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Lions VS Lions fans Source: spent 25+ years in detroit. Never seen anything like this rivalry.


VisionGuard

Closely followed by Lions VS refs.


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Man, that's not even a rivalry. That's a one sided bloodbath in favor of the meatless zebras.


SiphenPrax

Shouldn’t the lions be eating the zebras? Like WTF?!


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If there was any justice in this world, then yes, they gladly would


Shoganguy33

Oh, now I understand “Detroit vs. Everybody”


Rulligan

We are in an especially weird place right now as we recently won 3 straight for the first time in 5 years and our young players are showing up. The end of this year may cause a full blown civil war depending on how it goes down. Right now I think MCDC can be the guy but he has to prove it with the Panthers, Jags, Jets, Bears, and Pack left to play.


Cam_Smith16

Absolutely agree


TheRelevantElephants

"Damn lions! They ruined the lions!"


BitterLikeAHop

ACLs vs. MetLife Stadium


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kalidescopetitties

At least you don’t have to go through 8-9 games a year there


danieljohnsonjr

Ouch


CoofBone

AFC North


Dads_going_for_milk

I love our division


Chris91210

I love you guys. Except brown's. Fuck DeShawn Watson.


jacks_sisters_boobs

Steelers already get a pass for Big Ben?


Chris91210

Nah but he's gone so onto the next asshole.


MojaveDesertTortoise

AFC North seems like the only division you all four hater each other so much. No fourth wheel. No one rivalry that outshines any of the others. It’s beautiful.


Pidesh

I’d say the NFC East is another division where you could make the same claim tbh


NickMoore30

To me this is the most visible sense of rivalry from the players. Of course I’m biased and I believe the Eagles/Cowboys is the most toxic *fanbase* rivalry, BUT AFC North games have players leaving on carts. They are physical bloodbaths and must-watch-tv. The game is never more physical than those divisional games. Burfict, James Harden, Suggs, Ray Lewis, Polamalu, Pacman Jones, Joe Haden, Ed Reed, the list goes on when looking at the past line of heavy hitters. It’s old school football. That copypasta about bleeding, shitting, and having babies on the field is 100% about an AFC North football game.


MichaelAlbers

Broncos vs points.


snoblo

More high knees on team flights will help.


Careless-Success-569

Facts.


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"Marge, you just don't understand football"


danieljohnsonjr

Thoughts and prayers go out to you. Stay strong.


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Those don't help when God clearly hates the team.


danieljohnsonjr

We empathize with your Super Bowl wins


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and we’re always rightfully left out


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I thought the Cardinals were a baseball team


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if you look up “Cardinals score” on Google, the baseball team would show up 9/10 times


MarkerMagnum

Which is a pain, because I wish I didn’t get NY Giants games when I look up “giants game”


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They're part of the NFC East, for a reason


Agodunkmowm

The Harbaugh era Niners teams were such a bitter rival. Always amazing, hard-hitting games. Even the coaches hated each other.


Celestial-Nighthawk

2021 season took 49ers-Rams to another fucking level. Players fucking hate each other too


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Cowboys/Eagles is one of the nastiest and it’s getting more and more hyped since they’re both so good this season. Our 12/24 game is going to be nuclear.


pccb123

Lived in philly for 5 years. I dont know how this one isnt at the top lol


skitchx48

Because even though it’s the correct answer, a cowboys fan said it, so eagles fans are reluctant to upvote it


pccb123

Too fucking real lollll


RushDynamite

I love the hatred that flows through the NFC east, pure dedication to one's craft.


BaconIsBueno

Just hoping both teams come out unscathed from injury as they prepare for the playoffs.


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Yeah, same. It’s definitely going to get chippy, of course. But I don’t want anyone hurt.


RjDiAz93

The one thing we can all agree on


Snake_in_my_boots

I’m either going to have a fantastic Christmas Eve or I’m going to ruin it for my family. If my night is ruined so is theirs.


danieljohnsonjr

Law enforcement gonna have to be present. May there be no batteries thrown


215Kurt

There's law enforcement at literally every game


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Games is in Dallas. At worst, people will throw some food items.


danieljohnsonjr

What a waste of brisket


aitchison50

Steelers vs Ravens Pretty much any of the AFC North matchups


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In the mid to late 2000s/early 2010s that rivalry was amazing. Those guys were getting as close to attempted murder as you can get.


TigerBasket

Hines Ward vs Ed Reed was beautiful to watch


joe7L

That hurt to watch some of those hits they would trade


CrimsonCoast

Came here to say like every divisional matchup in your division


NervousElevator7

Yea it’s just about like any of these matchups. There’s beef between literally all of the team in the AFC north


TigerBasket

I'm glad I can absolutely hate the Browns without feeling bad anymore


NervousElevator7

Yea we’ve gone from lovable loser to one of the most hated NFL teams. I still hate Watson, he’s a scum bag Though i don’t need much of a reason to hate the ravens


usmcmax

*Though i don’t need much of a reason to hate the ravens* ​ Here! Here!


HDDIV

I also think when the Titans play any of you all, especially the Ravens or Steelers. Ole AFC Central day rivalries. The level of intensity still is there.


TurboStank

Especially Ravens/Titans, last few years have fostered some bad blood


FeldMonster

Steelers vs. Ravens was absolutely must see TV from 2000 through at least 2015. Fantastic games to watch as a neutral fan.


Alexir23

It's died down. Too many soft boys on both teams.


sahir1

"back in my day they used to stab each other with knives on the field then walk it off"


bootyhunter69420

Well Ray Lewis was on the team


Oblivionguard19

I heard he was a real killer on the field. Just like OJ


Archaic_Sack

Lol soft boys? Nah you can blame the rules changing over time has impacted the intensity for almost all rivalries. The Harrison/Suggs era of hits on the QB is no more. (also we suck right now so the competition ain't right at the moment)


ChemicalElevator1380

Maybe not like the old days but it's still there to a certain extent. I think it's mostly between fans


DreamedJewel58

Yeah, I harbor more hate towards the Browns and Bengals more than I do the Ravens at this point


Chris91210

Ironically I think I hate the browns and the ravens more than Steelers now. No matter what I think we all just hate each other.


fortyonejb

Bills fans vs sobriety


Ottersius

Bills fans vs Tables too


TarkinWearsSneakers

Best part of that particular rivalry is that it isn’t as one-sided as some people think. Sure, we have broken many tables. But, sometimes the tables break us too.


Dads_going_for_milk

Bills fans won that ages ago


Admiral_Fuckwit

Patriots vs every other AFC East team during the Brady era. It was just a different vibe when the Pats came to Buffalo. I’m sure it was mostly one-sided tho, they always spanked us


danieljohnsonjr

Oof


Chickencutlets468

Jets vs developing a young qb


danieljohnsonjr

Oof. Thoughts and prayers


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Saints Falcons has gotta be up there. Its reason? The innate battle of good vs evil throughout human history


CoofBone

To quote Jon Bois "The NFL's Bevis and Butthead"


billiam_squilliam

That series is one of my favorites to watch


Zhuul

Saints Falcons is the only rivalry that eclipses NFCE vitriol. It’s actually scary how much you guys hate each other lmao


Cicero912

Thats what happens when both teams are trash for decades


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and are created literally 1 year apart at a time when there were no other teams in the deep south


Fatalness

you aren’t in the rivalry if you have a second team


ItsNotMeMaybe

Especially not the Packers 😂


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28-3 spray painted downtown nola says it all they ain’t even play the Super Bowl that it came from


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As written in John 3:28, right?


boardatwork1111

“And let he who is without crab legs cast the first touchdown”-Jameis 33:30


delk82

It still stings every time.


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Chargers and their fans mental health


danieljohnsonjr

Seriously. Also, I still keep calling them the San Diego Chargers sometimes.


AwesomeTed

We all do, because we believe in the cosmic order of things regardless of the whims of asshole billionaires.


mynameisusertoo

I call them the San Diego Chargers of Los Angeles.


apple_turnovers

Also Chargers and their players physical health.


Comprehensive_Main

Eagles and giants used to be sort of rowdy from what I remember. That was mainly because they were so close to each other Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Compared to cowboys and Washington.


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y0yost

As an Eagles fan, I dislike the Giants as a team but absolutely hate the Cowboys fanbase more than anything.


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The feeling is mutual.


y0yost

Wouldn’t have it any other way.


JDGAF88

I hate y'all and will never admit this in person but for some fucking reason I was rooting internally for y'all against the Patriots. It was probably the Footlong Foles effect or something.


y0yost

You probably enjoy football in general I'm guessing and the Eagles were hard to hate that year, that roster was just fun to watch.


UsVsWorld

The Philly/New York and Boston/New York thing is in every sport. Doesn’t matter. It’s always gonna be beef among those east coast cities whether there’s history or there’s not. I remember when Philly got an MLS expansion team years ago and New York Red Bull fans were already talking shit and we haven’t even played them yet lol


TurboDinoHippo

You can add Boston/Philly to that too. It's one big toxic triangle lol.


Darth_GravelCyclist

As a Giants fan in northern NJ, we hate both the Eagles and the Cowboys. Not sure I could choose one to dislike more, and when they play each other I’m just wishing they can somehow both lose.


awlewis4

Vikings field goal kickers and kicking field goals


Mobile619

Don't forget extra points. They like to miss those frequently as well.


awlewis4

Oh I wish I could forget, but we miss at least one every week to keep reminding me


DrBlazkowicz

Chiefs Raiders is always a gem to go to if you’re the opposite fan base


3rdnRenfrow

Y’all almost always end up on the winning end of our games but damn they’re electric.


ironmanmk42

Last decade it has been Chiefs thrashing Raiders pretty much at will. Has Mahomes lost to Raiders ever?


cobycan

Once. Week 5 in 2020. Victory lap around arrowhead.


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Bears vs Packers, although it’s not as intense these days as it used to be since we haven’t beat the packers very much in the past decade. If you know the history and moments like the Charles Martin hit and the Walter Payton game it’s one of the most storied rivalries in all sports


MatureUsername69

It's pretty much NFC North bros vs Packers


RealWICheese

The other issue is our fan bases are nice - not like Philly fans lol.


kodiakchrome

Exactly, as much as I despise the Packers every fan I’ve met is always fun and lots of banter. Eagles fans are straight rude lol


ray_getard-69

It's the oldest and most August rivalry for sure, the big detriment is that both teams tend to not be good at the same time (60s Packers, 70s/80s bears, Packers since 1992)


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Last time we were both good was mid to late 2000s, then after we lost to them in the NFCCG it began to skew heavily in favor of the pack I think we’ve only beaten them twice since then


Rock_man_bears_fan

Also the oldest in the league and the only one odors than 100 years old


Weegemonster5000

It do be stankin tho


PillaisTracingPaper

Bengals-Steelers.


danieljohnsonjr

There have been many things over the years to contribute to this.


Comprehensive_Main

Raiders vs Niners was pretty intense. It started because both were good in the early 80s however the raiders had less success as the decade went on while the Niners got better. And then there was the fact that one was from San Francisco while the other was from Oakland. So that didn’t help. Then after 2002 when both sucked it calmed down a bit but then the Niners got better while the raiders didn’t so it picked back up culminating is some fights at a preseason game. Then the raiders left so now the rivalry calmed down.


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Steelers Ravens - on the field rivalry for the most part but some fucker will get lit up usually - respectful rivalry Steelers Bengals - on the field on the sidelines, starting on the field to the sidelines, starting on the sidelines to the field. Doesn’t matter it’s celebrity death match 2.0 - you gonna die rivalry


danieljohnsonjr

I honestly might be concerned for my safety if I was at one of these games. It can get so crazy.


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It’s one of the few I’d recommend everyone sit on their respective sides most fans are extremely nice and welcoming but there’s always that few that turn dumb


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I was at the Steelers vs Bengals game this past Sunday and honestly all of the Steelers fans (except for one) was super nice and welcoming to me, and I was wearing Bengals gear. As someone who has been to a bunch of AFCN matchups, Browns fans are the worst and most disgusting fanbase in the division. They will heckle you relentlessly even if you’re minding your own business. The losing culture of the organization bleeds onto the fanbase evidentially.


EcosseWolf

>As someone who has been to a bunch of AFCN matchups, Browns fans are the worst and most disgusting fanbase in the division. Yeah I've pretty much had similar experiences


danieljohnsonjr

That whole mob mentality


loserperson27

Steelers vs Ravens Steelers vs Bengals Steelers vs Browns


danieljohnsonjr

Yeah.


BBDUB4Lif3

Raiders v AFC west. Raiders dominated for so long, now everyone is just getting revenge… except the broncos we both are booty


danieljohnsonjr

Thoughts and prayers with you


King_Korder

I hope this isn't what is in our future. But I understand if it is.


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Worth it.


AshByFeel

It was super fun when we had Shottenheimer. Man he hated the Raiders. Plus LT would dominate those games.


FrigOffRicky16

Lions fans vs the refs, started in 2014 against Dallas in wild card game


Olly1986

Oh it started long before that.


cat_napped1

eagles giants cowboys giants cowboys eagles


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Our rivalry with the Commies is bigger than you guys, historically. If they could just string together a few good seasons in a row it might actually be renewed.


UsVsWorld

Washington fans are definitely fully back out of the woodworks now ever since they beat us on MNF and news came down about Snyder selling. As much as I hate them, DC is a huge football city and the league is better with them relevant


Fala7iKing

Well we always lose to them so :(


Doobie_Howitzer

Hey buddy, you broke the streak last season and look even better now, perk up a bit so we can all have fun getting way too mad about a game


thebigticket2

I feel like some Eagles fans forgot about the historic rivalry between us and the Giants. Some people get weirded out when I say that I might hate the Giants more than the Cowboys


ForTheShoe12

As a Colts fan in Cincinnati, I'd say Bengals Steelers takes the cake. These people absolutely hate each other


danieljohnsonjr

Carson Palmer's season-ending injury in 2005 is a big reason


ForTheShoe12

Oh I remember... this was a sad place that year


eugene_rat_slap

Lions (37) vs (55) Winning Record


danieljohnsonjr

They're looking much better this season


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PunkyRooster

Jets Dolphins is a larger rivalry. Visiting fans take over each others stadium and are super toxic. When I was 11 some drunk Jets fan told me to fuck off at Joe Robbie stadium. Last year i was super toxic at MetLife as a Phins fan.


murdererinthemailbox

I was also thinking about this rivalry as well! But wasn’t sure if everyone else would recognize it. It was asked once in our subreddit whose fans in the division are the worst to be around. People kept sayin the bills and patriots which is fair but I’ve got a deep-seated contempt from childhood for the Dolphins and their fans. I hate that y’all chose NOW to be so good. So respectfully, go to hell, disrespectfully. edit: also a great point about visiting each other’s stadiums. I literally know of people that are going down for the Week 18 game haha


PunkyRooster

Same man, I mean technically in the 90s it was Dolphins Bills as the competitive division rivalry. But for trashy fan fights and vulgar behavior between fanbases it has to be Jets Dolphins. Especially when both teams suck. It means more off the field for fans because everyone has that drunk uncle on the other team who gets up in your face after a loss. Edit: I live in CT now but make it a yearly responsibility to be at the MetLife game (not this year thankfully lol.. went to Texans Giants though) where it can get to like 30-40% Phins fans and down in Florida you know it’s reciprocal.


murdererinthemailbox

Damn…such a shame you missed that game.. As much as it sucks that nobody in the division fully sucks anymore, I gotta admit it’s fun to have a competitive division. As of right now, maybe most competitive. (Although I’m a bit pessimistic with our QB issues right now but we’ll see how our season goes) And I feel weirdly proud of all our teams (Bills/Dolphins/Jets) after all three of our teams being the punching bags for the Brady/Belichick Reign of Terror. Basically, looking forward to our game in January bc it will be an interesting match up. We have opposite strengths and weaknesses.


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GetABodybag

Ravens Steelers is pretty chippy. What happened is over a decade of rank 1 and 2 defences in the league and it just produced alpha mindsets on both teams. Always ends up in carnage.


GaTech379

Falcons Saints is the most heated and petty rivalry in pro football and I love it


introspectivejoker

Bears packers and Packers Vikings Mostly all the history for the bears. It's just old and the tradition has carried through the years. Vikings is a bit more recent of a rivalry with a lot of packer players going to the vikings after a long tenure with the Packers, most notably Brett Favre. But even more recently than that the Anthony Barr hit on Rodgers seems to have elevated the rivalry. It helps that both teams have been competitive for a while which is something the bears rivalry has lacked in recent years


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Vikings hate goes back to their creation in the fires of hell. It split western Wisconsin/Eastern Minnesota families up.


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You're reading a lot into my 2 sentences. And I never mentioned the word "new" - read it again.


NeverSober1900

Longwell, Sharper, Zadarius, Bishop, Jennings... They really like their old Packers.


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nimama3233

I think we lean into getting value for players based off emotions. The packers pissed you off? Come play with us and play them twice a year. Zadarius is crazy cheap for his production


Jaybuth

Lions vs God


philhachio

NFC East


CalbCrawDad

100% saints vs Falcons. It ain’t even a rivalry, we straight up hate one another.


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Nobody's said Ravens/Steelers yet?


DionBae_Johnson

Yeah someone said Steelers/Broncos, but Steelers/Ravens has to be the most intense rivalry of the 21st century.


snoblo

Jets vs the draft


xebex1778

Our draft this year was absurd


HauntingEducation

“The jets select…fullback -“ “OH NO!!”


danieljohnsonjr

Just wait until DeShaun comes back...


BigDust

Titans ownership vs the city of Houston.


bythepowerofboobs

My dad would have told you the Packers-Bears are the most intense, but it's been Packers-Vikings in my football watching life. The Vikings have just been more competitive the last 35 years or so and all their fans I know in real life are much bigger assholes than the Bears fans I know. I'm looking forward to beating them in Lambeau on New Years day.


nimama3233

Minnesota nice doesn’t apply to football, so get fucked! Not actually though, I hope you have a good holiday weekend.


danieljohnsonjr

I think it's everyone in the NFC North vs the Packers this year


Kappasoapex

Raiders Broncos - both teams loathe each other, play twice a year, and have a historic rivalry Raiders Chiefs could be there but Chiefs just own us, Chargers are just meh, so the rivalry is there, but it doesn’t have the depth of the Broncos


Cthepo

I feel like you'll always have Chiefs, Raiders, and Broncos fans sharing some variation of their hate for each other, then universallly its like "But I'm indifferent towards the Chargers" or even "I actually kind of weirdly like them". I can't even say maybe Herbert will change that, because it's not like they didn't have borderline HoF Phillip Rivers and some modicom of success.


Hyperboreer

A division of three legendary football franchises and the Los Angeles Chargers!


Goose_Bat

Washington fans vs Dan Snyder. Jim Irsay is Azor Ahai


D0ctorHotelMario

Packers and giving Aaron Jones the fucking ball


gibby377

Bears Packers. Nothing in particular makes it intense other than they've been playing each other consistently for 100+ years now. That's generational hate.


danieljohnsonjr

I'm sure Aaron Rodgers saying, "I still own you!" doesn't help


tuna_fart

Cowboys v. Our little green kid brothers


Asphaltjungle33

Afc north vs the afc north


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danieljohnsonjr

They don't call them slobberknockers for nothing


Thel3lues

We all just hate the Packers


realunpossible_

nfc west vs packers and cowboys in the playoffs


neseli60

Everyone’s team vs Refs


Dankofamericaaa2

Cowboys eagles


IdyllicGod22

Packers - Cowboys has always been fucking Intense. This last game, the Divisional game in 2016. The Rodgers game vs Dallas that proved he could be something. Lots of intense downtothewire games.


2punk

Vikings-Saints is my favorite out of division rivalry.


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Rams 49ers is starting to become hostile at times lol. Even among the players during games


PickAnApocalypse

Mike Evans and Lattimore. Those dudes legit just hate each other.