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Personally i love Bucs/ Saints

The fans genuinely hate each other, but everything else about this rivalry is so corny and forced. This is not a must-see matchup like Eagles-Cowboys, any AFC North matchup, 49ers-Seahawks or Packers-Vikings. Stop trying to make Saints-Falcons a thing.

It's a mid rivalry. There are worse ones in the NFL, sure, but this one is nothing special. It's not up there with Packers-Bears, Cowboys-Commanders, Raiders fans and the police.

Not even in the top 10 best rivalries in football

The NFCS is a forced divison that few care about

Funny you say. You see the Washington Redskins used to hold a monopoly on the Southern States. Everything below the Mason-Dixon Line was solid Redskins territory mirroring the old borders of the Confederacy. Until the Dallas Cowboys came around, largely why the Redskins wouldn’t allow the Cowboys to join as it took away that massive market until the cowboys then owner bought the rights to HTTR until The Redskins finally allowed their entry.

I grew up as the only football fan in my family and a falcons fan. No one ever told me to hate the saints but I have always hated the saints more than any other team.

When i visited new orleans and saw 28-3 grafitti everywhere i knew it was goated

I don’t understand why this wasn’t a thanksgiving game. Every turkey day game sucked. At least there’s some legit bad blood here.

"the more notable one of course being their appearance in 1998 when the 14-2 Falcons would fall to the John Elway led broncos"

That is the most notable one? 28-3 baby!!

Should be a fun watch today.

Battle of Shit Mountain

Isn’t there someone with a saints falcons flair? I wonder who they cheer for today

I don’t think anyone outside their division cares. I would say it is correctly appreciated, that is to say ignored.

Yeah sorry bud, but two bottom feeding franchises going back and forth hitting each other with their pillow hands isn't exactly compelling to watch for the rest of us. That's great you and your pops enjoy it, but it's not exactly must see tv for anyone outside those fanbases.

Also, Super Bowl. Two words. Has been and always will be.

Brother we are not watching a damn saints-falcons game. LOL

It’s under appreciated bc we both suck. Fun for us. But I don’t blame you for not being invested if you’re not in the fanbases

Nobody really cares about the South divisions tbh

What about us:( it’s really a hate triangle

The only thing holding this rivalry back is the fact that the falcons and saints have only played each other in the playoffs like once. Very little playoff battles compared to Niners Seahawks or eagles cowboys.

I mean if it was one of the best it wouldn’t be under appreciated. I’m all for it and love rivalry games and this should be a good one but for me it’s nothing like how I feel about how the entire NFC East hates each other, steelers/ravens, bears/packers, or even lions/refs.

Saints and Falcons love this game. Nobody else does. The problem with it is that both teams have rarely been very good at the same time, which has stopped it from becoming more talked about by other fans.

I think it's appropriately appreciated. It's not one of the marquee rivalries, but it will come up in discussion, and has the potential to grow over time if they ever hit a stretch where they're both really good again

And the Bucs have won more SBs that both lol

And they’ve also won the Lions’ division more recently than they have

The NFCS is the strangest division to me

A lot of people that arent Falcons or aints fans wont understand the rivalry like fans do but it is really one of the only NFL rivalrys with CFB level pettiness between teams and fans

Counterpoint: No, it isn't.

I could think of 5 rivalries in the nfc I’d rather see.

It isn’t remotely interesting to anyone outside of those fanbases.

You’re not wrong. But as a Browns fan, the entire AFC North is like this.

Maybe in the Brees-Matt Ryan days but not anymore. The game has to be meaningful for a rivalry to be meaningful for anyone else other than the team’s fans

Stained? Lmao gtf out of here. People acting like we pulled a Tonya Harding