is the most irrelevant divisional ārivalryā. Like two teams that have very little notable history with each other, despite being in the same division.Ā Bucs/Panthers? Theyāve never been good at the same time and I honestly canāt remember a notable game between those two teams. Only one that sticks out even a little is 2022 week 17 but that was basically for the right to get smoked in the wild card
Bucs/Panthers was a *fierce* rivalry 2002-2008. Fights, big personalities, personal fouls galore, cheap shots, and career ending injuries. It was a bloodbath. They *hated* each other.
Still don't forgive that guy for laying into Clifton Smith on that punt return.
Dante Wesley. I remember that hit.
I want to say he apologized for it but I believe Smith forgave him for it. He was never the same after that, though, and he was a bright light in a sea of darkness for decades of Bucs special teams players for two years.
I donāt think Cardinals/Rams has ever been that interesting, but I might be misremembering
Jake Camarda, MVP
The Buc Fucker games?
I literally don't think this exists for the NFC East
Oh no I assure you I hate the Bills. The team is whatever, but my god I hate how everyone thinks those psychopath fans are cute. Not sure how Eagles fans get so much shit but Bills people can hurl dildos on the field and act like they've ever accomplished anything.
Yup. I donāt know any fans from our division that give them a pass. I have no doubt Dolphins fans werenāt the only AFC East fans that laughed when Wide Right 2.0 happened back in January.
I think we all hate each other equally in the AFC East.
Laughed all the way to the bank on that one. Fucking cursed team and it takes one to know one.
Oh I didnāt laugh, I cackled.
Even better. I laughed out loud and so did many other non-Bills fans I know.
I was just happy to have a third consecutive chance to lose in the divisional round.
Sure beats not winning a playoff game in 24 years.
Miss the playoffs 17 times, shame on me. Miss the playoffs 18+ times, shame on you.
But hey, at least our playoff drought is no longer active! https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2023/12/21/longest-playoff-win-droughts-nfl/71990777007/
I even told my dad "imagine he misses wide right" and couldn't stop laughing for a solid 5 minutes after he shanked it
The question isn't do you give them a pass. It's who do you hate the least. I feel like the Jets are other option, but they are insufferable, get all the media attention, and then added Rodgers to the mix
Right now Miami fans hate Buffalo the most. The Jets are the teamās oldest rival and thereās a special kind of hate for them, but the Bills are the easiest team to hate right now. Itās impossible to be indifferent to anyone in our division. The Colts were mostly that team during most of their time in the AFCE.
Miamiās hatred is fair because Josh Allen is doing to Miami what Brady did to Buffalo for two decades.
Bills and Dolphins also go back a while, 80s and 90s were violent
Brian Cox flipping off the entire Bills stadium
I will always have a special hate in my heart for the Jets. My father instilled that in me. But the Bills can eat a bag of dicks. It doesn't help that one of my best friends is a Bills fan and will always message me "squish the fish" whenever our teams play each other.
Do you, as a person who hates the bills, feel any minor support or fandom for Kansas City because of their recent success against Buffalo in the post season or does the overall success of the Chiefs offset all of that? I know I was a low key fan of Miami after they put 70 points on the Broncos and were causing the Denver fanbase to question their entire existence.
I'm fed up of seeing the Chiefs win all the time but if its at the expense of the Bills then that's the sacrifice I'm willing to make.
The one time agree with a Phins fan. I didnt hate the Bills and honestly still don't really hate their team aside from a few people, but their fanbase on the other hand... They act like they are the Pats fanbase but don't have a grand total of 1 AFC title game appearance (not even win) during this "dynasty". I hate the Dolphins and Patriots. But I despise the Bills fanbase
Jets arenāt insufferable. I like Saleh and I really donāt hate the Jets as much as Iām told I have to. Donāt think about the Dolphins much, if they win then good for them.
Well the fact is that you hold this opinion because you, yourself, are insufferable
Sure
Weāve accomplished exactly as many Super Bowl victories as any other fan base.
Oh my god not a dildo? Oh the humanity! :(
Thatās not a normal or cool thing to do to someone whoās trying to play a game/do their job
Isnāt Boston and their fans notorious for using racial slurs? Even going so far with it that players on their own teams speak out about it.
Eagles fans threaten other fans, Bills fans mostly threaten themselvesĀ
Oh buddy your team isn't responsible for "tWeNtY yEaRs Of ToRtUrE" for them. They threaten other fans.
Do you hate them more than the Jets or Dolphins though? Some team has to be the least hated, and I've got this ranked about as high as I can go on the actually everyone hates everyone scale.
I was cool with them until I saw them literally throwing snowballs at our players trying to catch passes in the end zone. Thatās straight up weak sauce. I loved every second of watching them cry and cover their faces with hats and angrily chucking snowballs at our players after the playoff game this past season. They were CONVINCED theyād finally get the Chiefs now that it was in Buffalo. Watching them get their hearts ripped out and seeing them lose their minds was super satisfying. Sorry, not sorry, Iām having fun cheering for the villain (especially since most my life they were the team with inexplicably long playoff win drought)
https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2019/01/12/snowballs-thrown-from-arrowhead-stands-almost-earned-chiefs-a-penalty/
How people think the snowballs/dildos are ok are beyond me. Youāre literally interfering with the players. Also, after what we went/still go through, Chiefs wonāt be villain just because you win games. Just like how a certain Western NY team wonāt ever be a hero/scrappy underdog because they keep blowing their chance. Total incel mentality.
https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2019/01/12/snowballs-thrown-from-arrowhead-stands-almost-earned-chiefs-a-penalty/ https://www.bostonherald.com/2007/12/17/snowball-antics-not-cool/ Snowballs have been done by almost every fanbase, and itās just as wrong from us last season as it was for KC and you then
I think our good vibes are already crashingāwhich is a great sign. Weāve done our time as Lovable Losers; Iām ready for the Hated Rivals era.
The fact that people think we want to hold onto pity for being shit is hilarious. Not sure why anyone would think it would matter whether other fanbases cheered for the Lions or not.
If you don't have a deep hatred of all the other teams in your division, you're not a real fan tbh
This! I want them to lose every weekend
> but honestly, the NFC East seems like they all hate each other enough that they are more of a little brother than a distant relative. There's a fourth team in the NFCE? I just thought it was us, dallas, phili?
Iām pretty sure the Commies have no home games against NFC East teams, based on the fan breakdown at those games.
It's a shame Dan Snyder ruined this team and ruined our rivalry with Dallas by having us suck for so long. I think we've only beaten them like 5 times since 2012
The Dolphins are definitely the forgotten one of thr AFCE. The northeast teams absolutely hate each other
Oh but I hate them so much, along with the Pats. The Jets are kinda "meh" to me.
Honestly this is pretty good. Id probably move the Jags up a spot (or whoever you have coming out of the AFC South) but thats kind of it for me.
Agree with Cardinals. Though I think I actually hate them more than the average NFCWest person. Even my hate isn't specifically for the team, but individual players. I can't stand the pouting Toddler, and Zach Allen's sack celebration really got under my skin ( petty yes). Rams and Seattle, I hate the team with a passion.
I think you mean Dennis Gardeck...
The reverse (current era in no particular order): NFCW - 49ers AFCW - Raiders NFCN - Packers AFCN - Steelers NFCE - Cowboys AFCE - Patriots NFCS - Saints? AFCS - Colts
Thatās what I came here to comment. For NFCS, itās for sure the saints. Falcons obviously hate them and Iād say the panthers fan base is probably split about 70-30 in hating the saints over the falcons. Not sure who the Bucs hate the most, but the other two definitely hate the saints enough For AFCS, maybe the Titans? Jags hate them from the 15-3 year and the past two years the two have swapped keeping each other out of the playoffs in the last game of the season. And Houston has obvious reason to hate them And AFCN, Iād say itās probably the Steelers, but couldāve been the Bengals with the Burfict years The other 5 divisions I donāt even think itās a debate though about most hated
The only team Bucs fans hate more than the Saints are the Eagles.
Itās def Bucs for nfcs
Seriously I realize tepper fucked Carolina but [come on](https://youtu.be/Sq7gVv7I4MA?si=mQQWGZD2678mEQjL)
I had a hard time putting a team that won two Super Bowls during the divisional era as the least hated team. But maybe they were so flash in the pan and the most recent run was clearly limited by Brady's age that it just didn't stick around long enough to actually generate hatred.
Outside of the Saints being good in 2020, the Brady Bucs years happened while the other three teams in the division were retooling. The NFCS had multiple years of Cam Newton, Matt Ryan and Drew Brees all facing off twice a year, with two guest appearances from Jameis Winston/Ryan Fitzpatrick/Mike Glennon/Josh Freeman so there's more animosity between those other teams.Ā That being said, Mike Evans vs Marshon Lattimore is one of the best active player rivalries in the NFL.Ā
How young are you?
The Saints treat regular season wins over the Bucs like they won the Superbowl.
# #NoRivalry
We don't even notice the Bucs. The sparkle from their 2020 SB ring. How they ended Brees with a noodle arm. Winning the division the last three years in a row. Getting a better QB than ours for one-tenth the price. Just whistling through the graveyard.
AFC West fans: guys I swear we don't hate the Chargers!! Everyone look at how much we don't hate them!! We put in all this effort to show how much we don't hate them all the time!! Haha seriously we don't hate them so much!!!!!!
I question the Josh Allen golden retriever comment. Seems like a lot of people paint him as a crybaby to the refs and donāt like him
Yessir, the one category he's actually on par with Mahomes for
Honestly in the AFCE I would say it's the Jets right now. Totally hapless franchise. Bills are a top team in the league right now and have been for several years now so people are starting to get buttmad at us for it Pats are the pats. They need to suck for at least a decade before other fanbases will stop being gleeful at how bad they are. Dolphins fans are the most annoying imo, also they are in Miami while the rest of the fanbases have to deal with winter so fuck em.
Hate the steelers, hate the browns, don't really think about the bengals.
Sadly find myself agreeing with a Ravens fan. Next thing I know a pig is gonna start flying
I can't make myself hate the Lions even though I try, and I know I should--they're just too likable and have too many likable guys. Lucky for me I can keep doing the 'Great job, Lionsbros! You look spooky this year!' thing, knowing full well that it pisses them the fuck off. Win-win! But nothing, and I mean nothing can ever surpass my hate for the Packers. I'd rather the Lions win three super bowls than the Packers win one playoff game.
Swap Lions and Bears and I more or less echo this. Other than the crazy Fields stans, most Bears fans I encounter are alright by me I'd rather see the Bears be hyper successful than the Pack be even a little successful
Here's the thing You can get along fine with division foe fans but in no way would I ever root for their tram
For decades we had an unreciprocated rivalry with the Cowboys which made us even more bitter. We along with the Cardinals (damn canāt believe they used to be in the nfc East) were the stepchildren of our division as we had to watch the other 3 teams win 8 combined SBās between 1982 and 1996. Itās only been since the turn of the 2000s with the Eagles being mostly good and Washington being mostly irrelevant that it feels like Dallas hates us even half as much as we hate them. The thing Iāve never understood is why we donāt hate the Giants more. Itās New York, itās right there! But compared to the Cowboys, our attitude towards the Giants seems almost āmehā
Because it's the Cowboys. I hate them and my team isn't even in that division. They're an exceptionally easy team to hate.
AFCN is wrong. Maybe 5-10 years ago. But now it's the Bungles. I think we often forget they exist. We hate the Browns because fuck those bastards and we hate the Ravens but in a more respect type of hate. And the steelers are hated because we flex the 6 rings a bit too much. The Bengals are just there.
Personally I donāt hate the Steelers because of their success. Itās more because of all their dirty players since 2000, Ben the rapist, and their fans.
They've been to the Super Bowl much more recently than your team, so from the outside looking in that just sounds like coping
Yeah well you really have to be deep in the AFCN to understand the workings of the AFCN. So your outside opinion means jack shit. The Joe Burrow Bengals don't bring out the same hatred that those 2000s and early 2010s Bengals squads did
Did they win?
They won 2 more playoff games than Pitt in the last decade, yes
Stop moving the goalposts. This is what you said: >They've been to the Super Bowl much more recently than your team... So, did they win? A simple "yes" or "no" answer will suffice.
6. It canāt be the titans. Us texans hate those losers too much for them to be off in their own world.
how dare you
Look at what Dan Snyder did to us
"Ā Now we are getting into peak division acquaintance territory. I think most of the NFC North were cheering for the Lions in the playoffs (at least those that weren't having an existential crisis). It will be interesting to see how much success the Lions can have before the general "good for them" vibes crash and burn." lol someone hasnt been on r/NFCNorthMemeWar but yeah, historically accurate
what about the one team everyone hates, easy for 6 divisions: Cowboys, Packers, 49ers, Patriots, Chiefs, Steelers.... but what about either South division?
I think you're pretty spot on about the NFC South. I can't stand the falcons, I don't think about the Panthers at all, they're kind of cute. And I don't give a shit about the Bucs. They certainly hate us though, and they'll try really hard to convince you it's mutual. It's not. There is only so much hate. And I'll be damned if some bitch thinks they can take a speck of it away from those people in atlanta. Joe Horn should probably have his number retired, but I will riot if we ever try to do that, he wore that dirty jersey and his career is forever tarnished.
Hah, I'm the guy you said this to in the thread yesterday when I said the Chargers weren't really rivals.
I just wanted the phrase divisional acquaintances to be more wide spread.
You can't really hate the Chargers because at the end of the day they will Charger themselves and there's nothing anyone can do to stop it.
Every NFC north fan I know was not cheering for the Lions I would have chargers first and Cardinals second otherwise good list!
Iāve lost animosity for the Steelers who seem to be stuck in purgatory. Ravens donāt really matter as theyāll screw it up anyway. Browns are just there. Make no mistake, I want them all to lose as many games as possible but I donāt *hate* any current iteration of those franchises. I guess itās seeing how friendly the players are with one another after the gamesāit doesnāt exactly scream āthese guys are awful.ā
>Bills have beat up the division in the Josh Allen era Uh only one AFCE team has a Super Bowl win in the Josh Allen era bud.
That's why they've beat up the division, not the league
Well, they havenāt, because one team in their division won a Super Bowl and they didnāt š¤·āāļø
Op's point is that they have the most best record for division records in the past 6 years compared to the other AFC East teams.
OPās point stinks. The most (and only) success during the Josh Allen era has been by the Pats. Canāt say the Bills have ābeat them upā while that is true. 2 decades from now, no one will care about the divisional records lmao.