Gauging the fans animosity: Jets, Dolphins or Pats

[trapezeus]

In my Brady thread, a lot of people were anti-Jets, moreso than the patriots. That shocked me. So a little poll to clear up the hate.

If you are allowed to only hate one AFC East team with all your might, who do you select?

My thought was that we all stood in solidarity with our hate against the Pats. With all the loses, all the embarassments, the bledsoe trade, the taping scandals,the fact they continuously get top round picks and get studs in return, i didn't think people hated another AFC East team more right now.

I was born in the late 70's and i remember the hate for the dolphins, but we won all the important games in my lifetime. So i hate them, but they don't make my blood boil. plus they've always had traveling fans. the patriots traveling fans is still a new thing. It's the bandwagon-ness of the patriots that drives me crazy. If i could find one patriot fan with an actual three point stance logo in their clothes, i'd be more impressed with their "lifelong fandom".

The Jets are hardly a factor. When we're good, we beat them and lose to them, when we're bad we tend to split. Plus they are just as cursed as we are. When they are great, they still find a way to lose.

[LtFinFan66]

Jets

[bf1]

jets right now

[THATHURMANATOR]

Jets right now because they are talking out their asses.

Previously it would have been the Pats but damn they are just such a good team and have kicked our asses so many times there is nothing I can do but give them respect, and hope we can one day beat them!

[RockStar36]

Jets right now. I've never really hated the Pats, or at least not for the past 5 years or so. They're just really good and until the Bills can compete with them, I'm ambivalent to the whole thing. The Jets are flat out annoying because they run their mouth and haven't won a thing. That and The Sanchize is an awful ****ing QB.

[TedMock]

Miami is the rival. When both teams come around again, they will be the hated phins again. I have always looked at them as the team to hate. The Pats and Jets hate eachother. I feel like a 3rd wheel getting in on that. I dislike both teams and I dislike players from both teams, but I have to admit - Although different, I love Belichick and I love Rex Ryan. I love both their approaches. I think I would like Sporano as a position coach or a coordinator, but I'm not big on him as a head coach. Time will tell on Chan. I think he's taking the right steps overall, but still has a lot of work to do. Learn how to play, learn how to compete, learn how to win, learn how to win consistently.

[Forward_Lateral]

Dolphins.

[Ickybaluky]

I don't really hate any of them.

[Beebe's Kid]

[Prov401]

Pats. I'm surrounded by Pat fans here in New England, and it's terrible. And slightly embarrassing that my team hasn't beaten them in 8 years.

[RockStar36]

If the NFL was smart, the Bills would be put in a division with Pittsburgh and Cleveland. That would generate instant rivalries because the cities are so close. This whole Miami thing is dead.

[THATHURMANATOR]

If the NFL was smart, the Bills would be put in a division with Pittsburgh and Cleveland. That would generate instant rivalries because the cities are so close. This whole Miami thing is dead.

I would love that SOOOO MUCH.

[justasportsfan]

don't like the pats because they own us.
don't like the Fins because I lived in Fla.
don't like the jets because Ryan is an ass.

[Novacane]

10 years ago my level of hate list would have been 1. Dolphins 2. Jets 3. Pats. Now it is 1. Pats 2. Phins 3. Jets

[ParanoidAndroid]

Same.

[DraftBoy]

Always will be Miami.

[thesquirrelking]

I'll always have a special hatred in my heart for the Phins, but the rivalry just hasn't been the same since both teams have pretty much sucked for the last decade or so.

The Dolphins owned us so bad for the entire 70's. But now that the Patriots are on the verge of doing something similar, my dislike for them is right up there.

[naugem]

The Pats, even more so since the cheating stuff came out and the league did basically nothing about it.
Even my wife hates them, and she isn't even a football fan.

The Giants gained a lot of sympathy from me when they beat them in the SB and ruined their perfect season. That still brings a smile to my face.

The Phins are non-factors, Ryan is a loudmouth, but Belichick's arrogance is much more annoying IMO.

[Ingtar33]

fins... i just can't stop hating them

[Bufftp]

fins. I became a Bills fan in the late 60's as a young kid, and the scars are still there.