Yes!!!!!!!!!Football today!!!!!!!

Let's go Bills and bucs, with a #billsmafia style Superbowl win!!!!

So pumped. For the first time in a long time it feels like the best 4 are left. I know it sounds cliche since were down to 4, but it always seems like some dominant team pisses it away in the playoffs. This year it truly feels like the best product is left out there.

It is bittersweet: only 2 days of football left (today's games and the Superbowl). Then we get 8 months of nothing

That's ok. More pinball and bourbon I suppose. I really would love year-round football though...

OK, let's not forget that the Bucs were 8-5 at one point this season. I give them credit for closing out the season strong, but to me, one of the 4 best teams in the league they are not! Let's go Chiefs and Packers!

Not quoting this because I am superstitious or anything.

stay off them rootbeers today!

is counting hard today?

6

pre-season starts august 1.

-mof

For the first time in my life I’ll be rooting for Tom Brady in a playoff game.

I wouldn't be disappointed with a Bills n Bucs SB!

How can one root against the greatest team in NFL history?

oldest and first team in the league
highest win pct
two dynasties (most of any team) (1926-45), (1993-2020)
most quarterbacks to win super bowls: 3 (tied with broncos)
the big trophy is named after your head coach

I could go on...

Trust me, it's super easy....

Oh, it’s real easy.

Beat me by 30 seconds

Did they ever "tuck rule" their way into a championship game?

How do you top that level of disgusting behavior...

The choice is clear.

breaking: Eagles choose "Nick Sirianni" as head coach. eh? who dat.

I’d break out in hives and need my Epipen if I rooted for the Packers, absolutely clear choice.

What team is their arch enemy? Vikings?

I can't think of anyone competitive in their division in the last 50 years since the 85 Bears or maybe the 98 or 12 Vikings. Packers were utter poopsville between Starr and Favre (1970-1992) -- that had to be a tough 22 years.

He has experience with Wentz. The owner chose Wentz over Doug Pederson.... Crazy stuff.

He wins you a super bowl with a "backup in quotes" over the goat, and this is your thanks -- brutal.

Bears...

A large portion of Wisconsin and Illinois population are within 90 minutes of each other.

The Wentz whisperer.Lucky for them not to board the train wreck known as McDaniels.

Awesome. Had no idea. Niners and Raiders fans don't "literally" hate each other -- we just pretend to -- since we are in different conferences. We play "friendly" pre-season games together in fact. But you have to pick one team or the other when you grow up Bay Area. (stadiums are 20 miles apart, roughly) Now the Raiders moved, so no idea how it will play out now.

Bears and Packers fans hate each other? I'm trying to think of even ONE playoff match between the two teams... nothing comes to mind. Are we sure they are worth hating?

lol

Yep, a few things you’d get your ass beat for growing up in Chicagoland

1. Rooting for the Packers
2. Ketchup on a hot dog
3. Being both a Cubs and White Sox “fan”

Ok, at least I only score .5 out of 3 on the quiz. I might survive a few days...

People put ketchup on a hotdog?

My god there are some animals out there.

It is sort of hard to explain until you actually attend a regular season game between the two. It's little stuff like wearing a packers jersey at a bears game, and then actively avoiding a car coming for you in the parking lot full of bears fans.

As a neutral 3rd party, I thoroughly enjoyed my experience with two of my buddies that played for Gruden at SEMO, and each going about 6'7, 300lbs... It was like two giant drunk green targets.

Didn't realize you believed in conspiracy theories. White Sox fans don't exist.

It's true, I don't think I've ever met one, and funny enough I don't think I've ever seen a game with them playing, are they in the majors?

It's the bears, and it's not very close. The vikings give us some competition from time to time, but nothing brings a smile to my face like beating the bears... constantly.

Go Pack Go!

Absolutely not a dynasty 93-20.

Levi would like a word with you

That's the crazy thing... You would think there would be more of them since they are the far more successful team of the two if you are looking at recent WS titles.

Sorry cubs fans... You know it too. Lol

Who do you hate most and why? I use a different formula.

I happen to hate teams based on HOW MUCH they take away opportunity from my Raiders, not the distance to my stadium:

* patriots + (ref call) -- missed afc championship
* broncos + (ref calls x 2) -- missed super bowl against the cowboys and staubach
* steelers (three? 70s championship games)

. (big drop off in emotion here to just 'dislike')

chargers (cause they never "took anything" away from us in the playoffs...iirc)
chiefs (cause they never "took anything" away from us in the playoffs...iirc)

Oh snap you are right:

Williams
Theissman
Rypien

RWH
You off today for a change?

Jason Pierre Paul walking around Lambeau in a short sleeve shirt, haha. Fireworks must have destroyed all sensation in more than just his hand.

For sure they are.

Over the life of this current (Favre-Rodgers) dynastic period, Green Bay played in 20+ playoff games, with a 2-1 record in Super Bowls.

How many seasons have they missed since Favre came on board? 6?

Gimme a break.

No I hope to be back home by the last of the Bills Victory but we will see. I should be home by 9:30 so I figure I'll see last 8-10 min if lucky

I moved to the Midwest in 1999.... My first observation was that alcohol up here is very much an attraction to all events. Sporting events, weddings, and even little league games.

As a frequent fan of tailgating at these events, there is zero question that after years of study, I have formed a very tight hypothesis that alcohol can lead to bad decision making.

These bad decisions also seem to make an impact on the children of these "fans", and the viscious cycle repeats....

When did the Bears EVER prevent you from making the playoffs in game 16, or beat you in the playoffs???

I mean that's more my measure...

I can't hate the chargers cause they haven't taken any toys out of my hand and run off with it. But they surely have won some regular season games against us... especially under Rivers! But they've beaten us more in slump seasons -- who cares!

-mof

I’ll be watching outdoors in 80 degree weather, 90 miles south of Tampa, should be a great time.

Here's my measure... On the weekends I enjoy time outdoors. Wisconsin has a lot to offer. I then get on the road, only to get stuck in a traffic jam full of Illinois SUVs pulling campers, pulling boats, pulling jet skis, going to a beautiful lake that I can't get anywhere near because they own all of the surrounding property on that lake, and let you know as much with their Bears and Cubs flags hanging outside.

Vikings fans pretty much stay in their state, and lions fans pretty much hide that they are lions fans.

Also, not sure if you can get 670am streamed where you live, but it will give you a real feel for chicago sports fans. It is glorious and my favorite station to listen to going to work.

Every bear win is a comparison to 85, and every loss calls for the whole team to be wiped off the face of the earth.

Yep, their dynasty was the OG dynasty (1920-1950), a championship in 63, and then their splash in 85. And the fizzle in 2006? Who the hell was Rex Grossman? Geez.

That's gonna be pretty tough on any fan.

Rivalries run deep. We're talking 100 years in this case. Before accessible long distance transit was a thing. You wouldnt have interacted with many other teams fans. The Vikings and lions are relatively new, comparitively. Neither has really taken much of note away from us (except aging players).

The bears are the only other team to secure a SB in the divison, and they're still hanging onto it with both hands 35 years later.

You learn to hate the Packers before you learn to walk, it’s just engrained hatred on both sides.

It makes sense now.
100 years
90 miles
games split roughly 50-50 between them
playoffs split 1-1

Is it the most epic rivalry in the NFL?

has to be...

It’s definitely the top or near the top of all sports rivalries.

In the NFL, for sure....

The 2nd being the Patriots vs. the entire NFL.