(09-17-2020, 07:42 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(09-17-2020, 01:59 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I never really had a hatred for the Titans. I am completely indifferent to them and always have been. Before realignment, we were in the AFC Central with Pittsburgh and those games were epic. I loathed the Steelers and do to this day. For us being such a young team, the hatred between Jacksonville and Pitt built very quickly as we had their number, early in our franchise's history. That rivalry was epic, IMO. After realignment, our rivalries seemed to lose something in my eyes.

Agreed completely. 

In those AFC Central days, my hatred of the Steelers was higher than it was for every other team in the division.  Sure, I wanted to beat those guys, but the Steelers were at another level.

Then, the Oilers were...pesky.  They became the tacks...and they grew into hated status.

But even now, I get more of a charge when we play against the Steelers (and to a lesser extent the Ravens) than I do playing against any of our current divisional foes.

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Agree 1000%, but my 2nd biggest rival/hated team is the Panthers. I think it's because we entered the NFL at the same time and I was at the Jags/Panthers Hall of Fame Game in both teams very first year. I sat on shiny aluminum bleachers in 95+ degree heat just to watch us lose. I came home looking like a lobster and feeling like fried egg. I've hated Carolina ever since.

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