Do the Bills Even Have a Hated Division Rival?

[BuffaloBaumer]

After watching Hard Knocks AFC North, I started thinking that the Bills really don't have a hated rival. I can't stand the Jets, Dolphins and Pats but it is nothing like Ravens/Bengals Bengals/Steelers, Raiders/Chiefs, etc..

 

Maybe the Dolphins back in the 80s but even then, it wasn't that heated. Buffalo was terrible during the Pats reign of terror, and the Jets and Dolphins have been terrible even longer. I have a feeling that Pats Bills may heat up this year but we'll see.

Edited Friday at 02:52 PM by BuffaloBaumer

[DrDawkinstein]

Dolphins, Chiefs, Ravens, Pats, Cincy, Jets. In that order for me.

 

Could possibly throw the Jags on that list since they always seem to get us.

[oldmanfan]

If you are an older fan like me, you have always and will always hate the Fish

[Warcodered]

If there is a team this current Bills team hates it's the Chiefs, no one in division has mattered, and the only team in the conference that has been a real pain in the ass/the guy they still have to beat at the end is the Chiefs.

[Royale with Cheese]

The Chiefs.  

[hondo in seattle]

Deep history: Fins

More recent history: Pats

 

Current: Chiefs

 

Hatred poisons the soul, so I try not to hate anyone but it's frustrating to keep watching the Bills beat the Chiefs in the regular season only to lose to them in the playoffs.  I don't "hate" the Chiefs per se but I don't root for them either and would be happy if they somehow missed the playoffs this season.  Other teams and fanbases deserve some of their success.  

[dorquemada]

Chiefs are the big rival, but why hate them?  If their victories over us were questionable, it would be one thing.  I think it's still ok to hate the dolphins, but Im of a certain age where i watched us lose to them 10 years in a row.

[juno999]

For me, it’s real easy. Love the Bills and hate the rest.

[HOUSE]

For me it's the Ravens 

[uticaclub]

I love the Bills and hate 31 other teams. 

 

I have a stronger hatred for division rivals, followed by the Titans, whom I hate more than the Cowboys. I hate the Cowboys more than the Jaguars, and I have a greater hatred for the Redskins and Giants than for the rest of the league.

[RoscoeParrish]

7 minutes ago, BuffaloBaumer said:

After watching Hard Knocks AFC North, I started thinking that the Bills really don't have a hated rival. I can't stand the Jets, Dolphins and Pats but it is nothing like Ravens/Bengals Bengals/Steelers, Raiders/Chiefs, etc..

 

Maybe the Dolphins back in the 80s but even then, it wasn't that heated. Buffalo was terrible during the Pats reign of terror, and the Jets and Dolphins have been terrible even longer. I have a feeling that Pats Bills may heat up this year but we'll see.

Literally the Chiefs.

 

This question is shocking.

 

we play them basically twice a year, and they send us home in the playoffs basically every year. 
 

They are DIRECTLY responsible for stopping multiple title appearances for the Bills.

 

There are two things every Bills fan should root for:

 

1. the Bills win

2. the Chiefs lose

 

Asking this question and not loathing/hating the Chiefs over every other NFL team by a MILE makes me question your dedication to the cause.

 

Kidding. But kind of not.

[nuklz2594]

Ravens and chefs

[Warcodered]

2 minutes ago, HOUSE said:

For me it's the Ravens 

That fanbase manages to make me dislike their QB more than he deserves.

[Einstein]

9 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

The Chiefs.  

 

Yeah… I’m pretty shocked this wasn’t OP’s first thought.

 

Can’t stand that team.

[paulmm3]

Patriots are by far my least favorite team for the 17 years we never made the playoffs and they won the division seemingly every year. We didn't beat them for like nine years. Bills and Patriots have never really been good at the same time though, I'm surprised Patriots isn't more people's snap answer. Of course the whole AFC East are rivals but always Patriots most hated for me.

[machine gun kelly]

6 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

If you are an older fan like me, you have always and will always hate the Fish

Old an, thanks for setting this youngins straight.  Maybe you’re not aware that the f#$&cking Fish beat us 20 straight times in the 70’s.  When we beat them on September 17th 1980 in Rich Stadium, we tore the goal posts down in jubilation.  F the fish.

 

Your remarks indicate you’re young.  My father still hates the Japanese for Pearl.  He’s 95.  I try and and have him talk down, but he can’t forget how he felt at 11 when those bastards invaded Pearl.  It’s true, they were the greatest generation.  Thank god my wife is Chinese as he loves her.  It’s irrational, but my point was not xenophobia, just something like that scars you.

 

I hate the Fish with every fiber of my being.  The Cheats beat a mediocre, poorly managed Bills for 20 years.  We had Saban for a short time in the 70’s, and it was Knox who led us to our first victory over those slimy bastages.

 

I will never ever not hate the Fish.  If you were in you’re 50’s or older, you’d never write these words.

[DrDawkinstein]

1 minute ago, paulmm3 said:

Patriots are by far my least favorite team for the 17 years we never made the playoffs and they won the division seemingly every year. We didn't beat them for like nine years. Bills and Patriots have never really been good at the same time though, I'm surprised Patriots isn't more people's snap answer. Of course the whole AFC East are rivals but always Patriots most hated for me.

 

Yeah. When the Pats were good I was bitter and hated them. Now that they stink, I'm happy and still hate them.

[galept]

6 minutes ago, HOUSE said:

For me it's the Ravens 

 

I cherish every victory we have over Ravens. Worst fans. They think very, very highly of themselves.

[folz]

6 minutes ago, BuffaloBaumer said:

After watching Hard Knocks AFC North, I started thinking that the Bills really don't have a hated rival. I can't stand the Jets, Dolphins and Pats but it is nothing like Ravens/Bengals Bengals/Steelers, Raiders/Chiefs, etc..

 

Maybe the Dolphins back in the 80s but even then, it wasn't that heated. Buffalo was terrible during the Pats reign of terror, and the Jets and Dolphins have been terrible even longer. I have a feeling that Pats Bills may heat up this year but we'll see.

 

Yes, at this point (in this era), our biggest rival would have to be the Chiefs. During the Pats run, I would say it was the Pats...but I'm sure the Pats would never have classified the Bills as a rival during that era (because they mostly just kicked our butts).

 

But believe me, the rivalry with the Dolphins in the '80s and '90s was very real and very heated (see Bryan Cox, for one). It was as good as any NFC North rivalry back in the day. Kelly vs. Marino; Shula vs. Marv; a warm, weather vacation city vs. a snowy rust belt city; 0-fer the 70s, etc. And from 1990-1998, the Dolphins and Bills met in the playoffs 4 times (on top of playing each other twice a year in the regular season).

[Herc11]

19 minutes ago, BuffaloBaumer said:

After watching Hard Knocks AFC North, I started thinking that the Bills really don't have a hated rival. I can't stand the Jets, Dolphins and Pats but it is nothing like Ravens/Bengals Bengals/Steelers, Raiders/Chiefs, etc..

 

Maybe the Dolphins back in the 80s but even then, it wasn't that heated. Buffalo was terrible during the Pats reign of terror, and the Jets and Dolphins have been terrible even longer. I have a feeling that Pats Bills may heat up this year but we'll see.

 

It was always the Dolphins. The problem is the Bills sucked for 17 years and the Dolphins have sucked for awhile now too. It ends up diminishing the rivalry when one team doesn't pose a legitimate threat to the other.