Most loved and most hated NFL franchise in America?

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HighBrow-LowEsteem@reddit

Most loved: Lions and Bills. Most hated: Chiefs and Cowboys

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Designer-Carpenter88@reddit

I think we tend to hate the fanbases more than the team. Like, fuck a cowboys fan.

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pinniped90@reddit

As a Chiefs fan, I see lots of Chiefs gear and plenty of haters wherever I go in the US and even some outside the US.

I don't think we've supplanted Green Bay on the love side or Dallas on the hate side but we're probably top 5 in both.

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You can’t supplant packers with bandwagon fans. Don’t get me wrong, your team is backing up being a perennial Super Bowl contender. Packer fans a loyal to a fault. The thing is, it’s not a city. Drive to a game and it’s corn fields for miles and suddenly an nfl stadium. A lot of us leave the state if we aren’t ok with living in tourist towns or work on farms. So spread out around the country and the world. There’s a site to find a packers bar in almost any country.

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shelwood46@reddit

I was with you till the "not a city," I grew up there, in GB, it is indeed a city of 100K, though Lambeau is actually in the burbs for liquor license reasons. That said, it does have the loyalty of the whole state, and they did play half their games in Milwaukee for a long time.

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Particular_Night_360@reddit

I’m sorry but that’s like calling Hurley a city and not the strip club capital of the world.

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ghostofmvanburen@reddit

The Packers have been very good for a very long time. I wonder how much national fan stickiness would remain if they were to go through another stretch like they did in the 70s and 80s. It is easy to be loyal to a team when you have had so few poor seasons in the past 30 years.

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imthe5thking@reddit

Yeah, that’s why my Steelers are also up there in the “loved” ranking. LA, Arizona, Minnesota, Seattle, you can get FAR away from Pittsburgh and still see a shitload of black and gold in the stands. We’re not so bad that a bunch of fans leave the fanbase, but we’re not so good that we’re gaining bandwagoners left and right.

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Highway49@reddit

As a Niners fan, I have nightmares about Patrick Mahomes. :(

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tarheel_204@reddit

Chiefs are just the modern day Patriots. Hardcore fanbase in and around Kansas City but you didn’t see much love for them outside of the region. This is just the nature of the beast with winning teams and so now, y’all have a metric ton of bandwagon fans all over the country.

I used to have Panthers season tickets. Pre-Patrick Mahomes era, you’d see fans in Charlotte but not many. Now, they’re like the Patriots back in the 2010s where they’re everywhere.

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platoniclesbiandate@reddit

When the Chiefs played in Charlotte last year it was like 75% chiefs “fans”

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tarheel_204@reddit

I didn’t go but I remember watching on TV and your comment was definitely accurate 😂

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cruzweb@reddit

There's some recency bias there. Teams that win championships gain fans nationwide. How much chiefs gear was there in the US outside of Kansas and Missouri before their recent run? Not much. It's too early to tell if this is for real staying power or just people supporting a popular team.

Over the course of my almost 40 years, there's some teams that have a consistent nationwide following regardless of if they're doing well or not. It's basically Dallas, Green Bay, and Pittsburgh. Unless we see them have a bad string of years and still keep a nationwide following, I wouldn't consider them a top anything. More like a flavor of the week (much longer than a week). I say this agnostically, there's isn't an NFL team I'm a true fan of. College football is more my jam.

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Historical_Low4458@reddit

Maybe people from Nebraska and Iowa can chime in here, but the Chiefs reach could have extended into those states even before Mahomes.

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rojeli@reddit

Missouri (after Rams). + Oklahoma (northern parts).

The Marty/DT era brought in a ton of fans in the Plains region. Nothing like today, of course. But there's a large swath of the country where KC is the closest NFL team.

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cruzweb@reddit

I used to live in St. Louis, you're severely discounting the number of people who are absolutely done with the NFL following the Rams recent relocation. I know like, a total of 3 chiefs fans.

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rojeli@reddit

Eh... I ain't claiming the whole state cheers for them. My in-laws are in STL, love the Cardinals, and have supported the Chiefs since the Rams left. They like football, sue em. 🤷🏼 What are they gonna do? Cheer for the Bears?

There's like 10 of them, so my anecdote wins!

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cruzweb@reddit

That's just an extension of the media network.

Cardinals used to have a broadcast area that put them well into Colorado before the rockies were a thing. They have never been close to an "America's team" as much as the Yankees or the Cubs.

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Reactor_Jack@reddit

As Steelers guy I think a lot of their nationwide fandom is linked to the Western PA diaspora when the steel industry collapsed decades ago. So many families migrated to... everywhere else, and took the Steeler fan aspect with them. Many arrived (decades ago) without a local team in a lot of cases, and couple that with the inherited aspect of team followings and you have a pretty well traveled fan base.

I think there is something to rivalries as well, when they are of the "backyard brawl" variety. Fan bases within driving range of each other feed off each other pretty well in the crowds. That said, for the most part the Steeler fan base tends to be pretty respectful (compared to some others) whether home or away. I say this because I think a team with a "notorious fan base" gets a lot of hate provided you are not in said fan base.

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cruzweb@reddit

There could be something to that. Anecdotally, I've known a lot of people who love them and have no connection to Pennsylvania at all, just love the history, particularly the historical badassery of the franchise.

But I think the theory has legs. The reason there are so many hockey fans in Nashville is that many auto plants relocated from Michigan to Tennessee and the workers went with them. It's no coincidence that the Predators now have a tradition of throwing a catfish on the ice.

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ZebulonRon@reddit

I’m here to tell you that up until Mahomes showed up I almost NEVER saw people rocking chiefs gear. And when I did, it was always some ugly ass windbreaker from Salvation Army or maybe some arrowhead pajama pants. Nobody gave a shit.

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PPKA2757@reddit

I think you’re forgetting the recent craze with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce driving a TON of chiefs fandom on top of their recent runs/success. There have been a ton of bandwagon fans for the chiefs by proxy of T Swift fandom.

Exhibit A: My wife, a life long and die hard Falcons fan and long time Taylor Swift fan, now roots for the chiefs as her AFC team. She will also defend Travis Kelce at every chance she gets when I make comments about him retiring soon and being past his prime in the context of his drop off in this/last season. Solely because she loves Tswift as much as she loves Atlanta.

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Historical_Low4458@reddit

Outside of this post, if you looked at other social media platforms like X, you would think the Chiefs would have replaced the Cowboys as the most hated.

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PremeTeamTX@reddit

Forever and always, the Cowboys. Currently, the Chiefs

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wiiguyy@reddit

Chiefs for hated. They are on the path to being the next patriots.

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henryrodenburg@reddit

They already are. Surprised to see so many people saying the Cowboys and still saying the Pats, but nobody saying the Chiefs. I get the feeling there aren't many football watchers in the comments here.

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wiiguyy@reddit

Yup. Chiefs are definitely ahead of cowboys in that aspect. People turned on them so fast.

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MiniHoover@reddit

First Dallas Cowboys Second Dallas Cowboys practice squad

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Arleare13@reddit

Dallas and Dallas.

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mdavis360@reddit

Dallas decided they were "America's Team" and America didn't take kindly to that.

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degobrah@reddit

Especially Houston

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bananapanqueques@reddit

Cowboys can get wrecked.

xoxo, Houston

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phunkjnky@reddit

Yeah, the whole Texas Stadium had a hole in the roof so God could watch the Cowboys play is peak arrogance.

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RadioFreeYurick@reddit

Was that really what they said? Jesus literal Christ! What balls!

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phunkjnky@reddit

Yeah, I don't know who said it, but it was definitely said.

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velociraptorfarmer@reddit

99.99999% chance it was Jerry Jones

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RadioFreeYurick@reddit

That would be my guess too. That’s like a King Of The Hill joke come to life!

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phunkjnky@reddit

D.D. Lewis said it in the 1970s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Stadium

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No-Donkey-4117@reddit

To God, a thousand years is but a second. So he's barely noticed the Cowboys' 30 year Super Bowl drought.

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huestin@reddit

It’s not arrogance if it’s true

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First_Code_404@reddit

Wait a second! Is this a loophole? The all-powerful, omnipotent being can be stopped by a roof?

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JerseyGuy-77@reddit

Don't start questioning the logic. You'll end up an atheist.

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bloodectomy@reddit

>You'll end up an atheist

it's better. you can sleep in on sunday and your paycheck goes further since you don't need to tithe.

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Formo1287@reddit

Yeah but you miss out on a lot of potlucks, which somehow have the best thing you ever ate right beside the worst thing you ever ate

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bloodectomy@reddit

That's one of those things where YMMV. In the ~20 years I was active in church (against my will) I never attended even one event where afterwards I was like "boy I'm sure glad I came!"

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Practical-Ordinary-6@reddit

I had the best food at my grandfather's funeral made by the little church ladies. I still remember it. Well not the funeral itself but the whatever you call it afterward - reception?

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Nerisrath@reddit

You can find those same 2 things between your wife's legs.

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rdickeyvii@reddit

best thing... right beside the worst thing

So like a standard Dallas football game

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AdUpstairs7106@reddit

Best thing- Aubrey nailing 60 yard field goals with ease

Worst thing- The Cowboys defense which would struggle to stop some local high schools from moving the ball

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MWoolf71@reddit

I’m a minister and this is the gospel truth.

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VaguelyFamiliarVoice@reddit

My paycheck doesn’t go further because I give to worthy charities and not a tyranny.

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Blacklightninja360@reddit

That’s why the Browns new stadium will have a roof

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JonMatrix@reddit

The fact that anyone cares enough about the Browns to buy them a new stadium is a divine miracle of its own.

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Rustymarble@reddit

The hole in the old stadium made it feel like you were INSIDE a football though! Especially after the Garth Brooks scaffolding fiasco!

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Mr_MacGrubber@reddit

Now Skeeter, they ain’t hurtin’ no one.

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ColoradoWeasel@reddit

Correction. The title came from an independent NFL media producer working on a highlight package. He later became the chief editor for NFL films and kept using the moniker. And the Cowboys just ran with it.

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SteadfastEnd@reddit

No, a movie producer came up with that name. The Cowboys did not.

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Watchfull_Hosemaster@reddit

This isn’t the 90’s. That America’s team ship sailed a long time ago.

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streetcar-cin@reddit

Dallas was America’s team starting in 70s by 90s it was fading

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RazorRamonio@reddit

Yeah, it was fading when they won 3/4 Super Bowls. Fuck outta here.

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streetcar-cin@reddit

Although they were good team they were not America’s team in the 90s. Kansas City is not America’s team just like New England wasn’t

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RazorRamonio@reddit

Lmao okay bud.

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ParadiddlediddleSaaS@reddit

It started fading in the ‘90s when they won 3 Super Bowls?

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streetcar-cin@reddit

Dallas was a good team in nineties but not Americas team

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DrMindbendersMonocle@reddit

You could watch all their games on broadcast TV back then and they always played on thanksgiving. They were still americas team on the 90s

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quidpropho@reddit

Sports Illustrated had a 1994 cover proclaiming the Cowboys as "America's Team."

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Bonch_and_Clyde@reddit

Not really. Most places that don't have a natural local team to support tend to be cowboys fans.they have a lot of momentum.

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TonkaHeroDreamCake@reddit

I still hear it

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Tommy_Wisseau_burner@reddit

As a Dallas fan I only use it against nfc east teams because I like shit talking lol

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quidpropho@reddit

Sports Illustrated literally had a 1994 cover proclaiming the Cowboys as "America's Team."

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RazorRamonio@reddit

Dallas 100% did not decide that. A filmographer in the ‘70’s dubbed them that and the name stuck.

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AuggieNorth@reddit

This is why Dallas is one of the most hated teams. I could almost care less being in the other conference, but the arrogance of a team from the middle of nowhere calling themselves America's Team is off the chart.

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kahrahtay@reddit

As I understand it, at the time, they were pretty much the only NFL team that wasn't on either the east or west coast. So they became more or less the favorite team of the middle two time zones of the US, which is more or less where the name came from.

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TruckADuck42@reddit

Negative. Chiefs were in KC (and were good at that time). Cheeseheads have been in Wisconsin pretty much as long as the league has existed. Same with the Bears. Lions, Titans, Bengals, and Saints were around, too, though I'll give you that nothing out of New Orleans will ever be "America's" because of how culturally distinct the area is.

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AdUpstairs7106@reddit

It was actually NFL Films that decided the Cowboys were America's team.

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ty_1_mill@reddit

No they didnt. They were the runner up for americas team. The title was offered by the nfl to the steelers, the steelers said they were Pittsburgh's team not americas team. The cowboys and jerry jones are an after thought, a runner up, second place option. Who have to their credit , run with it.

But everybody should know ,they are only americas team because somebody else turned it down.

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WrongWayCorrigan-361@reddit

The NFL pitched the idea to the Steelers. Art Rooney thought it was absurd. Dallas leaped at the idea

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RTR20241@reddit

The NFL made that call, not the Cowboys

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mike11172@reddit

The sports media came up with that. But the Cowboys went along with it. I'm so glad we don't hear that crap anymore except from jealous haters. Cowboys' fans no longer use it; the media gave it up more than a decade ago. I only hear it from haters anymore.

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ATXMark7012@reddit

Except Dallas didn't decide that. NFL films did. Dallas just was happy to accept and promote the nickname.

The origin: The nickname was coined by NFL Films producer Bob Ryan during the creation of a 1978 highlight reel. After the team's second Super Bowl win, Ryan was creating the video and was struck by the large number of Cowboys fans in attendance at road games, noting that they appeared to be everywhere, just like a national team.

The narration: The highlight reel opening narration famously stated, "They appear on television so often that their faces are as familiar to the public as presidents and movie stars".

Public adoption: The name quickly caught on. In the 1979 season opener, a CBS announcer used the nickname, and it soon became part of the team's identity, used by fans and media alike.

Even after 30 years of mediocrity the Dallas Cowboys still have the one of, if not the largest, fanbases which means wherever you are in the country there are likely a few Cowboys fans around to annoy and piss off the fans of other teams. Making them both the most liked and most hated team in the NFL.

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CausticNox@reddit

Weren't they like the 3rd or 4th pick for that title, but every other team the NFL approached to take that mantle turned it down? Or is that just some heresay cope?

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JerseyGuy-77@reddit

I thought Jerry just made that shit up.

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SadAdeptness6287@reddit

It was NFL films who came up with it. They wanted the Steelers to be America’s team but then owner Art Rooney wanted the Steelers to just be Pittsburgh’s team.

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Annhl8rX@reddit

It predates Jerry’s ownership by a decade.

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NowWithVitaminR@reddit

America’s Team came long before Jerry owned the Cowboys

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Necessary-Art2829@reddit

Somehow ESPN will never understand this.

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Free_Four_Floyd@reddit

You have perfectly summed up why I hate the Cowboys.

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godofwine16@reddit

In the 90’s they were South America’s Team, right Nate?

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Karamist623@reddit

I’m an Eagles fan, and also hate Dallas. I have to go to a conference in Dallas next year, and want to wear my Eagles jersey.

Do you think Dallas will survive?

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C1K3@reddit

They’re sort of the Yankees of the NFL, right?

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JerseyGuy-77@reddit

As a Yankees season ticket holder most don't know that we have a joint venture with Dallas for food at our stadiums....and way way too many joint fans.

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LionelHutzEsqLLP@reddit

I always say, when the Yankees get knocked out of the postseason, at least their fans have the Cowboys to root for and Duke basketball is just around the corner.

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MonkeyKingCoffee@reddit

and Duke basketball is just around the corner.

Very astute.

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JerseyGuy-77@reddit

I mean it could be worse....we could be from Georgia

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LionelHutzEsqLLP@reddit

You’re got me, it sucks so bad here that I’ve only built a reasonably enjoyable life

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PrimusDCE@reddit

Facts. Every part of the US has the Yankees-Lakers-Cowboys archetype.

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JerseyGuy-77@reddit

As a season ticket holder I can confirm that we don't want them.

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cIumsythumbs@reddit

I just vomited in my mouth, thanks.

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LootenantTwiddlederp@reddit

Kinda, except the Yankees have actually won a World Series this century and are still relevant.

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TyrBloodhand@reddit

Pretty sure if it was not for the salary cap Jerry would be trying to buy championships just like the Yankees. Maybe it is because I do not travel in baseball circles much but I see a lot more hate for the Cowboys. I am so sick of seeing people try to hype the medicore Cowboys, they suck, get over it

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LionelHutzEsqLLP@reddit

They've been good, just absolutely no postseason success.

Since the last time the Cowboys advanced past the Divisional Round and into the AFC Championship, every team in the NFC has been to at least one NFC Championship, and only the Dolphins, Browns, and Texans have failed to reach an AFC Championship.

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jabes101@reddit

Cowboys have had several good teams since the 90s, they just shit the bed big time in playoffs. That’s what makes winning a Super Bowl one of the hardest things in sports when it’s one game vs a series.

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jda404@reddit

I very much dislike the Cowboys, but guess it depends on your definition of good. They have had a number of winning seasons since the 90s. They went 12-5 in 2021, 2022, and 2023 for example. Nothing to show for it in terms of winning the super bowl, but I would say they had some good seasons since the 90s.

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rdickeyvii@reddit

Not entirely true that they haven't been "good", they've had some very good seasons, just no good postseason. So sometimes good, never great.

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OceanPoet87@reddit

Except the Yankees should be back from Cancun soon.

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galacticdude7@reddit

While their fanbases are similar in their attitudes towards their teams, the Yankees at least have 27 World Series Championships which no one is even close to matching, next closest is the St Louis Cardinals with 11, so their fans at least have a leg to stand on when they talk about how special their team is and how they're God's gift to baseball.

Meanwhile the Cowboys have only won 5 Super Bowls, which is one less than both the Patriots and Steelers have and is the exact same number of Super Bowls that the 49ers have, so when Cowboys fans try to talk about how special their team is and how they're God's gift to football, it rings a lot more hallow.

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CriticalSuit1336@reddit

There's the old joke "The Yankees lost out of the playoffs, and the Cowboys lost to the Eagles. It's been a bad day for Lakers fans.'

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Charliefoxkit@reddit

Might be the Chiefs right now if we're looking at winning streaks.

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SadAdeptness6287@reddit

Yes if the Yankees didn’t win the 2009 World Series

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Remarkable_Survey_24@reddit

Maybe now, but the Yankees won a LOT of championships from the late 1920s to late 1970s so multiple generations grew up not liking them. Imagine if the 70s Steelers, 80s/90s 49ers, and 2000s Patriots were all the same franchise. The cowboys were good and occasionally great for a long time, but the Yankees are in a class by themselves-for good and for bad

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SuperSecretMoonBase@reddit

That's one of the things that's weird about watching Seinfeld now. I always remember the dated terminology and attitudes about certain things, but the early seasons being filled with jokes about how bad the Yankees are always catches me off guard.

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Remarkable_Survey_24@reddit

Yeah that was one of those weird times where the Mets were the best in NYC!

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JerseyGuy-77@reddit

People never like us touting 27x World champs but don't understand that it still has impacts bc of parents and kids sharing time together.

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Remarkable_Survey_24@reddit

Exactly! As a Kid I only remember the 77 and 78 Yankee wins but my dad reminded me of the 10+ times they won when he was a kid so I hated the yanks way more than the dodgers or twins or A’s who also won multiple WS’s in my youth

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_Diggus_Bickus_@reddit

Except Without recent successes

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invisibleman13000@reddit

Yeah, they're the most profitable sports team in the world and Jerry Jones definitely knew how to market a team and take advantage of their successes.

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MattieShoes@reddit

I clicked the thread thinking "Which one will be Dallas?" but as soon as I saw this answer, it was obviously correct.

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CleanTumbleweed1094@reddit

I live in the Dallas area and believe me even Cowboys fans are fed up at this point.

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RazorRamonio@reddit

Dallas fans in Dallas are probably the weakest of the bunch.

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sharrrper@reddit

My first thought

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PoppysWorkshop@reddit

You forgot to mention Dallas and the Cowboys!

/sarc

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17144058@reddit

I will never understand why they’re “Americas Team”

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juanzy@reddit

I think pretty consistently Dallas, NYG and NE have been the top 3 on both lists in some order

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LukasJackson67@reddit

Yep

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bananapanqueques@reddit

Beat me to it.

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NukeKicker@reddit

At first I was thinking you were correct on most loved back when they had Troy aikman as the football quarterback and Jimmy Johnson as the coach.

But then I remembered that they had Jerry Jones for an owner and that's why they're hated of course that's even more than the Raiders....😂😂😂

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Bargle-Nawdle-Zouss@reddit

Came here to make the exact same answer.

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NowWithVitaminR@reddit

This is really the only answer. They haven’t been truly relevant in 30 years now, yet they’re the most valuable sports franchise in the world and every other fanbase hates them

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FistTheStinkhole@reddit

Even when they were good it was before the salary cap, they paid for like 6 HoFs just to make Troy Aikman look like Joey Harrison.

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ballrus_walsack@reddit

Everything is bigger in Texas. Especially egos!

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CPolland12@reddit

This is the correct answer

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tkinsey3@reddit

As someone who was not born or raised in Dallas, but lived there for a few years as an adult, can 1,000% confirm.

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us287@reddit

As a Cowboys fan I feel the same way. Love them and hate them at the same time.

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KevrobLurker@reddit

Giants fan here. When the Jints sucked in the 1970s & the Cowboys were good, many thought highly of Naval Academy graduate Roger Staubach for having fulfilled his 5-year service commitment, including serving a year in Vietnam (supply corps.). I think his demonstrated patriotism helped sell the "America's team" hooey. Later there were those cheerleaders.

They really did become both most loved and most hated at the same time.

The Packers had been much loved, especially in regions without their own team. Being from the smallest market along with their unique community-owned status drew a lot of support nationwide. They were also damned good until the Sixties ended. Many people frontrun, & I imagine ex-Packer "fans" beyond Wisconsin's borders switching to Dallas in the 70s.

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JerseyGuy-77@reddit

Until recently I never understood that the Dallas logo was an "out of 5" rating......

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too_many_notes@reddit

A+++ great comment!

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Wizzmer@reddit

Came to say exactly this. We had such an amazing tradiion in the 60s through 80s with men like Tom Landry and Tex Schram. Then "Jerruh" showed up and well...here we are. I love it and I hate it.

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No-Profession422@reddit

The correct answer.

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lavasca@reddit

Correct. I don’t know much about football but I know that this is a fact.

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SassyMoron@reddit

The answer to both should be the cowboys

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Lekingkonger@reddit

HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS

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Jumpy-Dig5503@reddit

NFL, NFL… please remind me. Do they play the game where they whack their balls and run around in circles, or do they play the free-for-all brawl on ice?

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John_Tacos@reddit

I love how it’s basically unanimous.

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DesignerSeparate4166@reddit

dallas is the answer but as an eagles fan im pissed we aren't getting the hate we love.

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SlyReference@reddit

Dan Snyder did his best to make the Washington team a contender as the most hated, but that, too, was a failure.

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wormbreath@reddit

Is your handle a homage to taco johns? Mmmmm taco johns

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Drew707@reddit

Is that the place that puts parmesan on the shells?

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wormbreath@reddit

No. It’s a fast food taco joint. Started in Wyoming!

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Drew707@reddit

I know there was one in Reno, but there was also a similar place that put parmesan on the shells which made them super messy to eat. I can't remember the name of that place.

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John_Tacos@reddit

I worked at a taco place in college. But not that one

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butt_honcho@reddit

Dammit, now I want some Potato Olés, and the nearest Taco John's is an hour away.

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Ilovefishdix@reddit

6 pack and a pound ftw

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Tablessssssss@reddit

Getting TJs for dinner now, thx guys

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botulizard@reddit

Lots of people have hated the Cowboys and the Packers for a long time, and by now everyone hates the Chiefs. For a while everyone hated the Patriots but that's waning post-Brady.

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Crylec@reddit

A lot of people hate the Chiefs and Cowboys

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Mr-Cantaloupe@reddit

Cowboys - 2. Patriots - 3. Chiefs, in that order. Patriots and Chiefs will swap in a couple years if they haven’t already.

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daviddm1990@reddit (OP)

I agree .

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Specific-Peanut-8867@reddit

You brought up the most loved I forgot I would say if you pulled people, the Cowboys would be among the most hated, but it will also be among the most loved

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SquirrelBowl@reddit

Most hated are the Patriots

Most loved are the Green Bay Packers

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easy_Money@reddit

The Packers? Nobody outside of GB cares about the packers lol. During the height of the Favre and a lesser extent AR eras, maybe, but now they're mostly an after thought.

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SquirrelBowl@reddit

They are a nonprofit, the only one in the league! They are owned by the fans. Many people are fans just because of this, from all over the country.

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easy_Money@reddit

Oh don't get me wrong, I respect the hell out of that and Green Bay is a storied franchise... but their fandom doesn't really expand beyond Minnesota and Wisconsin, and now that they're sort of middle of the pack they don't get much if any coverage nationally. Meanwhile you could walk into any walmart in American and there's a good chance you'll see at least one person wearing cowboys gear (derogatory). I have no ill will towards the packers, they just don't fit into this conversation

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SquirrelBowl@reddit

I think you underestimate the team’s popularity reach, but all good

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ReddyGreggy@reddit

Bills?

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Derplord4000@reddit

Most hated are the Patriots

Last decade sure, nowadays few people care about them.

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Mistyam@reddit

This is the correct answer.

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FredDurstDestroyer@reddit

God I hate the Cowboys

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dachsie-knitter-22@reddit

Chiefs are the team for the decade. Or beyond……

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december151791@reddit

Go Pack Go!

That being said, the answer is the Cowboys. You'll find their fans in any US state and you'll find people who hate them in any US state.

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tbccustom@reddit

Dallas.

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sapotts61@reddit

Cowboys relinquished most hated during the Patriots Brady (Spygate) years.

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billyburr2019@reddit

Personally, I think the Packers are most loved team.

I think the most hated team is typically the Dallas Cowboys.

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daviddm1990@reddit (OP)

Agree

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Oomlotte99@reddit

Maybe I’m biased but I think the Packers are loved unless you’re for one of the other teams in the NFC North.

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ELMUNECODETACOMA@reddit

As a counterpoint:

The Lombardi Packers reliably get exhumed when some old fogey wants to complain about how "modern" players (nudge, nudge) don't "do things the right way" (wink, wink).
Brett Favre
Aaron Rodgers

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albi_seeinya@reddit

I absolutely despise the Cowboys, so I agree with most of the others here -- but FTP too. I used to have an irrational hatred for the Washington Football Team, but that has sort of faded.

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illinest@reddit

My bias - i was born in Pittsburgh and live in Pennsylvania.

The most viscerally disliked team is the Cowboys for sure. Steelers, Eagles, Redsk- uh... Commanders and Giants fans all say fuck Dallas.

Honorable dislike mention to Patriots and Chiefs. And - Seahawks fans can be surprisingly cunty when you encounter them.

As for the most liked teams that aren't from Pennsylvania, I feel like the Bills, Packers and Cardinals are more likely to have some positive feelings.

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kstravlr12@reddit

Most love - Packers. Only NFL franchise not owned by some rich guy.

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cchaudio@reddit

FTP. I truly believe the Packers can never actually win. Because even if they win a game, they still have to go home to Green Bay, and that's the real loss. It's like a big strip mall they decided to build a town around. In the paraphrased words of a former Packer player, "Once the game's over it's like, now what? The nicest restaurant in the whole town is an Applebee's"

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_jagwaz@reddit

I went to visit my sister in Green Bay a few months back and both applebees were temporarily closed. can't have shit in GB apparently.

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VIDCAs17@reddit

I live in Green Bay and I didn't even know we have two Applebees.

We do have three Menards locations though.

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_jagwaz@reddit

one of them was being converted into an apple bees ihop so yall extra fancy now

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Interesting-Quit-847@reddit

And yet a lot of us choose to live here… I’m not going to waste much time arguing with you. But you’re not right. We have plenty of good, local restaurants, if that’s your metric. I don’t know which player you’re quoting, but he sounds like an asshole. Maybe he would have preferred a big city team, that’s fine. Living in Green Bay works when you enjoy being part of a community, like access to nature, and think it’s fun to dip into Milwaukee or Chicago periodically for a concert or something.

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Oomlotte99@reddit

A lot will go to Milwaukee and Chicago for recreational activities.

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mlg2433@reddit

It’s definitely the Dallas cowboys. The largest nfl fanbase while simultaneously having the most amount of people that hate them. Theres a reason they always draw the highest ratings. Everyone wants to watch them play, with most doing so in hopes they lose lol

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johnsonfromsconsin@reddit

Im an NFL owner (im kinda a big deal).

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Accomplished-Lynx262@reddit

Jets, Browns and Dallas perpetually get shit on.. like who the fuck is a jets fan🤣 Im just kidding

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Tenement-on_Wheels@reddit

Probably Dallas Cowboys or maybe to a lesser extent, the Patriots, would be the answer to both

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MonkeyKingCoffee@reddit

At least Pats fans make sense. They root for the Pats. They root for the Red Sox. And they root for the Celtics and UConn.

None of this Cowboys-Yankees-Lakers nonsense.

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johnsonfromsconsin@reddit

Patriots when they had Brady not so much now.

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MeatSauce-Apocalypse@reddit

Don’t sleep on Drake Maye. He is currently playing lights out. He could be our future hope.

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easy_Money@reddit

Chiefs have taken that spot

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PacSan300@reddit

It’s funny how the Patriots without Brady and Belichick suddenly seem like just another “standard” NFL team, a far cry from the polarizing behemoth they were.

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ogorangeduck@reddit

Chiefs are the hateable dynasty du jour

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BroughtBagLunchSmart@reddit

I just don't like that people from that part of the country have something to feel good about.

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Sinrus@reddit

When the midwesterners are good at football they start getting uppity.

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DepressedPancake4728@reddit

They’re doing really well so far this season, Drake Maye is also him

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Longjumping-Rich-684@reddit

Agreed

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Tenement-on_Wheels@reddit

Idk, I still hate them

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MechanicalGodzilla@reddit

I am a Giants fan, and I LOVE the Patriots!

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clamb2@reddit

I will always hate them

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SadAdeptness6287@reddit

Now that Belichick and Brady are both gone I don’t have any strong feelings about them either way.

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Intelligent-Art-5000@reddit

Eh, as a New Englander, I have only noticed Pats love & hate outside of New England for the brief period when they were good. When I was a kid and the Pats were consistently 1-15, or 2-14, or might have a really amazing breakout season and go 9-7, nobody cared either way outside of other AFC fans, and not even most of them.

There was a two-decade run where they got good, were good, and have now declined again.

People who grew up before or after that aren't really too worked up over Pats one way or the other.

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A_Dollar_and_a_Dream@reddit

brief period when they were good

two-decade run

You and I may have different definitions of “brief”

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TheGrog@reddit

Cowboys probably most loves and Pats most hated. It's been so long since the Cowboys were worth hating we have a few generations of football fans weren't even around for their wins.

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KevrobLurker@reddit

Fellow NFC East fanbases still hate them.

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BensOnTheRadio@reddit

Philadelphia feels mighty differently.

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depressionmedswork@reddit

As a saints fan, I’ll have to say the falcons

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Texas43647@reddit

Dallas

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Delicious_Oil9902@reddit

The Philadelphia Eagles. You go to many major city where they’re playing outside of Philadelphia and almost always you’ll see as many green jerseys as the other team. (The Giants and the Commanders stadiums have both been called Linc North and Linc south at times). There have been movies with the eagles as an integral part. At the same time, the reputation of said fans isn’t always the best

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easy_Money@reddit

Eh, true for the NFCE but I wouldn't say nationwide. It's definitely the cowboys for both and a lot of that has to do with the fact that a majority of their fans have never set foot in texas.

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Delicious_Oil9902@reddit

You go to an eagles game in Tampa and it was half eagles fans. Same in LA last year. It’s bigger than NFC East

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easy_Money@reddit

The Tampa metro area is made up of retirees from colder east coast states. If you go to Clearwater during spring training the beach is full of Delco Daves and Diannes in Phillies gear. Philly fans are fucking everywhere from New York to Florida, but don't really stretch much beyond that. I say this as someone that grew up going to DC stadiums infested with Philadelphia fans, and married into a harcore Eagles/Flyers/Phillies family with in-laws that live in... you guessed it... Florida.

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Delicious_Oil9902@reddit

It’s a lot of east coast for sure but there are quite a lot in Southern CA - LA and SD.

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BetterCranberry7602@reddit

I don’t know a single eagles fan

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Delicious_Oil9902@reddit

Depends on geo - a lot of people have left Philadelphia in the last 50 years and remained fans, as have their kids. Big diaspora to southern CA, Florida, and up and down the NE. MI not so much

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Jackasaurous_Rex@reddit

Never heard the Linc north and south thing that’s funny. I mean makes sense the Philadelphia metro area and main eagles fan base spills out pretty far into Jersey and down towards DC (I imagine Baltimore acts as a barrier of sorts. Whole lot of eagles fans in NJ though

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Delicious_Oil9902@reddit

There are a lot of eagles fans in the dc metro and the ny metro (again a lot of people left Philly over the last 50 years).

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KingDarius89@reddit

punches police horse before belching in dominance

What was that?

But yeah, not a Philly fan, though I live in PA now.

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AveragePodcaster@reddit

Most hated = whoever is winning a lot at the time (right now Chiefs, before that Patriots) & cowboys in general

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shutupimrosiev@reddit

Born and raised a Packers fan and my dad really likes to make digs at the Browns and the Steelers, or at least their fans. He's got some other biases, though, so I can't say for sure if that's a him thing or an everyone thing.

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holiestcannoly@reddit

Biggest fanbase? Probably the Pittsburgh Steelers. I see Steelers gear everywhere.

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Superb_Yak7074@reddit

I am surprised how far down I had to scroll to see the Steelers mentioned. Personally, I can’t stand football, but I do know that there are what seems to be millions of die-hard Steelers fans all around the country. I saw someone in Oregon wearing a shirt that had the logo and said “I bleed black and gold”, so I said, “Oh, I see you are a fellow Pittsburgher” and he laughed. He said he has never been east of the Rockies but he is a huge Steeler fan. I have also seen or heard of Steelers bars around the country where fans gather to watch the games during football season.

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jonnovich@reddit

That’s because when the steel industry imploded in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, the area around Pittsburgh had a massive exodus to find jobs elsewhere. This was right at the time (or just after the time) of their Super Steelers period of the ‘70s when they won four Super Bowls in six years. That, combined with the fact that they never truly fell off the cliff, and in fact have been pretty consistently successful since at least the early ‘90s when Cowher took over (only three head coaches since 1969, which is an insane statistic….theres been more popes since that time), the fandom has been passed on throughout the diaspora.

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personthatiam2@reddit

It’s more they were elite in the 70s when games were televised nationally on Monday night football. That and a lot of markets had no local team so the Cowboys and Steelers were always on TV basically everywhere.

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holiestcannoly@reddit

Yes! My boyfriend travels around the world quite often and says he could never figure out why there was black and gold everywhere

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Nadsworth@reddit

All I wanted to say is

💚💛Go Pack Go💛💚

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musing_codger@reddit

Most loved is obviously Green Bay. Who doesn't love a small city team owned by regular people? Most hated? So many choices. I'm going to have to say the Cowboys, but many teams could make a strong claim.

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Prestigious_Oil_2855@reddit

Eagles

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TantricEmu@reddit

Go birds dh

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UffDaMinnesota@reddit

I think it would be the fans, not the team for that category.

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Sorry-Government920@reddit

I would argue that the Packers and the Steelers have the best traveling fans. You'll see games were 30 % of the crowd is for the road team

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5hallowbutdeep@reddit

Cowgirls.

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MMARapFooty@reddit

Dallas Cowboys for both

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lorenzo2point5@reddit

For me it's a 3 way tie between Dallas, KC and Philly. Dallas cause well fuck the Cowboys. Chiefs cause of their constant winning lately. Philly has shit fans.

Most loved has to be Detroit? They use to be laughing stock of NFL and now can score 40 points on your favorite team and go for it on every fucking 4th down which is insane

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SouthernStatement832@reddit

Dallas, save for the Patriots' dynasty era. Now it's really only the AFC East and Colts that seem to really hate them.

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joaovitorxc@reddit

As a Brazilian who moved to the US, the Dallas Cowboys would be America's Flamengo.

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tu-vens-tu-vens@reddit

Now I need to know what NFL teams are the equivalents of other teams in the Brasileirão.

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daviddm1990@reddit (OP)

Valeu, essa comparação que queria!

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BenJudah619@reddit

Perennially, the Cowboys are both the most hated and most loved. But aside from the Cowboys, it changes on a year-to-year basis depending on what the climate of the league is like.

I’d say in recent years, the Lions and Bills are the most loved, while the Eagles and especially the Chiefs are the most hated.

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hokiegirl759397@reddit

Everyone roots for the underdog which is definitely not Philadelphia and Kansas City.

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hokiegirl759397@reddit

Definitely the Dallas Cowboys. Steelers, Commanders (Redskins) are closed behind.

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panda2502wolf@reddit

Reddit through the comments my answer for most hated apparently is wrong. I was going to say the Patriots are the most hated but no sounds like it's the Cowboy's

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cwcam86@reddit

Ten years the Patriots would've been a contender for that but now that Brady is gone and they suck nobody really cares anymore lol

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Pan_TheCake_Man@reddit

Dallas has sucked for 30 years, so it’s fun they’re still the most hated

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imthe5thking@reddit

It’s because of the size of their fanbase, the arrogance of Jerry, and the “It’s our year!” every July-September. And then once Dallas starts losing they shut up… most of them do anyway.

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Positive-Avocado-881@reddit

*20 years lol

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Charlie_Warlie@reddit

Patriots still winning super bowls in 2018, 2016, 2014.

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Positive-Avocado-881@reddit

Oh I misinterpreted what they were saying lol. I thought they were missing the word “for” at the beginning but they were really missing the word “ago” after years lmao

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Charlie_Warlie@reddit

Oh I see, yeah OP missed a word there so it is unclear

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MerryDoseofNihilism@reddit

The Patriots relevance fell off hard once Brady left. Most people are indifferent to them now.

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Intelligent-Art-5000@reddit

I posted more thoroughly under another comment, but yeah, as a New Englander, no one cared for most of my life when 9-7 was a fantastic breakout winning season. There was a two-decade run, and now no one cares again. They never talked a lot of smack. They were never so dominant that they were unstoppable. Nobody who grew up before or after that two decade run will care.

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Partytime79@reddit

The successful teams will always be hated while they are good but I feel like most of the country went back to Pats ambivalence the minute Brady left. Same will happen to the Chiefs after their streak. However, I hate the Cowboys regardless of their record.

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Careless-Internet-63@reddit

I think historically the Cowboys have been the most hated but it changes over time. I don't think people think about the Patriots all that much since Tom Brady left, now the Chiefs are widely hated because people are getting tired of seeing them in the super bowl so often

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ophaus@reddit

Easy, the Cowboys.

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dwwhiteside@reddit

The most loved NFL franchise in the U.S. is the Dallas Cowboys. The most hated franchise in the U.S. is the Dallas Cowboys. And when you think about it, it makes perfect sense.

The Dallas Cowboys were the first NFL franchise in the southern U.S. To those who would point out that there was an NFL franchise in Los Angeles, and Los Angeles is in the south. I am talking about the deep south, the former Confederate states. Football is a very popular sport in the deep south, and the Cowboys were the first NFL team in the area, so they immediately got a lot of fans throughout the area.

And the fact that they were successful from the late 1960s through early 1970s, then again from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s helped a lot too. In fact, by the late 1970s the Cowboys had so many fans scattered throughout the U.S., NFL films produced a show in 1978 that dubbed the Cowboys, "America's Team."

As you might imagine, that did not sit too well with the fans of a lot of other NFL teams. Which meant that, for the most part, fans of every other NFL team HATED the Dallas Cowboys. So there are more fans of the Dallas Cowboys in the U.S. than any other single NFL team, but fans of every other NFL team hate the Cowboys.

And as a lifelong Cowboys fan, who grew up in and around the Dallas area, that's just fine with me.

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_Carioca_@reddit

I’d say the Packers are the most loved. It seems like everyone is friendly to them other than their NFC North rivals. Of course the Cowboys are the most hated.

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ReddyGreggy@reddit

Bills?

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PatheticPeripatetic7@reddit

You know, even in the NFCNMemeWar sub, everyone is fairly chill with each other and the hate is well understood to be part of the fun. We all gang up on real assholes regardless of fandom. Maybe it's a Midwest thing. I have no idea.

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Tedanty@reddit

Hell yeah GPG! Sorry nothing of substance to really add other than that lol.

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StrongStyleDragon@reddit

Usually it would depend but Dallas fans are the most annoying and have made everyone hates them. Esforço, Dedicação, Devoção, Glória Vamo, Inter!

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Ok_Ordinary6694@reddit

Philadelphia Eagles have the worst fan base.

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BearFromPhilly@reddit

So proud 🥲

🦅🦅🦅

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shounen_obrian@reddit

GBDH

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daviddm1990@reddit (OP)

For me, as i forgot to wrote on the post, i love the packers. I really dont like the vikings/cowboys/49ers/bears in the order.

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Rustymarble@reddit

I think the Redskins/Commanders might be the most forgotten team....but I'm probably forgetting a more forgettable team.

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Low-Restaurant8484@reddit

I always viewed the Jaguars and Texans as the most forgotten

Washington is one of the biggest teams historically, I wouldn't say they're forgotten. Though the name change (while I agree with it) did hurt their brand some

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Rustymarble@reddit

Oh! I absolutely forget about the Texans! Good point!

I've lived in Dallas and Philly, so my perception is very very skewed!

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Shivdaddy1@reddit

Cowboys and cowboys.

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dgmilo8085@reddit

Dallas. But I think KC is climbing.

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17144058@reddit

Most hated probably the Chiefs or Eagles, most loved would be the lovable losers of Buffalo

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Chumlee1917@reddit

Hated: Dallas, Kansas City, New England, Philadelphia

Most loved: Does not exist

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Longjumping-Rich-684@reddit

Dallas

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Low-Restaurant8484@reddit

In no particular order:

Top 6 most loved: Cowboys, Packers, Steelers, Niners, Eagles, Chiefs

Top 6 most hated: Cowboys, Eagles, Steelers, Niners, Eagles, Chiefs

Go back ten years and you could basically exchange the Chiefs for the Patriots and otherwise it is basically the same

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WashuOtaku@reddit

The most loved is also the most hated, which are the Cowboys.

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RandomHeroDan@reddit

Maybe in the South

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CODMAN627@reddit

Dallas cowboys for both

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AlfredoAllenPoe@reddit

Most loved: Dallas Cowboys

Most hated: Dallas Cowboys

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Wheres_Jay@reddit

Loved: Dallas Hated: Philadelphia

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DrMindbendersMonocle@reddit

Cowboys are easily the most hated. Most loved is hard to say

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Danktizzle@reddit

The NFL is the biggest evidence that Americans are cucks for monopolies and the concept of freedom is bullshit.

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wcpm88@reddit

...how?

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Danktizzle@reddit

Corporations are the only people that matter.

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Upstairs-Storm1006@reddit

Sir this is a Wendy's

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Danktizzle@reddit

You post NFL. I’m gonna shit on it.

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wormbreath@reddit

Whoa we got a badass over here!

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JamminJcruz@reddit

yOu pOsT nFL. i’M gOnNa sH¡+ oN iT.

*Angry Piff

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DOMSdeluise@reddit

oh?

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theawesomeocelot@reddit

Most liked: Buffalo, most hated: chiefs (recent), Dallas (all time)

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benificialart@reddit

Fuck Buffalo

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momoblu1@reddit

And Buffalo says Fuck You right back!

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benificialart@reddit

Patriots own you

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momoblu1@reddit

Aah, now I get it!

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AuraCrash78@reddit

Buffalo most liked? You're on bad drugs.

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KevrobLurker@reddit

Most pitied? O-4 in Super Bowls.

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Mistyam@reddit

Right? I snickered to myself a little bit when I read that.

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cruzweb@reddit

Definitely one of the teams people feel most bad for historically. Alongside Detroit and Cleveland.

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godofwine16@reddit

I can honestly root for any team that hasn’t won a championship. As a NYG fan who’s seen all 5 superbowl appearances (4-1) in the modern era it’s been a blessing to feel that righteous vindication when you shock the world!

Detroit, Minnesota, the State of Ohio (whatever happened there?), Arizona, those expansion teams Jacksonville and Carolina, San Diego etc

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BearsLoveToulouse@reddit

Husband is the same way and also a NYG fan.

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front_rangers@reddit

Chiefs (much like the Cowboys) are also tremendously loved. Partly due to winning like 3 super bowls in the last 5 years, and partly due to the gargantuan influence of Taylor Swift

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BearsLoveToulouse@reddit

You have to be well liked to be hated so much. Other wise it would just be sad.

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Comfortable-Toe-3814@reddit

ugh I hate their royal highnesses (the chiefs)

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kcmiz24@reddit

Traditionally Dallas is the most hated, but I think the Chiefs are more intensely hated right now.

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ninjomat@reddit

Cowboys probably followed by patriots for most hated. Philly are in there too

Most loved is hard. I think the bills are generally well liked for their fans being crazy in a nutty way rather than a violent way, most people are quite happy for the lions finally putting together a decent team recently after years of being terrible.

I feel like certain teams for short periods are quite popular with neutrals. The seahawks during legion of boom were pretty popular, the saints under Brees when they made the Super Bowl post Katrina, the p

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_jagwaz@reddit

Most loved is maybe the Lions. They definitely were in 2023 and 2024, though I think it's not as much this season. The Chargers might be the most liked this year. Most hated is definitely Dallas or Kansas City.

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Soigne87@reddit

Most hated are Probably Dallas, New England, and Kansas City imo. Dallas because their owner is an asshole; the others because people prefer under dogs and Kansas City is the Dynasty ATM and New England was the previous Dynasty.

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PrimusDCE@reddit

Cowboys, but also the current incredibly successful dynasty teams. Formerly the Patriots, now the Chiefs.

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massive-attack-fan@reddit

Whoever is the most dominant, and the Dallas Cowbows

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rafaelthecoonpoon@reddit

I live in a part of the country without a regional nfl team and this is what I see aside from the closest team (about 7 hours away).

Dallas
Green Bay
Oakland Raiders (yes, I know they aren't there anymore but it's mostly old heads who were gripped by the starters jackets in the 90s)
Pittsburgh (We are in coal country so that might have something to do with it).

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JazzFestFreak@reddit

I would put the New Orleans Saints out there. Because we are a fun city that everybody loves to come visit and watch their team kick our ass.

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Dignam3@reddit

Probably Dallas for most hated.

Also a Packers fan here, so by default I need to say Chicago (I guess the Vikes to some extent). But I've always hated Dallas.

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daviddm1990@reddit (OP)

GPG

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Mindless_Giraffe6887@reddit

Most loved is probably Dallas. Most hated IMO is the Eagles. Eagles fans have a certain reputation

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Specific-Peanut-8867@reddit

Dallas Cowboys would be right up there....The Patriots used to be kinda hated everywhere outside of New England.

right now a lot of people are kinda over the KC Chiefs

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revolutionoverdue@reddit

Dallas. Then maybe Philly or New England.

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The_Menu_Guy@reddit

I would say the Packers are the most loved as their fans actually own the team.

Dallas is probably the most disliked team, at least lately. I root for any other team against them every single time.

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daviddm1990@reddit (OP)

Thank you all for taking the time to answer. My guess is Dallas and Dallas won. lol

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hello8437@reddit

Most Hated Cowboys

Most Followed Cowboys

Most loved Bills

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gldmj5@reddit

You could be in a remote village with a population of 11 and still find a Steelers bar.

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TrillyMike@reddit

Cowboys

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3-Leggedsquirrel@reddit

Chiefs

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Suspicious_Row_9451@reddit

All my homies love the Patriots.

Everybody hates the Jets.

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mlg2433@reddit

It’s definitely the Dallas cowboys. The largest nfl fanbase while simultaneously having the most amount of people that hate them. Theres a reason they always draw the highest ratings. Everyone wants to watch them play, with most doing so in hopes they lose lol

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Neb-Nose@reddit

If you’ve been mostly good for decades you are going to be both loved and hated. Pittsburgh, Dallas and Green Bay come to mind. If the Patriots go on another huge run, they could join that cohort. Nobody else springs to mind.

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-Boston-Terrier-@reddit

The Cowboys

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ConcertTop7903@reddit

NY Giants loved, Cowboys not loved.

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SaltandLillacs@reddit

Hated prob depends on the decade but it was the Pats for a long time. Maybe the eagle or KC now

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Huindekmi@reddit

Back in the late 70s or early 80s, the most hated was probably the Raiders. They were mean, nasty, played dirty and worst of all were successful doing it. Now, they’re a joke franchise.

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Trinikas@reddit

I was living in NYC at the height of patriots hate. People disliked when I pointed out that how they feel about the Patriots is how everyone else in the country feels about the Yankees.

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KevrobLurker@reddit

Patriots couldn't eat the Giants in the biggest game, though. Eli 2, Tommy 0 in Super Bowls!

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cruzweb@reddit

The courage to be right 🫡

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Trinikas@reddit

I just like pointing out to people when they're being absurd. I've never been much of a sports person but it's impossible not to pay attention to it a bit at points. In college I got caught up in the 2003-2004 season when everyone was hopeful the Red Sox might break their curse and people were bitching about how the Yankees just "bought wins" because they had the biggest payroll in the MLB.

I did point out that Red Sox were #2 in that regards so their theory of being scrappy underdogs didn't really hold water.

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nighthawk252@reddit

People say the Cowboys, but that’s mostly from old stuff. They’re kind of a meme.

The Lions probably have the highest approval rating out of all the teams. Could argue for the Buccaneers or Bills.

I think the most hated team in 2025 is either Kansas City or Philadelphia. Kansas City has had 3 of the past 6 Super Bowls, a couple of their recent stars have been bad people off the field, and there’s a perception they get favorable calls from the officials.

Philadelphia has won 2 super bowls recently, their fans have a bad reputation, and their signature play is ugly football and may be banned soon.

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GrouchyBirthday8470@reddit

These comments are so interesting. I guess I understood the question more as whose fans love them the most… my first thought was the browns. Their city literally threw them a parade for a perfect (losing) record one year.

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Dio_Yuji@reddit

Loved: whichever…

Hated: Dallas

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lo-lux@reddit

The Falcons get some hate for not being a college team.

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G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit

When the Patriots were good everyone hated them. Now nobody thinks about them anymore.

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Interesting-Egg4295@reddit

The largest fan base is the Dallas Cowboys. They may be the most hated, as well. I say this as a lifelong Cowboys fan.

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RangerMatt76@reddit

Raiders. They have some of the most devoted fans, but the clothing and merchandise can also be associated with gang members.

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sickostrich244@reddit

Dallas is the most hated.

Most followers... Dallas

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pemart22@reddit

The Cowboys haven’t been relative in like 30 years. The Patriots fit that role pretty well during the TB era- I know I hated them. Now it feels like the Chiefs are kinda slotting in there.

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Demented-Alpaca@reddit

I would say Dallas is the most derided. I don't know if they're hated as much as just disrespected.

Green Bay would have to be the most devoted fans. I don't know if they have the most fans but they're at least in the top 3.

I live in a state without an NFL team and the two closest probably get about half of the fans. But beyond that Winsonsin is top and Dallas is bottom.

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Trenga1@reddit

Green Bay would have to be the most devoted fans.

if there are no more Packers fans, I have died.

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Sprumbly@reddit

Not a football guy so I was surprised to see cowboys hate was an everywhere thing and not just my state/city

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CynicalOptimistSF@reddit

The Raiders

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bjbigplayer@reddit

Raiders and Cowboys

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JamminJcruz@reddit

Raiders gotta be somewhere on this list. If they won more in the past few decades, there would be a lot more hate.

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benificialart@reddit

Tampa bay and Dallas if say right now

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CausticNox@reddit

Tampa? Everyone is in love with Baker right now.

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Judgy-Introvert@reddit

Not sure about most loved, but most hated I’d say are the Cowboys.

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WildmanDaGod@reddit

As others have said, Dallas for both, although I know a lot more people that hate Dallas than love them. But in the last 5 years the Chiefs are now that team, a lot of bandwagon fans and a lot of haters (I’m one of them). There’s no team I hate more than the Browns tho

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