In the NFL, most loved team? Most hated?

[Archae]

Well, being a Packer fan, I am prejudiced for the Packers being the most loved.
Especially since they are the only team owned mostly by the fans.

Most hated?
Hmmm...offhand, right now I'd say New England Patriots, because they got caught cheating.

[Blue-Jay]

1. Probably the Cowboys, and the Cowboys.

There's NO indifference with regards to that team. You either love them or you hate them.

[NewJeffCT]

18. I'd have to agree with that one

when I used to follow the NFL, I hated the Cowboys.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

53. It's true...

They get my vote for both.

Personally, I can't stand them.

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. For me most loved: Giants

most hated: a tie of the Eagles and the Cowboys

everyone else: meh, no strong feelings either way

[madinmaryland]

5. Most loved: COWBOYS!

Most hated: Giants, Eaglets, and Deadskins!

:hi:

[TZ]

6. gee thats a shocker

And of course my favorite is the Skins: least favorites: Cowboys, Pats, Eagles, Giants
By the way, I'd like to see how well the Boyz would do without their starting QB, their two best offensive lineman (John Jansen and Randy Thomas), not to mention the fact that their best player on defense is...deceased. Considering the year they have had..I am pleased they are still in the playoff hunt (Boyz winning actually helped them this week)

[av8rdave]

59. Go Cowboys!!

[KitchenWitch]

3. The Packers are my most hated

followed by da Bears, the Cowboys, the Redskins, and the Patriots.

[PeaceNikki]

14. Only a Viking fan would make a list like that.

You are a Viking fan, aren't you.

If not, sorry. Heck, if so, sorry.

:P

[KitchenWitch]

16. Why yes, as a matter of fact I am!

:D

[Beausoir]

32. Mine too. My fave team? Whoever is playing the Packers.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

61. Add me to the list of hating the Packers.

My favorite team: The Bears

[flvegan]

4. The Patriots "because they got caught cheating" is a good laugh.

Thanks.

[Breeze54]

9. "All the teams have camera's and video's in the locker rooms."

So I've been told repeatedly. "It's nothing new!", they say.
"All the teams do it!", except the Patriots got caught.
I have no idea if that's true but I wouldn't doubt that
they all spy on each other.

It did make me cringe when I first heard it, though.

[MissMillie]

21. I'm still trying to find one person... just one

who thinks that the video made any difference in that game. Is there anyone out there who believes that the Pats would have LOST that game w/o the video?

[LeftyMom]

22. Does it matter? Was Sammy Sosa only cheating when he used his corked bat in close games?

Or was he cheating every time he used a illegal bat?

Doing something against the rules for unfair advantage is cheating whether they needed the boost to win or not.

[MissMillie]

26. I didn't say it wasn't cheating

I said that it wouldn't have made a difference.

I think the Pats play that team again next week... tune in.


Honestly, the hatred is not about the "cheating" it's about the winning. They're playing great ball and people just can't stand that about them.

[LeftyMom]

27. Nah, it's the cheating.

People like to root for the underdog, but the hostility to the Patriots is all about their disregard for fair play (and being the beneficiaries of really bad officiating.)

[MissMillie]

30. the beneficiaries of bad officiating?

what games have you been watching?

Since the game in question, there hasn't been any cheating, and they're winning.

[Fox Mulder]

7. I hate the Packers and the Patriots.

I have no love for a team.

[ileus]

8. Redskins most loved, Cowboys most hated

[madinmaryland]

36. Cowboys most loved, Redskins most hated

:hi:

[Burma Jones]

42. The Redskins aren't good enough to hate - only pity......

although their owner is a total douchebag.

[redqueen]

57. No, they're very hatable.

That they suck just gives one more ammo.

[Phillycat]

39. Me too!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

58. Can't stand the Redskins personally....

After the Colts left Baltimore, they tried to ram the Redskins down Baltimore's throats as their new "home team". Thankfully, Baltimore resisted, even blocking Jack Kent Cooke's attempt to put the team in Laurel and effectively kill Baltimore's chance at a new NFL team.

[dropkickpa]

10. Most loved? Steelers of course

There are "Steelers" bars all over the country!

most hated - Pats of course

[KitchenWitch]

17. There is a Vikings pizza joint right around the corner from my house!

:D

I am in SoCal, so that in itself is an oddity. There are Packer bars everywhere too. x(

[dropkickpa]

24. Here's a list of "Steeler" bars

I like the Steelers and all, but I was astounded when I saw this.

http://www.post-gazette.com/steelers/steelerbars_list.asp

[MissMillie]

20. would you say that the Steeler's being "most loved" is a guarantee?

:evilgrin:

[dropkickpa]

25. Smith is a doofus

Now THAT I guarantee!

[Westegg]

44. Smith was goaded into that "guarantee"...

...But okay, he shoulda known better. In any cae, I expect he's properly schooled now.

[Westegg]

34. Of course...

...And yeah, they've got a lotta work to do, but they may still take the Pats for the AFC championship. They've gotta win a few more games first.

Win or lose, I'm a Steeler fan to the end.

[Breeze54]

11. I used to love the Dolphins but that was way back when they were winning!

Now? I'm a Patriots fan all the way! How could I not be?

They're my home team and they're winning, again, tonight! ;)

Patriots 24 - 13 Steelers

[maveric]

12. Now 31-13!

Damn Cheaters! :sarcasm:

[Breeze54]

13. LMAO!!

:P

Go Patriots!!! :woohoo: :woohoo:

31 - 13 !! :yourock:

[Bluzmann57]

15. Packers=most loved

Cowboys-most hated
At least in my book.
Just once I'd like to see the NFL schedule makers put the 'Boys in Green Bay in December. "America's Team" my ass. And this dislike goes all the way back to the '60's when the 'Boys were still an arrogant bunch even though they couldn't beat my Packers.

[sasquatch]

19. Loved: the Browns - Hated: the Cowboys

[Westegg]

45. Never thought I'd agree even half-way with a Browns fan...

...but yeah, Hated? Cowboys. All the way. Self-righteous prigs. Goddamn Texas. Dallas, no less. "America's Team," my ass. Calling yourself something don't necessarily making it fucking so!

Pittsburgh took 'em 2 out of 3 in the Super Bowl. Would love to make it 3 of 4.

Hey, it COULD happen!

[sasquatch]

47. I'm actually a Bengals fan

[TZ]

48. You are both?

That's strange. My Dad's a Browns fan who lives in Cinci and he gets ribbed all the time.
Funny story..He used to go to the same gym as Reggie Williams (of the Bengals) and actually bragged to him that he was a proud Browns fan..When he got to his car after his workout he found it COVERED in Bengals stickers....:rofl:

[sasquatch]

50. I'm a Bengals fan but a Browns sympathizer

:)

[sendero]

49. I live here in Dallas..

.. and I love the current incarnation of the team, especially Romo who almost seems out of place in the Cowboys, but I have no problem seeing why so many people don't care for the 'boys.

[MilesColtrane]

55. The Cowboys didn't name themselves "America's Team"...

...Bob Ryan of NFL Films did.

[LeftyMom]

23. The Packers aren't the most loved by a long shot.

Mostly because Packer fans tend to be drunk and insufferable when they go to away games.

[bamacrat]

28. I want to say the Vikes are the most loved.

But it is more likely the most loved and hated team is the same: New England Patriots. They were not "caught cheating" either, they were caught doing something that was frowned upon but not against the rules at the time.

[edbermac]

29. Cheating? How did they cheat in beating the Jets?

Or the other 12 teams they beat?

[BOSSHOG]

37. So bellichick and mgt just paid the fine for the helluvit??

Their season is tainted by their own hand, no one elses.

[SoxFan]

64. "Tainted"?

yeah, right.

That video really made a difference in all 13 games, didn't it?

The Pats are in a league of their own. The rest of you just have to find a way to suck it up and deal with it!

[BOSSHOG]

67. I don't have to deal with anything

What do I have to deal with? I enjoy football despite the Patriots. I enjoy baseball despite Barry Bonds. And yes their season is tainted. I would suggest that when the season is over Patriot apologists assist O. J. Simpson in his search for the real killer of his wife. And just why did Billicheck pay the fine? Does he like giving away money?

[redqueen]

31. Cowboys / Cowboys

It's inevitable that when a team is so well-loved by people all over the country (or the world, even) that other people will become bitter and jealous and hate them.

[Recovered Repug]

54. However, the number of "life long fans" greatly increase

when the team is winning.

[redqueen]

56. Eh, that happens with every team.

It's just with the Cowboys, it happens more often, cause they win more often, is all. :7

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

33. According to one recent survey

Dallas #1
Jacksonville #32

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/rumors/post/Dallas-most-popular-NFL-team-Jags-least?urn=nfl,47568&cp=2

[redqueen]

35. I know it pisses people off... but there really is a reason they

started calling us America's Team. :)

[MissMillie]

40. thank you Jeff (n/t)

.

[Initech]

38. Loved: Chargers, Hated: Cowboys, Patriots

[Burma Jones]

41. Most Loved: The Packers, goes back to Lombardi, maybe the Steelers too

Most Hated: Probably the Cowboys and now the Patriots too, any Dynastic Team is going to get hated.....

[Felix Mala]

43. No Peyton Manning fans here?

[LanternWaste]

46. Best NFL Game Ever Televised: 1992 NFC Championship Game

Most loved: Cowboys (bite me!)

Most hated: 49'ers

Best NFL Game Ever Televised: 1992 NFC Championship Game.


But to be honest, free agency and the salary cap have taken most of the fun out of hating (or loving) a team.

[MilesColtrane]

51. I have to agree about the '92 game at Candlestick.

IIRC the turf was a miasma, and the look in Steve Young's eyes, facing Charles Haley, was pure "deer in the headlights".

Folks today give a lot of props to the 90's Cowboys' offense, but it was the D that won those playoff games.

[Arugula Latte]

52. I do not follow football (understatement of the century) but I hate the Cowboys

That team always seemed like the worst of the USA -- arrogant, braggy, tacky, loud, annoying, self-promoting to the nth degree, etc. etc.

Plus it's based in Dallas and I cannot stand that city. x(

[annonymous]

60. The Cowboys

Anyone remember the 1982 NFC Championship game when the Redskins trounced the Cowboys and directly after the final play they showed the American Express commercial with Tom Landry? I just loved the timing of it. I can't stand the Cowboys.

[SoxFan]

62. Embrace the Hate!

Love


Like


Hate

[Maine-ah]

63. go pats!

nanernanernanernaner......

I don't care if they cheated or not. It was stupid.

:P

[Throd]

65. My favorite team is whoever is playing the Raiders

[fishnfla]

66. Like them all

like the packers the most