Are the Patriots still the NFL team you dislike the most?

[Amorgus]

Chiefs are def #1 right now but any team that employs and worships known criminals. Baltimore even builds them statues. Deshawn Watson would love it there. 

[Blackbeard]

Its odd.

 

Brady has grown on me since his departure.  He seems like a decent dude, and he respects Allen and his talent.  Belichick is just a coach.  He doesn't bother me at all.

 

You also need to give the devil his due.  Brady is the GOAT.  Not Mahomes.  It's Brady, without question. 

 

Edelman was a d bag however, with his annoying first down pointing.

[TheFunPolice]

They aren't even on my radar anymore. 

 

And I can legitimately say that during their run I hated them more than I loved the Bills. A big part of that of course was the 15+ year playoff drought and all the terrible football we watched. It was hard to get too worked up about Mularkey, Williams and Jauron teams when the games were so meaningless. 

 

I used to be a little ashamed at letting a sport, a game, get me that worked up. But now I realize that level of hatred was special, and should be cherished. It's what makes sports exciting to watch. In any epic clash you need the heel. And they were central casting, Avengers: Endgame level heels: totally unlikeable to anyone but their own fans. And unlike the "anti hero" trend in entertainment, NE didn't become fan favorites for being heels. 

 

Those Patriots Super Bowls felt existential... It felt like something enormous was at stake in a way that Pittsburgh vs Green Bay or Pittsburgh vs Seattle or Baltimore vs the Giants could never live up to. Those other Super Bowls might as well have been September SNF games. Big, but not really Super Bowls. 

 

The Falcons/Patriots Super Bowl was legitimately the worst night I've ever had as a sports fan, and that includes Norwood's kick in the Bills/Giants game. At least in the Bills SB we were rooting for our team on the biggest stage. Rooting only against another team is a lot less fun, especially when they win in historic fashion. 

 

But now? There's a void for me. Nobody has truly risen to that level. 

 

I get the Chiefs haters, but now I'm the guy who used to say about Brady and the Patriots "Golly, I just can't hate them, they're just so great!" 

 

Lamar? how can anyone hate Lamar and the Ravens? Lamar is incredible, and seems like a great guy. Plus we usually win against that team anyway. 

 

Burrow and the Bengals are pretty unlikeable, I will say that. But it's more because they seem to play us tougher than almost anyone else. 

 

Dolphins? they're a comedy act with their HC looking confused and sounding stoned every time he speaks, plus they always fold and we almost always beat them. I actually kind of like McDaniel, because seeing him speak it's incomprehensible that he's an NFL head coach, or even works anywhere in athletics. The guy cracks me up, and something about him is endearing. Losing to us all the time also helps! 

[Success]

When it comes to disliking teams, I don't usually do that - it's fanbases that annoy me.

 

And Boston's fanbase is still at the top for me.  

 

[Gregg]

2 minutes ago, Success said:

When it comes to disliking teams, I don't usually do that - it's fanbases that annoy me.

 

And Boston's fanbase is still at the top for me.  

 

 

If we are talking about annoying fanbases then let's not forget.

 

 

[The Jokeman]

Chiefs have unseated Pats for my biggest disdain. Ravens to a degree and then there's the 49ers. 

[Captain Hindsight]

8 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

If we are talking about annoying fanbases then let's not forget.

 

 

Looking forward to them winning the offseason again 

[Gregg]

Just now, Captain Hindsight said:

Looking forward to them winning the offseason again 

 

Not happening this offseason. This season was a reality check for them.

[Captain Hindsight]

2 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

Not happening this offseason. This season was a reality check for them.

Jets and reality don't really go together 

[GunnerBill]

They never have been. The Eagles have always been my most hated NFL team. They still are. 

[Kelly to Allen]

I absolutely hate the Patriots and I hope we blow them out every single time we face them. They ruined 20 frickin years of my bills football experience 

 

I hope Allen doesn't retire until he's 50 and then we draft another Josh Allen and he plays until he's 50. And the Patriots finish last for the rest of my life.

 

Screw Boston, and Ben Affleck is terrible. So is Matt Damon 

 

Edited December 18 by Kelly to Allen

[Kirby Jackson]

Nope, they are irrelevant. KC is the biggest rival now. Miami is the most hated other than potentially KC. 

[Goldrush3]

2 hours ago, RangerDave said:

As someone whose formative years were the 1970s, I am forever scarred by the "0 for the 70s".  I loathe the Fish.

This.

 

It's not remotely close.

[frostbitmic]

I enjoy watching the suckitude that is the 2024 patriots and I'll enjoy watching the Josh Allen Bills destroy them Sunday afternoon/evening. I'll also enjoy watching the patriots lose to a Mitchell Trubisky led Bills team week #18.

 

I still hate the patriots, Dolphins and court Jetsters, as well as the Cowboys.

[MJS]

I always hated the Jets more anyway. They are a scummy team with scummy fans. The Chiefs are my #1 disliked team, though.

[US Egg]

2 hours ago, MPL said:

I hate the Jaguars — their dumb uniforms 

I always access uniforms. But being a flannel fashion plate it comes with the territory.     

[MPL]

1 minute ago, US Egg said:

2 hours ago, MPL said:

I hate the Jaguars — their dumb uniforms 

I always access uniforms. But being a flannel fashion plate it comes with the territory.     

what is a flannel fashion plate? 

[US Egg]

2 minutes ago, MPL said:

what is a flannel fashion plate? 

I call this my lumberjack look:

.....it doubles nicely for Xmas as well.

[JAMIEBUF12]

I am old school.

Still hate Miami the most .Even in the Pats/Brady glory years.

GO BILLS!!

[DasNootz]

1) Dolphins
2) Chiefs
3) Jets
4) Cowboys
5) Pats
6-8) Bengals/Steelers/Ravens
9) Browns - with Watson, they would have been 6.

 

Dolphins is based upon  decades of hating them.  They're also the team that non-Bills fans in Bills country seem to go to as anti-heros.

Chiefs are obvious because they've had our number in the post season and I'm jealous.

Jets have enough star power that they're very unlikeable despite being non-relevant for a while.

Cowboys - f*ck them
Pats fell off fast enough that I rarely think of them.  That said, they're still in the division so they get a spot at the table

Bengals/Steelers/Ravens - respect them, but at the same time they're annoyingly always in the hunt.

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 06:38 PM by DasNootz