I don't really do the hating other teams thing in general.
I mean, I dislike a lot of teams, but for the most part it has nothing to do with their relationship to my team. I'm supposed to hate the Bears, and the Mets, and the Lions, and the Phillies, but I don't.
And I don't even really dislike the Vikings too much.
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You're not alone - - but you're at a pretty small party.

I'm a Raider fan who only hates the Chiefs and the Patriots. What's your point?
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Well, jealousy is a powerful thing. They're always the best, and a lot of pissed-off fans are on here and this board is full of people who bash Brady and Belichik constantly because they can't stand their successyet in all truthfulness, they'd die to have their team win half as much.
But since their teams don't, they come here an bitch and dream that they could one day be 14-2 and and in 6 consecutive AFC championships. But they won't.
In the 90s, I also remember the same hatred for Jordan and the Bulls. To kind of quote
Spider-Man
, lol, "with greatness comes great hate and responsibility. This is my blessing; my curse."
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading!

Maybe that was just Ben and Brady.

That's not even close. I know of at least 4 times. Like you said, Ben's rookie year, 2001 in the AFC Title game, and then back to back years in the mid 90's, once during the Pats SB run and the other the following year
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They've only met in the playoffs once, in Ben's rookie year.
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I'm a Patriots fan

I commend you. As a Cowboys fan, I hate every team that has eliminated them from the playoffs, and I hate them for a while. Just recently got over my Vikings hate.